Dance students will use spoken word poetry and reimagine the messages into dance movements.

By Staff April 16th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   April 26th, 270 Grade 6-8 students from the Halton District School Board will gather to perform and […]

Rory Nisan announces his candidacy for the ward 3 council seat.

By Staff April 16th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   You can expect election announcement to pop up regularly now – nominations open for the October 22 […]

Driver charged with Careless Driving in collision with cyclist on Dundas Street in March.

By Staff April 16th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   The investigation of a collision on Dundas Street in Burlington from March 17th involving an 11 year […]

New Democrats announce their Burlington candidate for the June provincial election.

By Staff April 16th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   There will be a New Democratic candidate in the forthcoming provincial election. Andrew Drummond has announced that […]

LaSalle Park Marina could be looking at an early draft of their obituary.

By Pepper Parr April 16th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   There is one good aspect to a report the city sent out over the signature of […]

Conservation Authority warns that observed and forecasted wave heights and wind gusts have the potential for shoreline flooding and erosion hazards.

By Staff April 16th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Conservation Halton advises that the passage of the low pressure system that has brought the prolonged Freezing […]

Resident worries that 'exceptions' in the draft Official Plan will become the rule and that single family neighbourhoods will be at risk to unwanted intensification.

By Tom Muir April 16th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   I have been wondering about what has happened to the issues and motions raised by Councillor […]

Gareth Williams announces he will be a candidate for the Ward 3 seat that will not have an incumbent in the race.

By Staff April 15th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Gareth Williams Gareth Williams has made it official – his hat is in the race for the […]

Two wanted for breaking into vending machines in the hospital.

By Staff April 15th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   On April 5th 2018, two suspects were in the newly constructed Emergency Department of the Joseph Brant […]

Organization that financed at least one local project being investigated by the RCMP

By Staff April 15th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   It was a number of years ago, we wrote a piece on how a Burlington based developer […]

A city council committee meeting drives citizen into the arms of a candidate for Mayor

By Staff April 14th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Identifying your supporters and then getting them to work with you and for you is the hope, […]

New Democrats to hold nomination meeting April 24th at the Seniors' Centre

By Staff April 14th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   A nomination meeting to elect the New Democratic candidate for the 2018 provincial election will be held […]

Newcomers to Burlington get smacked with a $300 hit for parking in the plaza on Brant north of Caroline.

By Staff April 14th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   We received the following from Ben and Tam Smith. “Grave injustice done. Who should i contact to […]

City declares extreme weather event, will ticket or tow vehicles parked on streets

By Staff April 14th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   The City of Burlington has declared an extreme weather event and is asking drivers not to park […]

Burlington Old Timers tape up their hockey sticks to recognize the tragedy in Saskatchewan.

By Staff April 13th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Watching how the country has pulled together as we all react to that horrific collision between a […]

Rivers on the budget

By Ray Rivers April 13th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   After finally balancing the budget why are the Liberals now taking us back into the red? […]

Glastonbury Road residents want more than email responses to the problem with their road.

By Pepper Parr April 13th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   There are those wishing Councillor John Taylor a well-deserved and rich retirement. Ward 3 Councillor John […]

Gary Parker wants to know if the 421 Brant community benefit package put forward by the planners is a done deal.

By Pepper Parr April 13th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   It is getting harder to communicate with the seven people who were elected in 2014 to […]

Resident takes a dim view of the community benefits proposed by the developer and agreed to by the Planning department.

By Gary Parker April 13th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   In preparing to delegate on this issue I carefully read section 1.8 of the new OP […]

There are direc benefits and there are indirect benefits - the most direct benefit available to voters is the ballot box.

By Pepper Parr April 12th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Mayor Rick Goldring used his blog to comment and explain a Staff Report on the proposed […]