Election signs make their appearance on front lawns - when should signs go up? Is mid September fair to first time candidates?

By Pepper Parr September 15, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   City hall sort of bungled the whole election sign business. Ward 6 candidate James Curran took […]

Candidate for Mayor releases part of his platform; hearing a real estate agent promote more affordable housing is refreshing.

By Pepper Parr September 15, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   Longtime Burlington resident and businessman Peter Rusin isn`t letting any grass grow under his feet. He […]

Now YOU get to decide who will spend your tax dollars. Do your homework and make informed choices.

By Pepper Parr September 13, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   So – who is it going to be? And does it matter? Nominations closed yesterday afternoon […]

Social media at its best: a community sharing information and a known information source carrying and distributing that information.

By Pepper Parr September 13, 2014 Burlington, ON.   The phrase social media means different things to different people. And there are few really good […]

Climate march to take place in Burlington Saturday September 20th - starts at band stand in Spencer Smith Park

By Staff September 13, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The largest climate march in history will be happening worldwide September 2oth, 2014, and Burlington is going to […]

Why do we have troops in the Middle East? Didn't we say NO to this in 2003? What's changed since then? Did the government ask if we were on for this action?

  By Ray Rivers September 12, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Didn’t we have the debate already? I mean about sending soldiers to Iraq? Jean Chretien […]

Foxcroft twists his brother-in-law's arm - get 25 big ones for flood relief.

By Pepper Parr September 12, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Changing horses in mid-stream is tricky at the best of times – and these are not […]

Police laid 2470 Highway traffic Act charges during back to school sweep.

By Staff September 12, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   They called it Project Safe Start but there was nothing safe or re-assuring about the results. Halton […]

Gently used furniture and household items can be donated to a flood relief collection centre on Burloak - opens Saturday.

By Staff September 12, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   There are all kinds of ways to help with the Flood Relief Drive. Some of the larger […]

Refreshing voice from part of Burlington's diverse community decides to run in ward 6 - nine people now going after the Lancaster seat.

By Pepper Parr September 12, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   At one point there were actually eleven candidates for the ward 6 Council seat – which […]

Third entrant into race for the office of Mayor.

By Staff September 11. 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   Anne Marsden has submitted candidate nomination papers for the office of Mayor for the 2014 Municipal Election. […]

City provides a detailed overview of what happened August 4th - and gives us a peek at what we could be in for in the future.

By Pepper Parr September 11, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Everyone knows what happened – a lot of rain came down and the pipes underground couldn`t […]

Peter Rusin is running for the office of Mayor - now we have an election contest.

By Pepper Parr September 10, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Peter Rusin met with Clerk Angela Morgan this afternoon and paid the fee to file papers […]

Police report increase in daytime break and enters in the city; especially at homes that back onto a ravine or a park.

By Staff September 10, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Police in Burlington are seeing an increase in daytime residential break and enters where culprits have gained […]

Late entry candidate to challenge Goldring for job of Mayor; has a background in real estate.

By Pepper Parr September 10, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   There is an unconfirmed report of a second candidate for the office of Mayor in […]

Delegator to city council wants legal advice before releasing her remarks, made in public.

By Pepper Parr September 9, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   One of the interesting things about Burlington is the way some people dig in, spend their […]

City council back from vacation focuses on flood and air park issues: passes handfull of bylaws without a word of debate.

By Pepper Parr September 9, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. City council returned from its summer hiatus. They did gather in a hurried meeting on August 14 […]

Burlingtonians take long drive awards - again. Samji and Lowe whack that golf ball!

By Rick Benoit September 6, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. To some people, playing golf is fun, for some it’s business – yet they all say drive […]

Blue-green algae makes Beachway and LaSalle Park no go swimming areas – so says Medical Officer of Health.

By Staff September 5, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON. It has been one of those summers – floods, awkward weather, there were a couple of good weekends […]

Torsney at the United Nations: takes her firmly held beliefs to a bigger playing field.

By Pepper Parr September 5, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   She has been around politics most of her life. She loves the process and believes fervently […]