Brant, Hemmingway Drive and Upper Middle Road - get ready for dust and delays - water mains being replaced.

By Staff August 8th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Notice of Construction – Brant Street, Hemmingway Drive and Upper Middle Road, August to December, 2016 The Region […]

No sand castle contest during Children's Festival this year - expected to return in 2017

By Staff August 8th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   In 2016, the city chose to discontinue the sand castles content event in the Beachway that they […]

Burlington resident made a Knight of th French Legion of Honour at ceremony aboard HMCS Haida.

By Pepper Parr August 7th, 2016 BURLINTON, ON   It was a small, dignified ceremony on a lovely sunny summer afternoon at HMCS Star aboard […]

IBL quarter finals not likely to go beyond four games; Tuesday will tell the tale.

By Pepper Parr August 7, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   They are going down like ten pins at a bowling alley. The bottom three teams in […]

The Foxcroft men - gather around the Golden Whistle - reverently.

By Pepper Parr August 8th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON How does he do it? The guy gets the Prime Minister of the country to say nice […]

BASEBALL - Burlington Bandits continue to be dominated by the Barrie Baycats

By Staff August 6, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The three teams at the bottom of the IBL regular season appear to be repeating their performance. […]

Burlington residents to be first to take part in provincial program to prepare for future floods.

By Pepper Parr August 7th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The woman who badgered a Cabinet Minister to ensure that Burlington residents had access to ODRAP […]

Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip is going to entertain us on the 20th - we can support the research that will eventually prevent this terrible disease.

By Pepper Parr August 6th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Most of us experience reasonably good health – but we all know someone whose health is […]

London beats Guelph in their first game of the IBL quarter finals - Bandits play Barrie again on Saturday

By Staff August 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The bats of the Burlington Bandits were quiet Friday night In London the Majors took the Guelph Royals […]

Are there new players sniffing around the air park property?

By Pepper Parr August 5th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON   The Air Park has taken on a legal life of its own that just may see […]

They are back - West Nile virus positive mosquitoes found in Burlington

By Staff August 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   If the heat doesn’t get the best of us – something else will. We are told that […]

The Children's Festival began 25 years ago - big birthday celebration on the 21st.

By Staff August 5, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Might be a little early to make solid plans – but you could pencil this one in as […]

Influential moral philosopher describes part of what is going on in the American presidential election.

By Pepper Parr August 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Our political correspondent, Ray Rivers, is working up a pair of articles on the United States […]

Bandits lose their first of seven game quarter finals to Barrie; meet again on Saturday at Nelson Park

By Staff August 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The Burlington Bandits lost the first game of a seven game quarter finals series. The Barrie Baycats […]

Jazz on Friday - dancers on Saturday - Performing Art Centre has become a happening place.

By Pepper Parr August 4th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON   Once you’ve taken in the Jazz event Friday evening at the Performing arts Centre, at which […]

Two years ago this evening thousand of homes in the city had basements filled with rain water.

By Pepper Parr August 4th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON This time two years ago thousands of families in the city were scrambling to recover from a […]

First game in IBL quarter finals lasts nearly five hours. Burlington goes against Barrie tonight.

By Staff August 4, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON It took 10 innings, nine pitchers and nearly five hours, but the Brantford Red Sox took Game 1 […]

Burlington as a convention destination? You heard it here first and there is a guy in this city who makes things like this happen.

By Pepper Parr August 3rd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON This story has been revised – the number of hotel rooms is closer to 300 + than […]

Performing Arts Centre rolls out its free summer program.

By Staff April 3rd, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON The Performing Arts centre people have upped their game. Hard on the heels of a very successful event […]

Quarter finals in the IBL begin tonight - Bandits play their first game against Barrie in Barrie on Thursday - at home on Saturday.

By Staff August 3rd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The road to the Dominico Cup starts tonight when the 2016 Intercounty Baseball League playoffs begin with […]