Halton Police Investigating Robbery at Plains Road Gas Station

By Staff October 28, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Just before 9 pm last night an unknown male walked towards a gas station on Plains Road and […]

CineStarz Showtimes: Week of Friday, October 30, 2015 through Thursday, November 05, 2015

Ciné-Starz Upper Canada Place, Burlington, ON L7R 4B6     Week of Friday, October 30, 2015 through Thursday, November 05, 2015 Pan (PG) Fri – […]

Heavy rainfall expected tomorrow: City asks residents to take steps to help reduce the risk of flooding

By Staff October 27, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Neither the city or the regional governments wants to get caught over poor flood potential warnings. This time […]

Identity theft is all over the place on the internet- Stay vigilant.

By Staff October 27th, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON They are out in force this week – the fraud artists are just flooding the internet with what […]

Public hears the what the HDSB thinks could be done to manage the trend to increased interest in French immersion.

By Walter Byj October 27th, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON It has been a trying five weeks for Director of Education Stuart Miller. As if managing the […]

Weapons amnesty ends in two days - police have set up a dedicated phone line

By Pepper Parr October 27th, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON The Halton Regional Firearms and Weapons Amnesty ends in two days October 29, 2015. The police have […]

Community garden applications to be available on November 2nd - closing date is November 22nd. Lottery draw will decide who gets a space.

By Staff October 26, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Shucks – they aren’t advertising the seed catalog offerings yet are they? The city however is ready to […]

Project approved in 1985 sees a construction crew on site to bury hydro wires.

By Staff October 26, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON It begins. Not quite the shovels in the ground with the photo op and the silver spade – […]

Planning department creates drawings to show what parts of the city could look like with intensification in specific locations.

By Pepper Parr October 26, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON First of a multi part series on how the city thinks intensification could be managed. What do […]

Culinary and ceramic arts combined at the Art Gallery of Burlington - November 19 – 22 for the annual Soup Bowl sale. It is usually a sold out event.

By Staff October 26, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON It is a well-established tradition in Burlington – 19 years and they are still slurping soup from hand […]

Hospital construction now at level four - with pillars for the bridge from the garage in place. Watch the construction live.

By Staff October 26, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Every couple of days one can see the re-developed Joseph Brant Hospital reach higher and higher. They are […]

Police ask for help with a crime ten days after it was reported to have taken place.

By Staff October 26, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON On Thursday October 15th 2015 at approximately 4:00 am, an unknown person entered numerous vehicles in the City […]

Burlington is now represented by three women in Ottawa: Gould, Damoff and Raitt.

By Pepper Parr October 26, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON It was a week ago today that Canadians made a choice – and now we have a […]

Legion wants parents to know about the programs they offer - they fear teachers won't do that job this year.

By Pepper Parr (43164-H) October 25, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON There are these things we call unintended consequences or we say “I didn’t see that coming.” […]

Public meeting to learn what the board thinks it should do with the French and English programs at the elementary levels.

By Staff October 24, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON The Halton District School Board has a programming problem on its hands – the uptake for French Immersion […]

How does one fund a small local business? Check out the Lending Loop

By Staff October 22, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON A pretty smart guy from Hamilton and a partner from elsewhere in the province have come up with […]

Run jump play: city gets behind a three year initiative to get young people outside playing.

By Pepper Parr October 22, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Run, Jump, Play – every day. That’s the drill and Burlington got it off to a decent […]

Wallace to get a severance package worth $89,500 plus an annual pension of $46,000

By Staff October 24, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON The first thing you have to do is gulp. Then sit down and let the facts sink in […]

Regional police are looking for Jordan Travis MILLER, 28 years old, of Ohsweken, ON. Accused has 29 criminal convictions

By Staff October 23, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON There are people who continue to evade the police and the court system and continue to live out […]

Violence against women to get special attention during November: a cultural change is needed and it is the men in the community who have to change their behaviour.

By Staff October 23, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON November is Woman Abuse Awareness Month Violence against woman is not a women’s issue – it is a […]