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Handi-van dispatch service telephone to be temporarily out of service Wednesday May 18 until approximately 8:30 a.m. By Staff May 10th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Handi-van phone disruption Wednesday May 18 Customers please note that the phone line to contact Handi-van dispatch (905) […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Bridgewater photo feature for the sidewalk superintendents - the project will change the face of the city. By Pepper Parr May 10th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The changing face of the city. This will become the face of the Joseph Brant hospital when […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
New parking meters up and running - how many downtown merchants will use the feature that allows them to pay for a customers parking? By Pepper Parr May 10th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Well – it is official – with more people than is usually required to get a car […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	What are your colours? Do they include a rainbow? Public attitudes to the LGBT community to be the focus of a school board conference. By Staff May 9th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Halton District School Board’s annual Inside and Out Conference will take place on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Financial advisor finds a way to provide a needed service that builds his client base and passes along a significant sum that benefits the wider community. Win,win,win! By Pepper Parr May 9th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON How does a guy with a small operation in the financial services field manage to write a […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	The days for the Gazebo in Spencer Smith Park appear to be numbered. By Staff May 9, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Gazebo is going to go! Not certain as to when but the people who do the landscaping […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
We got it wrong - and we apologize. By Pepper Parr May 9th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON We goofed – we made a mistake. Councillor Blair Lancaster took the Mayor’s chair for a meeting […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Casey Cosgrove to help unveil the Terry Fox marker in Spencer Smith park By Pepper Parr May 9, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON “I am still a stage 4 lung cancer patient” explains Casey Cosgrove, “but the trials I was […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Inter County baseball league opens – Burlington gets sandbagged early in the season. By Staff May 8, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Burlington Bandits, didn’t stand a chance against the London Majors Saturday, losing 7-1. Burlington players celebrate the […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Cherubini’s Requiem and Mozart’s Solemn Vespers and Regina Coeli at St. Christopher’s Anglican Church. By Staff May 9th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Cherubini’s Requiem and Mozart’s Solemn Vespers and Regina Coeli May 14th The Burlington Civic Chorale is a mixed-voice […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Fish and chip store operator doesn't like the sign rules - is expecting the Mayor to do something about it. By Pepper Parr May 6, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Revised: May 8th, 2010 Late in April Jennifer Soukup writes the Mayor. She is unhappy with what […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Local access only on New Street from Guelph Line to Martha - water mains. being upgraded By Staff May 6, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON For those who survived phase 1 of the New Street construction project – feel some compassion for the […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
New parking meters - but they aren't quite ready to take your money. Soon - next week. By Staff May 5, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON PAYBYPL8 – means you need to know your license number to use the new parking meters. And you […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	What was all the fuss about? Census is a snap - a needed bureaucratic tool. Has nothing to do with privacy issues. By Ray Rivers May 6, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Does anyone remember why the Harper government decided to cancel the long form census in 2011 and […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Free to the first person that gets to it - it should go quickly. By Staff May 5, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Two questions – what does the rest of the furniture look like? Free – what would you want […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Aldershot Arena closed for electrical work until week of May 31 By Staff May 5th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON What started out as “unforeseen maintenance” issue has grown into a full blown electrical upgrade that is […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Lowville resident comes home for a break to talk to her neighbours about the works she does in refugee camps. By Pepper Parr May 5, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON She was born and bred in Lowville – the strongest part of her support network is the […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Oh Geronimo makes it to second round in CBC Searchlight talent competition - are we looking at another Walk the Earth? By Staff May 4, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington’s Oh Geronimo has advanced in CBC Music’s Searchlight contest. The national competition which now has a field […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Commercial motor vehicle inspections take half the trucks pulled over off the road - a road we share with those trucks. Bigger fines and a couple of days in the hoosgow might help. Successful Commercial Motor vehicle blitz By Staff May 4, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Over the course of a two day period a joint commercial motor vehicle […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Spending the day with one of the most important people in your life. By Staff May 4, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Tea, tea, tea and Mummy. There are a number of organizations offering a Mother’s Day Tea on the […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)