Senior has $150,000 removed from her account by a thief impersonating a family member.

By Staff September 3, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   She was an older person. The criminal took a total of $150,000 from the woman’s bank account […]

Disaster Relief fund publishes aid rules and procedures - some people who need immediate funding to get through the month could see money by September 15

By Staff September 3, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   The Burlington Community Foundation released the different aid packages that will be available and the processes they […]

Fund raising is getting better; aid process is announced - some funds available as early as September 15

By Pepper Parr September 3, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   “We need money and we need it now” was the way local disaster fund chair Ron […]

Residents pull together a street festival in a couple of days and surprise many by raising $20,000 during a four hour event. Give those people jobs at city hall.

By Pepper Parr September 3, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   Part 2 of 3 The residents of Elwood Street, a short number of yards from Tuck […]

Professional fund raiser questions the approach Burlington has taken to collecting money for disaster relief - neighbourhoods seem to be doing better than established organizations.

By Pepper September 3, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   Part 3 of 3 I had occasion to take the GO train the day before Ribfest started […]

The rain poured, information was scarce and it seemed to take forever to learn what was available in the way of resources. Turned out there weren't very many.

By Pepper Parr September 3, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON Part 1 of 3 parts The rain just poured. The city manager was away for what was […]

Canada faces a tough decision on its defense spending. Do we up what we spend and risk balancing the budget in an election year or do we continue to fudge our financial committement?

By Ray Rivers September 3, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   Prime Minister Harper has been among the strongest opponents to Russian aggression in the Ukraine. And […]

Up the Creek brings in a whopping $20,000 from a four hour street party; phenomenal.

By Pepper Parr September 2, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON Wow! Do you know what they did over on Elwood Street last Monday? Glenn Nicholson, the man […]

Ward 5 candidate calls for immediate action to prevent future floods

By Pepper Parr September 2, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   He`s running for office and tackling a major problem in ward 5 – and he`s letting […]

Theatre Burlington to open season with

By Staff September 2, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   So much for the summer we didn’t really have – here we are rolling towards a fall […]

Street that was left

By Pepper Parr September 1, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Communities organize themselves in various ways. Almost a month ago many of the people in Wards […]

Political heavy weights to be in Burlington September 6 - all female.

By Pepper Parr August 31, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   A Fundraiser for the Judy LaMarsh Fund honouring the contributions of four great women in the […]

Understanding social media: Is it for you - and how do you make it work? Burchill offers some tips.

Everyone tells me I need to use Social Media and I guess they’re right – but I find it confusing and it takes a lot […]

Burlington native Margaret Lindsay Holton to do a SOLO show at the Hamilton rescue station.

By Pepper Parr August 31, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Those people who earn their living as artists – have a rough row to hoe. Artists […]

Ward 6 election debate to be held September 24 at Hayden High - 7 pm.

By Pepper Parr August 31, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   People get the government they deserve. If voters do their homework and read the election material […]

Burlington MP hustles for flood victims - explains that at least a part of the government portion of disaster funds will come from Ottawa.

By Pepper Parr August 30, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   There he was – standing at the entrance to Spencer Smith Park, white bucket in hand, […]

Four Rotary Clubs combine to make Ribfest a Flood fund raising event - two new Ribbers added.

By Pepper Parr August 30, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington slides to the end of the month of August wondering if we really had a summer […]

Will the Prime Minister take a walk in the snow? Will the Council of the Federation become what the Fathers of Confederation wanted?

By Ray Rivers August 29, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The Premiers of Ontario and Quebec have met and agreed to work together as never before, building […]

RibFest will feature The Spoons and some pretty good sauce to go with the music. Disaster fund raising to take place - bring a pocketfull of twoonies.

By Staff August 29, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   We all know what Rib Fest is – we get ourselves to Spencer Smith Park where we […]

Foxcroft to quarterback the Disaster Relief Committee; Dobbie to be his pass receiver. Heading for a $2 million dollar touchdown.

By Pepper Parr August 29, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   There has been some movement – is it enough? Ron Foxcroft has been appointed chair of […]