Engaged citizens set out their resolutions for 2018.

By Staff December 31st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Many people actually write out New Year resolutions for themselves – setting out the things they want […]

Purple is reported to be THE colour for 2018!

By Staff December 31st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It is said that “80% of human experience is filtered through the eyes”. The choice of a […]

Funny, funny, funny on Family Day - note the date February 19th

By Staff December 31st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Promoting a Comedy Festival seems like a good way to close out the year. The Burlington Downtown […]

The wonderful mind of consultant Brent Toderian

By Staff December 29th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It has been a couple of years since the city invited Brent Toderian into town to advise […]

Register for the $25 Loblaws card and think about passing it along to a local food bank.

By Pepper Parr December 27th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   We are going to be looking at those rows of bread on the supermarket shelves a […]

Council to debate the 2018 Operating budget - $30,000 will be used to decide what to do with the Lowville school house.

By Pepper Parr December 27th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The city Finance department takes care of collecting the money. They create a budget that gets […]

ECoB's evolution is in a gestation phase - they will have to put something real on the table very soon.

By Pepper Parr December 26th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   ECoB – Engaging Citizens of Burlington got off to a pretty good start. There is some […]

City says all the snow plowing is done - including the sidewalks.

By Staff December 26th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   At 4:10 pm this afternoon the city said: Road plowing is complete. Primary, secondary and local sidewalks […]

There is a reason for the season.

Taken during a Burlington Santa Claus parade – it expresses what we believe the season is really all about. The fundamentals of our society are […]

America as we knew it is no more; Canada still trying to figure how out to spread our sunny ways around the world - one selfie at a time?

By Ray Rivers December 25th, 2017 MOUNTSBERG, ON   No discussion of the highlights of 2017 would be complete without mention of the Donald Trump […]

Georgetown resident was the one millionth 2017 visitor to a Conservation Halton location.

By Staff December 23rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It’s a day Jamie Leslie isn’t likely to forget. She was at Kelso/Glen Eden with her Dad, […]

City of Burlington asking for feedback on playground structures.

By Staff December 22nd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Not the best time of year to ask people to find a couple of minutes to respond […]

Which path for the high school set? Planning information evening January 28th at MMR.

By Staff December 22nd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton District School Board is hosting several Pathways Planning Information Evenings in January 2018 that will […]

What will it take to end news items like this? Three more drunks behind the wheel of a car.

By Staff December 22nd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   On Thursday, December 21, 2017, just before 10:30pm, a traffic stop was initiated at Longmoor Drive and […]

Holiday transit schedule released - walk or take a taxi on Christmas and New Year's Day.

By Pepper Parr December 21st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON Every media document the city sends out and many of the reports that come out of city […]

Two arrested for being behind the wheel of a vehicle with driving over 80 mgs

By Staff December 21st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   How you get nabbed for driving while under the influence before noon is not easy to explain […]

Rory Nisan on Emerging Democratic Issues at City Hall

By Rory Nisan December 21st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   There has been a disconcerting trend at city hall where language is being used as a […]

Skinner: Impact of Demographics on the City of Burlington Urban Planning

By Jeremy Skinner December 21, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   This article is designed to stimulate the conversation as to why the residents of Burlington need […]

West Haven residents now have a quarry site plan document - they want it peer reviewed and would like the Mayor to begin supporting them.

By Staff December 21st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Entrance to the Meridian Brick works plant in Aldershot. The Meridian Brick people released three of the […]

City imports an interim city planner from Hamilton - gets his business card for Christmas.

By Pepper Parr December 20th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   That didn’t take very long. Breaking News – Bill Jannsen a retired planner from the City […]