Hive heading for a new home - with plans for a bigger and more in-depth service offering.

By Pepper Parr November 29th, 2107 BURLINGTON, ON   It was one of the good things that was done by the private sector. It was […]

Eva Amos can't wait for New Street to be returned to what she felt it should have been all along.

By Staff November 28, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Eva Amos is pleased and happy knowing that she did her bit to prevent the New Street […]

Meed Ward lays out her concerns about the rush to push through the Downtown Core Mobility Hub and the kind of changes that can be expected.

By Pepper Parr November 29, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The battle lines are being drawn for a fight that will get settled in October 2018 […]

How many of the Burlington lawyers who did the purchase closing paper work on the West Haven development miss the warning clause?

By Pepper Parr November 28th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The people who live along West Haven in Tyendaga will troop over to the Crossroads Centre […]

Did you think you might have a distant Greek relative? Do you want to take a chance?

By Staff November 27th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   What do you do when you get one of these? Maybe, just maybe I did have a […]

Free P for December - does it make a difference to the Brant street merchants?

By Pepper Parr November 27th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   For all of December you will be able to park your car at a city parking […]

Support for the newly created citizen's group is small but it is very early in the process - let's see what they get in the way of traction.

By Pepper Parr November 27th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   What might turn out to be one of those pivotal events took place on Saturday when […]

Rivers: There is a cultural revolution taking place in our society; education and conciliation may be a better pathway to peace than confrontation and litigation.

By Ray Rivers November 27th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   2017 – The year harassment dominated our news! In an epidemic of outings, victims of harassment […]

Citizens group plans to appeal the city council decision to approve a 23 story tower to the OMB. Council voted 5-2 for the development.

By Pepper Parr November 26th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Will the meeting in the Party Room at Buntin’s Wharf Saturday afternoon be seen as the […]

Grade 9 students from a high school the Board of Education has voted to shut down took to the streets of their neighbourhood handing out Thank You cards.

By Staff November 25th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   An entire Grade 9 class spent the day handing out kindness cards in Burlington, spreading smiles throughout […]

Tony Brecknock: - it was a vote made under mental, emotional and physical duress, that in the end was pushed through.

By Staff November 26, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Tony Brecknock, a parent with children who graduated from Pearson high school, the school he once attended […]

November Meeting of the Halton Regional Police Services Board to Take Place at Burlington City Hall

By Staff November 25th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The next scheduled meeting of the Halton Regional Police Services Board will take place on Thursday, November […]

Diane Miller asks provincially appointed Reviewer to revisit the decision to close two of Burlington's seven high schools. Claims it was a flawed process that resulted in a flawed decision.

By Pepper Parr November 25th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It was dramatic! Diane Miller, a parent with children in both Lester B. Pearson (LBP) high […]

Performing Arts Centre partners with Arts and Culture Council to decorate the lobby with Christmas trees.

By Staff November 24th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Burlington Performing Arts Centre’s lobby will be lit up with a colourful and festive display of […]

Parents get to air their concerns with the way their schools were closed.

By Pepper Parr November 24th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The process of being heard for parents who have students at Lester B. Pearson high school […]

High school parents meet with an appointed facilitator to set out their concerns with the way the PAR process that resulted in the closure of two city high schools was handled.

By Pepper Parr November 23rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The first of the public delegations made to the Administrative Review facilitator Margaret Wilson takes place […]

Is there genuine citizen engagement in Burlington? City hall says - definitely - thousands of citizens don't share that view.

  By Pepper Parr November 23rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   What is wrong with this picture? City hall tells a group of citizens they cannot […]

Dave Foxcroft to referee the 105th Grey Cup game.

By Staff November 23rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Parents never stop being proud of their kids. You see it at the Christmas concert when those […]

Residents opposed to a city hall decision told they cannot meet at city hall.

By Staff November 23, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Jim Young sent us a note earlier today – a group of people who are very unhappy […]

Courts take three years to find a Burlington electrical contractor guilty of unfair practices.

By Staff November 18, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The provincial Ministry of Government and Consumer Services charged a Burlington contractor for unfair practices that took […]