Conservation Authority raises Water Conditions Statement to yellow

By Staff November 4th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement regarding a low pressure system that will be moving […]

Why do authors write what they write - hear two writers in conversation with Lynda Simmons at The Different Drummer.

By Staff November 4th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It’s a small, independent bookstore that has been in business for more than forty years and continues […]

Clocks go back an hour tonight - make the change before you get into bed and enjoy that extra hour of snooze time.

By Staff November 3, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The clocks go back an hour – which means an additional hour of snooze time for you […]

Fifteenth annual Art in Action tour - this weekend.

By Pepper Parr November 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   They have been doing this for fifteen years. It has become a bit of an institution […]

Prospect to be closed at night east of Guelph Line.

By Staff November 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON Prospect Street, from Guelph Line to Regency Court will be closed nightly from November 6 to 25, between […]

City council decides it can live with a 23 storey tower in the downtown core opposite city hall.

By Staff November 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Well … at least it wasn’t one of those dreaded 4-3 votes that our city council strives […]

Is six storeys for residential buildings what Burlington wants or should strive for?

By Greg Woodruff November 3, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Lots of talk at last night’s council meeting on developing Brant street. The thing that horrifies […]

Police continue to arrest and release the names of those who drive while under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs.

By Staff November 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON,ON   On Thursday, November 2, 2017, just after 9:00am, a traffic stop was initiated at Guelph Street and Mountainview […]

Trevor Copp producing Journey to the East - on stage at the Performing Arts Centre - Copp rarely disappoints.

By Staff November 2, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   We work in the dark. We make sense of what we can. But we don’t know what […]

Rivers on what he thinks is happening to Alberta - the land of the free-spirited, land-centric cowboys.

By Ray Rivers November 2, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   First we take Alberta then we take B.C. But not likely so in Ontario, even with […]

Capital budget proposal for 2018 is $68.6 million.

By Staff November 2, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   A review of the 2018 proposed budgets will begin on Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. A copy […]

Sound of Music offering a From Nothing to Something class - FREE - just have to register.

By Staff November 1st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Sound of Music isn’t just a week long music feast beside a big lake. The organization […]

Identity theft still taking place - don't join the list of those who have been seriously damaged financially.

By Staff November 2, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON This from people who claimed to be the TD Bank – anyone who opened that pdf would have […]

Wellington Square United Church putting on a musical to honour Remembrance Day and Canada’s 150th birthday.

By Staff November 2, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON 1942 – America – The Stage Door Canteen – a place where Bette Davis served the desserts. Marlene […]

Trained as a classical piano player Suzanne Mammel now directs the Home Builders Association that covers Hamilton and all of the Halton Region.

By Pepper Parr November 2nd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The city of Burlington Planning department has basically wrapped up their work on the draft of […]

Seven hand guns stolen from a semi-rural residence in the Region.

By Staff November 2, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The locale for this story is not Burlington – but it raises serious concerns over the number […]

Burlingtonians want to know much more about aging - tickets to the event sold out.

By Staff November 1, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   This is the kind of problem our Mayor likes to have. Listen in. Moses Znaimer was invited […]

Developer wants to add two more storeys to an approved project.

By Pepper Parr November 1st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   When the project was first brought to the public the project could have been five storeys […]

Public to get a look at the more than 200 ideas that came in about the Focus Exploration at Aldershot high school.

By Staff November 1st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton District School Board is hosting an Open House on Monday, November 13, 2017, from 5-7 […]

Students who will enter high school next September are invited to visit the school and learn about the programs offered - two of the seven high schools in the city will not graduate those young people.

By Staff November 1, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   High school information nights are scheduled by the Halton District School Board during the month of November […]