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 […]

2053 households seek Regional $1000 grant for flood damage; announcement of local disaster chair delayed.

By Pepper Parr August 27, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The announcement was going to be made sometime on Wednesday – but it didn’t arrive so Burlington […]

Post reduces publishing schedule by one third - it will be a Thursday/Friday paper in the future.

By Pepper Parr August 27, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Got a note from Joshua Miller, that’s the kid that delivers the Post to my dear […]

Burlington is almost like two different societies: those flooded and those not. For those flooded it is brutal, for those not - they can help.

By Pepper Parr August 27, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   There is a strange dichotomy at this time in this city. There are those who were […]

Flood information is sparse - Elections Act is preventing Mayor from using city web site to speak. Can you believe that?

By Pepper Parr August 26, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON The flood has only begun as far as the flow of information is concerned. A graphic from […]

West nile found in the Region - Oakville at this point - but these mosquitoes move around. Take precautions.

By Staff August 25, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   The first official data on mosquitos that are carrying West Nile Virus was released by the Region […]

Police search discovers remains beleived to be of missing 24 year old male.

By Staff August 25, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Halton Regional Police sent out a notice last week that they intended to do a methodical grid […]

Single Mom's organization has to close its doors after 3 years of solid effort; funds raised weren't sufficient to continue

By Staff August 25, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. INCITE A Single Moms Support Group, a local non-profit organization, will be closing its doors as of August […]

Ice bucket dunking is bad for ALS fund raising - it went for $2.5 million to $70 - how can that be bad?

By Pepper Parr August 25, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. My neighbour Rob, who is prone to stunts, pranks and practical jokes ,sent me an Ice Bucket […]

The local disaster committee will announce its chair on Wednesdayand roll out the committee structure on September 3.

By Pepper Parr August 25, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. It is coming together. It’s taking a little longer than many people had hoped but it looks […]

Disaster relief committee about to be announced; public can expect to hear and learn a lot more about a damage claims process.

By Pepper Parr August 24, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Sometime soon – the Burlington Community Foundation will announce who the Chair of the local Disaster […]