IBL - London begins their semi final series against Toronto while Barrie is beating Kitchener.

By Staff August 18, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The IBL semifinal between the first-place London Majors and fifth-place Toronto Maple Leafs is scheduled to begin […]

Youths Robbed of Their Cell Phones near Alexander’s Public School on Sutton Drive

By Staff August 18, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Late last night, shortly after midnight, three youths were gathered near the splash pad area behind Alexander’s […]

Public getting noisy over planned lane re-configuration for New Street between Guelph and Walkers Line

By Pepper Parr August 18, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON A little less anxiety over the announcement that New Street traffic lanes are going to be re-configured […]

Dispatch side of police communications unit gets fast paced at times.

By Pepper Parr August 18th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The Dispatch side of the Regional Police communications unit is quite different than the Intake side. […]

Leafs rally to win Game 7 over Red Sox; move on to play London Majors in the IBL semi-finals

By Staff August 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   After several rain game cancellations the Toronto Leafs rallied from a two-run deficit to tie the game […]

Hip concert at Spencer Smith on Saturday will be preceded by an hour of Olympics coverage. GO shuttle will be operting

By Pepper Parr August 17, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   It is going to be a “twofer” that is two things for the price of one. […]

A Midsummer Night's Dream begins the second week of a two week run at the Rock Garden.

By Pepper Parr August 17, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON “What a week” said Trevor Copp as he prepared for the second week of a two week […]

Home inspectors will have to be licensed if the province passes proposed legislation - about time.

By Staff August 17, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   There are a lot of home buyers that are going to be pleased to see this fovernment […]

Stabbing took place in Burlington, victim goes to Oakville hospital - gets transferred to Hamilton for surgery.

By Staff August 17, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON At approximately 10:00 PM last night an 18-year-old male walked into the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital suffering from […]

Fire Department has lifted its longest-running open-air burning ban.

By Staff August 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON On July 6, 2016, a fire ban was issued after the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry identified […]

Revised|Province promoting the certification of development sites - none in Burlington at this point.

By Pepper Parr August 17th, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON   Revised Media releases that come out of the provincial government will be about creating jobs, doing […]

Police communications - an amazing array of equipment with 66 operators serving 24/7 to keep the flow of critical information constant.

By Pepper Parr August 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Part 1 of a two part series. When you pick up the phone and dial 911 – […]

Weather playing havoc with baseball finals schedule - hopes for Wednesday.

By Staff August 16, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Weather is playing havoc with Inter County Baseball schedule. The Brantford Red Sox and Toronto Maple Leafs […]

Apartment owner fined $30,000 for failing to provide records of various life safety systems and equipment in the building.

By Pepper Parr August 16th, 206 BURLINGTON, ON   Owners of a Burlington multi-unit residential building, that the city chose not to named were convicted […]

Terry Fox run route changed due to the rebuild of Lakeshore Road - will begin at pier on September 18th.

By Alison Webster August 16, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The road re-building work taking place on Lakeshore Road at Maple Avenue and North Shore Boulevard […]

New street to be narrowed to just two lanes of traffic plus a turning lane - bike lanes going in on each side.

By Staff August 16, 216 BURLINGTON, ON New Street, between Guelph Line and Walkers Line is going on a road diet reducing the road from […]

Child and family services agency fined $125 thousand for failing to provide information, instruction and supervision to protect a worker from workplace violence.

By Staff August 16, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Kinark Child and Family Services, an agency providing children’s mental health services and support for children and […]

What is it with Burlington and beer - still can't get any in the supermarkets.

By Pepper Parr August 16, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   It was one of those corporate media releases – filled with an upbeat message and all […]

Maple Park baseball diamonds closed

By Staff August 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON This soggy weather is mucking up a lot of programs. The city announced that the following Sportfields are […]

Oakville transit Dundas # 5 creeps into Burlington.

By Staff August 16, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Oakville Transit has moved into the Burlington market and now offers a pretty full schedule with stops from […]