The Herd is in the Barn at the Farm - translation: The baseball team will be playing on the field at the Nelson Stadium.

By Staff February 22, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Get used to the name The Herd – Burlington’s Inter-County Baseball League entrant. They were the Twins […]

Hamilton Philharmonic members to perform at Central Library

By Staff February 22, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   At the Burlington Public Library! Central Branch Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Composer-in-Residence, Abigail Richardson-Schulte will be giving an […]

Two Males Arrested: Drugs, Cash & Car Seized

By Staff February 22, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   3 District Street Crime Unit concluded a three week investigation into a crack cocaine trafficker operating in […]

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario to visit the city Friday - will be welcomed by the Town Crier.

By Staff February 22, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It’s going to be the best photo op the Mayor is going to have this year – […]

Where is the structural change to make Burlington a truly inclusive city going to come from?

By Pepper Parr February 22nd 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   We recently published two articles that lead us to this third article. In January we published […]

Burlington Downtown Business Association goes on record – keep Central high school open.

By Brian Dean, Executive Director Burlington Downtown Business Association February 22, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Burlington Downtown Business Association (BDBA) is a not-for-profit, incorporated […]

Muir wants the Board of Education to fess up and accept public responsibility for the decision to build Hayden high school and then revise boundaries to balance the population between the seven high schools.

By Tom Muir February 22, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   I had a good hour long conversation with Stuart Miller, Director of Education for the Halton […]

Our city and our unique cultural - could you describe it to a Tea!

By Staff February 21st, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington’s public art program would like people to describe Burlington to a ‘tea’. Beginning, Feb. 25, 2017, […]

Citizen is having difficulty with some of the numbers the Board of Education is putting out on the cost of closing schools.

By Pepper Parr February 21, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The bureaucrats use the words “transparency” and “accountable” when they talk about the work they do. […]

Two Males Arrested for Theft & Fraud Against Elderly Victim

By Staff February 21, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Regional Police, 3 District Criminal Investigations Bureau – Vulnerable Persons Unit have identified and arrested […]

Ontario Municipal Board hearing on the Adi Development Group proposal to build 26 storeys at the Martha - Lakeshore Road intersection to begin on Wednesday. It might be a very short hearing.

By Pepper Parr February 20th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Wednesday morning at 10:00 am the person chairing the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing will call […]

High school closing review gets down to six options that the public can debate and provide opinion through an online survey.

By Staff February 17th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Program Accommodation Review (PARC) committee has gotten to the point where they can put forward six […]

Rivers on cap and trade

By Ray Rivers February 17th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Patrick Brown has put the ‘Progressive’ back into the Ontario PC party, as he gears up […]

Regional police review the 57 unfounded sexual assault occurrence reports filed in 2016.

By Staff February 17th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The manner in which police services across the country have handled sexual assault complaints from women has […]

Is Burlington's rural-urban boundary at risk?

By Pepper Parr February 17th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The GTA benchmark price for various types of housing sold last month hit $705,900 up 22.6% […]

Can we expect to see parents opposed to the closing of Central high school marching up Brant Street?

By Pepper Parr February 16, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   They don’t call it grass roots organizing for nothing. It is when you go out into […]

Regional government boast a triple a - Aaa - credit rating. Gets points for fiscal responsibility. Transparency and accountability are another matter.

By Staff February 16th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Quite why the Regional government would assign one of their communications advisors the task of preparing a […]

A classic childrens' book - a true Canadian story to be told by the author at Central high school March 9th.

By Pepper Parr February 16th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   If high schools were ever supposed to be a place where the general public could add […]

Raccoon strain of rabies on the up-rise in the Region - explain the danger to your children.

By Staff February 15th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   There have been ten case of raccoon strain rabies in the Region. The Halton Region Health Department […]

Dotmocracy - do the dots tell the story? Four options left on the table - drift is towards closing Central and Pearson.

By Staff February 15th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   In order to begin whittling down the 30+ options before the PARC the members of the committee […]