Is the Adi Nautique development downtown been revised to 18 storeys? Look at the offer carefully.

By Pepper Parr April 28, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON It’s bold – its brassy and all part of the sales pitch. Developers like to be able […]

Progress at Paradigm - a project that will be home to 2000 people slowly rising from what was once a farm field.

By Pepper Parr April 28, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The moment I walked onto the Paradigm construction site – it was evident that things were moving […]

Getting kids on their bikes is now a target for the city, the people who run the GO system and the provincial government too.

By Staff April 27, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON There are parents that believe bribing your child to do something is easier than direction and discipline. The […]

Art Gallery can take their show on the road - Trillium grant pays for the van and part of the costs of running the community outreach program.

By Pepper Parr April 27, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON They are taking the show on the road – now that they are the proud owners of […]

Sexy new parking meters being installed on city streets - it will take a bit to get used to them.

By Staff April 27, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Less than two weeks to use these guys. You might want to do a selfie with on of […]

The pipes will fill the air with that lonely, plaintive sound at the Lowville United Church on Sunday.

By Staff April 27, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Rob Missen is inviting people to an afternoon of music from the land of purple heather. It will […]

Cities that straddle the western end of the lake appear to have quite different approaches to what is increasingly being described as a planetary emergency.

By Staff April 26, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Reproduced from, CATCH (Citizens at City Hall), a Hamilton based group that uses transcripts and/or public documents to […]

Animating the city - how could we do that? What would the younger people do if they were given the space and support to show off the city as they know it?

By Pepper Parr April 26th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Our waterfront is used by thousands of people – on really nice weather days there are close […]

Sustainability at the ground level - walking tour of Spencer Smith Park and the Beachway May 8th.

By Pepper Parr April 26, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The city’s Sustainable Development Advisory committee is getting out into the community and showing citizens what sustainability […]

With the Cleanup done Burlington Green now prepares for the Green Up - they will be city building in the full sense of that phrase.

By Pepper Parr April 26, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON The man in the green T shirt on the left is a member of the provincial government […]

Ward 3 just might have a creditable candidate for the 2018 municipal election.

Ward 3 is a mix of suburban and rural – everything south of Dundas is easy to serve – it is the rural parts of […]

76% of quick check children’s car seat inspections fail. Wow! – these are your children.

By Staff April 25, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON On Saturday, April 16th, 2016 Halton Police, in partnership with the Halton Partners for Car Seat Safety (HPCSS), […]

Aldershot arena to remain closed until May 4th at 4:00 pm - unforeseen circumstances.

By Staff April 25th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Aldershot Arena is closed due to unforeseen maintenance issues. Burlington layer and one time candidate for city council […]

City is about to see shiny new parking meters on some streets in the city.

By Staff April 25, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The sides of the new parking meters will be a bight green and have a zone number on […]

Councillor Dennison wins at the OMB - he can sever the lot on Lakeshore Road - subject to pretty simple conditions.

By Staff April 23, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Councillor Dennison gets his way. Ontario Municipal Board decision: With respect to the severance application, the Board allows […]

Award winning artist will perform at both the Performing Centre and the Art Gallery of Burlington in May.

By Pepper Parr April 23, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON This is different – an artist – an award winning artist, coming to town and doing performances […]

Burlington Green Clean up gathering moves to an outdoor location - smart move.

By Staff April 23rd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The weather cooperated; the 11,000 people who signed up were still doing so at close to midnight on […]

Burlington to co-host Canadian Craft Biennial Conference with Toronto - Deadline for submission is May 15th

By Staff April 23, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Art Gallery of Burlington in collaboration with Craft Ontario, is organizing the first Canadian Craft Biennial to […]

Guilds will display their work at the AGB until May 22nd

By Staff April 23, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The annual exhibition that celebrates the Guilds at the Art Gallery of Burlington begins to day and will […]

Aldershot Arena is closed until Tuesday April 26th at 4pm.

By Staff April 22, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Aldershot Arena Aldershot Arena is closed due to unforseen maintenance issues. The Arena is expected to re-open Tuesday […]