Jubilee medals to be handed out by Mayor Goldring at Council meeting next week.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON. February 15, 2013 Four Burlington residents will be awarded Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee medals at a city council meeting on […]

Halton educational assistant arrested for possession of child pornography.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON. February 15th, 2013 A Burlington man , employed by the Halton Catholic District School Board, faces a charge of Possession of […]

Local company takes environment seriously – lowers the heat and tells staff to bring in a sweater.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 13, 2014 There isn’t a large corporation on this side of the Atlantic that doesn’t say it is out […]

Art Centre expands its reach and nails down the title of leading contemporary ceramics collection in the country

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON. February 12, 2013 The art centre with at least the second best collection of contemporary Canadian ceramics in this country has […]

Ward 4 Councillor risks it all for his constituents – will he live to do that again?

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON. February 13, 2014 The public continually asks for leadership from its politicians. Be bold they will say – but don’t […]

Music conductor goes deaf – trades baton in for paint brush; sells some painting twice.

Traditionally when an artist does their first solo exhibit someone with talent and a background in the genre the artist has chosen writes a review. […]

Standing room only if you are delegating at city council: so much for accommodating the aging population.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 11, 2013 The late Jane Irwin tweaked city council’s nose during the meeting she attended last Monday evening, before […]

We lost an important person last week. Jane Irwin dead.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 9, 2013 She’s gone. A little lady, short, who stood with a bit of a bend to her upper […]

She saw herself as a “loyal opposition” and served her city very, very well. Jane Irwin dead.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 8, 2013 A tireless fighter who saw herself as part of a “loyal opposition” when she spoke to a […]

What did weather do to you? City hall shut down at 3:00 pm Friday; a lady on our street said she now feels like a Canadian.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON,ON. February 9th, 2013 We kept hearing about it – it was coming. It was going to be a meet up between […]

Recognition wasn’t quite good enough – now they will be called Burlington’s BEST. Who will they be this year?

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON February 7, 2013 There are some who will tell you that you have a healthy community when there is an arena […]

Person attempting to cross GO rail line east of Burloak sustained fatal injuries.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON February 7, 2013 Traffic on the east bound GO line was brought to a halt as Collision Reconstruction Unit and the […]

How do we see ourselves – do we like what they are showing us; do we agree with what they are telling us?

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON. February 6th, 2013 So what do we think of ourselves and the way we are served by the different levels […]

Close to 250 people bring in their personal artifacts that might become part of Burlington’s recoded history .

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 6, 2013 They came to be part of the city’s history. They brought big items, small items, personal items […]

Police seize weapons at Halton Region home.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON. February 6. 2013 We live in a society that has some very violent people. The Halton Regional Police Service Integrated […]

Council doesn’t seem to want to record how they vote at committee level; not their smartest decision this year.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON. February 5, 2013 In a review of the Procedural bylaw, a document that sets out how members of city council […]

Less than twenty people show up at the BAC for first peek at the 2013 city spending plan. City manager lays out the options.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON. February 5, 2013 Budget time for the city. This is going to be a tough one for Burlington to get […]

Things are getting a little hurried at city hall; legal department is scurrying around to get reports into the hand of Councillors.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 4th, 2013 A confidential report on the pier being built at the foot of Brant Street was scheduled for […]

Heritage month gets off to a lively start; library filled with exhibits, re-enactors all over the place..

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON. February 3, 2013 The provincial government encourages municipalities to promote and preserve both the Cultural and Built Heritage of the Province […]

Male chooses to expose himself to women in underground garages. Police believe they are looking for just the one suspect.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON February 2, 2013 Police are investigating two separate incidents that had a male exposing himself to women in Aldershot. I don’t […]