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Ambulance service meeting response time targets - meeting the cost for the last half of the ten yeat plan is not going to be easy. By Staff June 24th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Despite a 5.5 per cent increase in call volumes and a 4.4 per cent increase in patients transported […]	Rivers sees the the UK after Brexit as no longer so united but still a kingdom. By Ray Rivers June 24th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Chanel- the history it has experienced. Now more than a body of water – a […]
Residents meet to talk about a private tree bylaw while worker takes down another tree on Guelph Line. By Pepper Parr June 24th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON It was one of those Public Information nights – no presentations; city staff on hand to answer […]	Bandits play a respectable game to beat Guelph - still 7th in an eight place league By Staff June 24th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON It was in the sixth inning that the Burlington Bandits took the game that ended 6-4 over the […]
Highway lanes have gone from HOV to HOT - like $720 a year hot! It's a pilot that will become permanent. By Pepper Parr June 23rd, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON Here it comes Ontario is launching Canada’s first High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes as part of a pilot […]	Transit trip planner still in testing mode - bugs will get worked out soon. By Staff June 23rd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON It will work properly – eventually. Burlington Transit got all excited about a new computer application that would […]
Bandits have a chance Thursday and Saturday to make up for past losses. By Staff June 22, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Future games: Thursday, June 23 Toronto at Barrie, 7:30 p.m. Guelph at Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24 […]	Regional Health Department issues a rabies alert - bat found in Oakville had rabies. By Staff June 22nd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Halton Region Health Department has received test results confirming that a bat found at Honeyvale Road and […]
Traffic along Lakeshore Road where it cuts away from Maple is going to be very hairy - lots of detours. By Staff June 22nd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON It is going to get a little hairy for people who use Lakeshore Road where it cuts away […]	Is there an Arts Council in Burlington’s future? If there is - what will it do? By Pepper Parr June 22, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON Is there an Arts Council in Burlington’s future? And if there is – what kind of a […]
Become A CNE Ambassador At Canada’s Favourite Fair - deadline July 15th By Staff June 22, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON If you’ve not managed to find a summer job yet – and you want to pick up some […]	Second Bay Area summit will go down as the beginning of a new form and level of municipal cooperation. By Pepper Parr June 22, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON It was a success by any standard. It was well run, tightly run even when the politicians […]
Open House on a possible private tree bylaw - Thursday at Central Park Arena Auditorium. By Pepper Parr June 22, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON BurlingtonGreen advised us this morning that the City is hosting an open house this Thursday, June 23rd […]	Kool Ride (Vintage cars) will be on display at the RBG next Tuesday - the 28th By Staff June 22, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Team Bullock and the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG), are excited to present to you, the first annual Cruise […]
Burlington - Urban and Rural; Romanticism versus Social Commentary. Bateman makes a strong statement. By Jim Riley June 22, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Art Gallery of Burlington is presenting a visual discussion on the duality of the urban and […]	City councillor sets out her views on intensification and what it is doing to green space - bludgeoning it in her words. By Pepper Parr June 21, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON A colleague mentioned article he had read in Urbanicity, a newspaper (in print) published in Hamilton that […]
Does the Member of Parliament for rural Burlington have a job now? Abandonment of the Ontario pension plan initiative leaves little for the new Minister to do. By Pepper Parr June 21st , 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Well, this could be awkward. Burlington now has two Cabinet Ministers – a week ago […]	Arts collective just might be ready to make an announcement - will it make any difference? By Pepper Parr June 21, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON They are meeting and they are talking but that band of artists, musicians and actors that created […]
Burlington Youth to screen a video on the way they see Syrians leaving that war torn country and coming to Canada. By Staff June 20th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington Cabinet Minister Eleanor McMahon wants you to understand that she believes fervently that young people play a […]	MP Gould encourages organizations to submit applications that will engage seniors in the community through the mentoring of others. By Staff June 20, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Liberal MP Karina Gould released details today on a federal government program that will empower seniors to share […]