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Burlington packaging firm fined $70,000 for failing to appoint a competent person as supervisor. By Staff November 18, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON – Samuel, Son & Co., Ltd., also known as GO Packaging, has pleaded guilty and has been […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	City Council will be sworn in at the Performing Arts Centre on December 1st - plenty of seating. By Staff November 19, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. They are taking the show on the road. On December 1, the Mayor and the six council […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Fortinos writes a big cheque for Disaster Relief; residents who need financial support MUST have their forms in before December 15th By Pepper Parr November 19, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. Another cheque presentation; another photo op – you wonder if they are all the same and why […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Councillor Craven bush-whacks hospital president at Standing Committee meeting. Why? By Pepper Parr November 19, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON Boy – did he ever bush whack the guy! Eric Vandewall, president of the Joseph Brant Hospital […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
By-election in Ontario doesn't give much of a hint on the federal election scheduled for October 2015. By Ray Rivers November 18, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. He is consistently below Trudeau and Mulcair in national opinion polls and his party is currently […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	What will council set out to do during its next term of office? How soon will the public learn just how much the August flood is going to cost? Will it take a tax increase to get anything done? By Pepper Parr November 18, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. We did elect them – well 34. 14 % of us did. In twelve days the […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Walter Mulkewich reviews Greg Sorbara's autobiography: a pragmatic practitioner of the political arts. By Walter Mulkewich November 18th, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON Greg Sorbara, “The Battlefield of Ontario Politics, An Autobiography”, Dundurn Publishers, Toronto, 2014 Greg Sorbara was […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Developer decides to listen to residents and not seek a change in zoning. Classy building and a class act on the part of the developer. By Staff November 16, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. They are going to call it the Saxony and it will be limited to four storeys as […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Five years out - what will the city look like? And who will make the decisions? Just Council or the people piking up the tab as well? By Pepper Parr November 16, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. What will the city look like in five years? A lot differently than it looks today. […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Friends of Sheldon Creek and others clean up after irresponsible residents who treat it as a dump. By Staff November 16, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON It was certainly an eye sore but it wasn’t really clear who owned the land and who […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
City delivers 25 different services; spent $134 million - which was up $2.1 million from previous year. By Pepper Parr November 15, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The 2015 budget will take a significantly different approach in the way it is presented to […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Ho, Ho, Ho man arrives at Burlington Mall by helicopter - reindeer and sleigh waiting for snow. By Staff November 15, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON Helicopter with Santa aboard arrives at the Burlington Mall. The Ho, Ho, Ho man arrived at the […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Downtowners get to hear what developer wants to do at Locust and Elgin across from city hall and the Performing Arts Centre. By Pepper Parr November 15, 2014 Burlington, ON She does it differently. We get to many, but not all, of the local meetings Council […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	First Regional Firearms and Weapons Amnesty a Success; 180 weapons turned in + 200 lbs of ammunition. By Staff November 14, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON Halton Regional Police have completed their month long firearms and weapons amnesty. It is evident our communities […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
100 day drive to raise funds for flood victims ends at midnight. For every dollar you donate - the province will add two. By Pepper Parr November 14th, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The end of the 100 day stretch comes to a close today. Ron Foxcroft took on […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Someone from Burlington will carry the PanAm Games Olympic torch through the city. Public will be involved in the choosing. By Staff November 14, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. A Burlingtonian is at least going to get a chance to carry the Pan Am Torch. We […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Nothing fishy about five years of success: By Jennifer Soukup November 14, 2014 Burlington, ON Being the owner of a restaurant is like a recipe: It starts off with a bunch […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Three potters contribute more than 100 bowls each to the AGB Soup event. Guild members show their work as well. By Staff November 13, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. You choose your bowl, get it filled with soup, enjoy the meal at a table with friends […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Why war? Part of the reason - Hate, intolerance, envy, authoritarian leadership, political polarization and military zealots. By James Smith November 13, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON I remember this past Tuesday. I’m standing in my office staring at the framed memento, almost […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Police going for a black and white look with their fleet of cruisers - Chief loves the one he got. By Staff November 13, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The old timers used to call them “Holsteins” by which they meant those black and white marking […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)