Explosives Disposal Unit called to Burlington bank, suspicious bag removed from ATM lobby

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON September 11, 2012 This morning at 9:35 a.m., an employee of a Burlington CIBC bank, located at 575 Brant Street, contacted […]

Local artist wants some Burlington imagination in public art the city chooses.

Editors note: We don’t share the view that public art has to come from within the community it is intended for, but Margaret Lindsay […]

Now the public gets to say what it wants – artists models for BPAC site on view at the library.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 11, 2012 After many months of keeping everything under wraps, Jeremy Freiburger finally opened the curtains and is letting […]

Burlington retiree succumbs to injuries sustained from a collision while driving a school bus.

  By Staff BURLINGTON, ON September 10, 2012 The 62 year old school bus driver involved in a collision while driving a school bus near […]

Bateman Wilds football team take to the streets to protest the decision to shut down the team.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 10, 2012 The team was supposedly shut down because they couldn’t field a full squad – but that wasn’t […]

It was that kind of week – short with many people still away some thought it would be slow. Not quite.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 9, 2012 The Mayor had lunch with Eric the Great, the chief cheese at the hospital; who picked up […]

Doing the same with less? Keeping the information flow constant & living a personal life at the same time? Best we can do is persevere.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 4, 2012 Our Burlington is going to shift gears a bit and spend less time covering city council meetings […]

Student to protest at Bateman High over the shutdown of the football program.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 9, 2012 We haven’t done very much on sports in Burlington – it comes down to the manpower we […]

Suicide is a community problem – the solutions and the healing have to come from the community.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 8, 2012 – This is a dodgy subject; what do you say when you learn that someone you know […]

Amazing Bed Race takes over Brant Street; No one will be sleeping on these beds.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON September 10, 2012 Beds will be on the move up Brant Street on Sunday, Sept. 23 as the annual Amazing Bed […]

Suspected thief who wielded at knife at Maple View mall robbery arrested.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 7, 2102 It was blatant. Three woman walked into a store at the Burlington Mall August 13th, and began […]

Burlington senior crashes a school bus in Oakville. Driver in serious condition.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON September 6, 2012 Three days into the school year and a school bus mounts a curb, strikes a tree, crashes through […]

Two Chef’s from Spencer’s on the Waterfront to duke it out at Centro Gardens in a Chef’s Street fight.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 6, 2012 Next Friday September 14, Centro Market is hosting special guest chefs Chris Haworth and Andrew McLeod with […]

A “sharrow” on your street? Should you be worried ? Not if you drive a bicycle.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON Sept. 5, 2012— Watch for painted signs along the side of more than two dozen roadways in Burlington. The city […]

There are six of them, these Olympians grew up in this community and we chose to laud and honour the job they did.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 5, 2012 Once they become Olympians the title is with them for life. We applaud them, we laud their […]

New police chief will be on the street watching traffic as part of the Traffic Safety and Awareness Day. Giving out parking tickets as well?

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON September 6, 2012 The Halton Regional Police have begun a two pronged approach to public safety. On Monday September 10th, the […]

West Nile virus appearing in the Region; first human case for 2012 found in Oakville.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON September 5, 2012 A female in her thirties is Oakville’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) illness in 2012. […]

Police change of command turns out to be a hug in – local boy returns to his roots.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 4, 2012 It was more of a love in than a change of command – even though one […]

It was built during another era, now long forgotten but still very much part of the Lake Ontario scene. The Burlington Canal Pier.

By Margaret Lindsay Holton. BURLINGTON, ON September 4, 2012 I did not know much about this massive concrete pier that juts far out into the […]

Solid progress on pier construction; progress too on the legal side – both costing us a fortune.

REVISED. By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON September 4, 2012 If you were able to get out onto the pier last week you would have seen […]