Spaces available for city summer camps during August; five locations. Register through city hall web site.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON July 25, 2012 If you haven`t figured out what you want to do with the little ones during August the city […]

Burlington high school gets $1000 reward for best Eco-Club. Burlington Mall donates the reward. Aldershot Transit Ambassadors get gift cards.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 25, 2012 Aldershot High School took the cash – $1000 donated by Burlington Mall, which was the prize for […]

Health Club takes a hit; bandit takes cash; police nab bandit. Bandit will get a change of address.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON July 25, 2012 It didn’t take long for the Halton Regional Police to make an arrest in the July 22nd break-in […]

Farmer’s Market: List of vendors grows; some products sell out very quickly. Preserves and espresso coffee will be available.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON June 25, 2012 Well the price of cherries went through the roof and the peaches aren’t exactly being given away […]

Pint sized swimmer with courage galore and a mission to boot, plans to swim Lake Ontario & land at Spencer Smith Park August 18.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 23, 2012 The first thing that occurs to you when you see Michele Benoit is her size – she’s […]

IKEA is going to be in Aldershot for quite a bit longer than they had planned. There is trouble with the North Service Rd. location.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 23, 2012 It came up on the agenda as an employment lands issue but it really is a significant […]

Eyes on the street in a Burlington community results in three arrests for trafficking in marijuana.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON July 23, 2012 They call it eyes on the street; people keeping their eyes open and taking note of things that […]

We took a pass on a casino but agreed to spend $100,000 on lawyers to protect our interest on Burlington Hydro.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 19, 2012 We never really were heavy hitters. We aren’t a slick, fast community. Pretty sensible people who prefer […]

“We’re in the money” – federal government showers yet another grant on the Burlington museums.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 14, 2012 The Joseph Brant Museum, announces it has received a $32,500 federal government grant to put together an […]

Plan B begins to use part of their 15 minutes of fame. Attendance creeps up week by week. Try it.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 19, 2012 When the magazines begin writing about you – you are on your way to your 15 minutes […]

It’s turning out to be a pretty small Dutch treat – Elgin Park will have an Apeldoorn “feature” but no name change.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 18, 2012 Arnold Koopman has a problem. He is organizing a visit of a group of dignitaries that will […]

Halton Region beach water monitoring results declare all Burlington beaches safe for swimming.

By Staff BURLINGTON, ON July 18, 2012 The Halton Region Health Department monitors the water quality at public beaches throughout Halton. Beach water monitoring on […]

Porcelain work of Canadian artist to be shown at the BAC. The theme is umbrellas.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 18, 2012 With the weather we have been having – talk of umbrellas will at least raise an eyebrow. […]

Getting out on the street – some but not enough to make this an annual event. Car Free Sunday needs a re-think.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 17, 2012 Everyone thought it was going to be bigger and better than the Car Free Sunday on Appleby […]

Two to replace the one we decided we didn’t want? Mayor and Council member might each have a waterfront advisory group.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 18, 2012 This is going to get interesting. The Waterfront Advisory Committee is now officially dead. The funeral will […]

What has city hall done for you lately? They are about to give you some real customer service. No kidding. I didn’t make this up.

  By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 16, 2012 Parking tickets. Ugh! Many in Burlington think that if they own a car they have a […]

Skate board park “officially” opened; Alton Community Centre will soon follow creating distinct suburban neighbourhood.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 16, 2012 The Alton community took another step on the weekend to becoming a complete community. The Norton Park […]

Hamilton just might have an idea we could use here in Burlington – imagine.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 19, 2012 Here’s one the environmentalists and community garden advocates might want to tuck away until city budget time. […]

Is Burlington going to see the turkey of the century on Thanksgiving of 2013?

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 13, 2012 Project Update # 16 and comments the Mayor made at the Wednesday Community Services committee meeting aren’t […]

Second car free Sunday – this time in the downtown core from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm; Dennison will be on skates, city will pick up the tab.

By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON July 13, 2012 Burlington is going to pull out all the stop for this second car free Sunday. The first […]