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Ontario Government Activates Disaster Recovery Assistance to Support More Residents in Burlington By Pepper Parr April 1st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Welcome news for the people flooded last summer – what took so long for these approvals? The […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Strengthening Schools Through Kindness, Connection and Community By Pepper Parr March 31st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Strengthening Schools Through Kindness, Connection and Community will explore the HDSB’s commitment to Kindness, Connection and […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
You may not have decided yet who you will vote for - you will at least know where you will vote By Pepper Parr March 31st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON While the candidates are looking for votes, the voters in Burlington will want to know exactly […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	7000 cross the Around the Bay finish line road race Sunday By Staff March 31st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON About 7,000 runners crossed the finish line in Hamilton’s annual Around the Bay road race Sunday. They […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Hydro outage planned for Monday By Pepper Parr March 26th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON An update: Our reader followed up with Hydro and learned that the message was legit. “I discussed […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Christmas of 2013 when Burlington got hit by a massive storm - parts of the city were locked out for days. By Staff March 29th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Weather reports have been threatening something between 30 and 50 mm of rain and some freezing rain […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
If it comes to it, Canadian courts can and must be ready to resist U.S. annexation By Gib van Ert, Robert J. Currie and Allan Rock March 26, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Originally published on Policy Options Late in 2024, the incoming […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Burlington sets out Five Policy Priorities for the Federal Government By Staff March 29th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON This is the first time we recall hearing City Hall set out what they would like to […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Novel illuminates little-known chapter of women in combat & their astonishing contributions during World War Two. By Staff March 29th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Shelly Sanders, author of The Night Sparrow, will be at A Different Drummer Books on Sunday, April […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	More on those salary increases at City Hall By Jim Portside March 29th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON The macro picture one gets from the 2024 Sunshine list is hard enough to swallow – […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Fast Flowing Water and Flooding of Low-lying Areas & Natural Floodplains possible through to April 1st. By Staff March 28th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Conservation Halton advises that Environment Canada and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) Surface Water Monitoring Centre […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	377,667 people on the 2025 Sunshine List - teachers make up the bulk of those now on the list By Pepper Parr March 28th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON The Sunshine list is out. The high-level numbers are staggering: There are 377,667 people on the […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Aggregate Resources: Operators aren’t the enemy - they’re just reading the room. If there’s no need, they won’t dig. But the numbers say otherwise, and the free market’s already placing its bets. By Kevin Powers March 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON The Hamilton Spectator chose not to publish this opinion piece. Something as important as the mining of […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Those tariffs: we have some built-in resilience - government’s finances shows Ottawa can weather the storm ahead & in a position to support the hardest hit sectors By Staff March 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Kevin Page: head of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa. Kevin […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Liberal insurgence: What happened?; Where did they come from?; And Why? By Staff March 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON What’s with the Liberal surge? Recent Grit switchers say it’s driven by Carney, Trump’s threats Vote commitment among […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	GO Lakeshore West schedule changes - bike coaches being added to Niagara Falls summer season By Staff March 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON ON On Saturday, March 29, three Lakeshore West evening trips will end at Aldershot GO. Customers can connect […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
BRAG getting the 'box has been ticked' response from City Hall which has BRAG really ticked By Pepper Parr March 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON BRAG – Burlington Resident’s Action Group – exists to promote transparency, efficiency, accountability, fiscal responsibility, and […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Optically the photographs would suggest the Liberals are in trouble - the polls tell a different story - the truth will be known on the 28th of April By Pepper Parr March 27th, 2027 BURLINGTON, ON In politics optics is everything. A sound bite can kill a campaign. Earlier this week, the […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Unlike Carney and Poilievre, billionaires blocked from Singh’s tax relief plan By Tom Parkin March 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON NDP would eliminate tax on incomes under $19,500, reduce tax by $505 for others with incomes under […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Poilievre drawing crowds reported to be over 4000 two days in a row - events like that cannot be ignored By Pepper Parr March 26th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Two days in a row with crowds said to be over 4,000 people. 4500 in Hamilton […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X