High end automobile car jacked from the No Frills lot on Brant in broad daylight

By Staff October 21st, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   A reader sent us the following: Halton police said a Burlington senior received minor injuries when her […]

Mayor dances in the streets of Itabashi

By Staff October 21st, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   In Itabashi, the Japanese city Burlington is twinned with, they dance in the streets. In Burlington, we […]

First look at the 2025 budget will be on Friday the 25th - it goes to Council on November 4th.

By Pepper Parr October 21st, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   That long-awaited first version of the Mayor’s 2025 budget will be available on Friday, the 25th. […]

Is Mayor Meed Ward withholding information on what the Premier told her about an MZO on the Millcroft development?

By Pepper Parr October 21st, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   It was Thanksgiving Day and the folks at Millcroft Greenspace Alliance (MGA) said they were thankful […]

More on the junket to Japan - the Mayor visits a cat cafe

By Pepper Parr October 20th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The list of the people on that junket to Japan just keeps getting more and more […]

The kids can make a difference – the kids are making a difference on new greenhouse gas emissions targets

By Pepper Parr October 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The kids can make a difference – better than that – the kids are making a […]

Public transit survey that is driven by a citizens group rather than city hall

By Pepper Parr October 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Public transit has always been a problem for Burlington. It has been very difficult to plan […]

City delegation to Japan stumbles its way through the three day event

By Pepper Parr October 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The city is looking for people they can put on the several Advisory Committees . The […]

There is a reckoning coming

By Staff October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Days away from the first public version of the Mayor’s 2025 Budget that is now said to […]

Two 30+ storey twoers that a developer wanted to build at the bottom of Brant Street where the Waterfront Hotel exists has lost their appeal.

By Pepper Parr October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON 2020 Lakeshore Inc., loses its appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Request to amend the Official Plan […]

Insider Trading Data for Thursday October 17th, 2024

By Staff October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON The five stocks with the largest dollar value of insider acquisitions in the public market are: Asante Gold […]

Newspapers are now for the most part digital operations - public is still learning to adapt to the change

By Pepper Parr October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON This is the third of a series on the changes taking place in print media and the […]

The Economist: Justin Trudeau is wrecking Canada’s liberal dream

Reprinted from the Economist October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON “It is A time of massive anxiety.” Justin Trudeau was talking about Canadians’ economic outlook, […]

The Mayor is in Japan - so is Councillor Nisan and Councillor Galbraith - no photo of the CAO

By Staff October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Updated: October 17th – 8:39 pm The Mayor is in Japan – and so is Councillor Nisan and […]

Head of Corporate Affairs struggles to explain the city's Engagement strategy

By Pepper Parr October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   We would ask Ms Bortolotti to explain how she arrived at the 876,000 number. On Tuesday, […]

Hockey Canada Reveals Teams for the 2024 U17 World Challenge

By Ayesha Travail October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Hockey Canada has officially announced the roster of 44 players who will proudly represent the nation […]

Insider Trading Data For Wednesday October 16th, 2024

By Staff October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   To learn more about how Insider Trading works – click HERE The five stocks with the largest […]

It is the Mayor's Budget - and while the public has seen very little in the way of numbers we know that they are planning on an 8% increase for 2025

By Staff October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   BRAG – Burlington Resident Action Group has been doing a superb job on staying on top of […]

We erred - we attributed a statement to Councillor Sharman - when it was Jim Thomson who made the comment about citizen engagement

By Pepper Parr October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Earlier this week we wrote a short article attributing a statement made to Councillor Paul Sharman […]

Signing up new members to Burlington Conservative Association closes on Friday the 18th

By Staff October 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Members of the Burlington Conservative party have been advised that the deadline to sell memberships is 11:59 […]