Environmental Defence wants Greenbelt changes rolled back

By Staff September 4th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager at Environmental Defence said the following about the resignation of Steve […]

Premier Doug Ford lays blame for the housing crisis and the need to use Greenbelt lands on the backs of immigrants

By Staff September 4th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Before his Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing resigned Premier Doug Ford spoke to the Association of […]

Steve Clark resigns as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

By Staff September 4th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clarke gave Premier Doug Ford his letter of resignation and […]

David Crombie: 'We really need to close ranks when it comes to people who bold faced lie'

By Pepper Parr September 4rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   David Crombie, former Mayor of Toronto and a lifelong Conservative who served in the government of […]

How to make garage door repairs cheaper

By Evelyn Brown September 4th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Quality garage doors can last for decades. However, with that long of use, there are bound […]

Canada could be sitting on the largest housing bubble of all time.

An international strategist points to a perfect storm of stretched house prices, weak affordability, and over-leveraged mortgage borrowers characterizing the Canadian housing market. By Zakiya […]

Canadians are a little out of the loop when it comes to their own mortgages.

By Staff September 1st, 2023, BURLINGTON, ON   It seems that Canadians are a little out of the loop when it comes to their own […]

Provincial government moves to return 104 acres in Ajax to the Greenbelt

By Staff August 31st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The 104 acres on Kingston Road in Ajax that was taken out of the Greenbelt so that […]

It will cost you $2 to get into Spencer Smith Park during Ribfest

By Pepper Parr August 31st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON UPDATE: City Communications advises that the city had nothing to do with the adding of an entry […]

Public opinion certainly isn't on the side of the Premier, municipalities or the developers

By Staff August 31st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The Alliance for a Liveable Ontario commissioned Environics Research to gauge public perceptions about the cause of […]

Integrity Commissioner concludes Clark breached sections of the Members’ Integrity Act - recommends Minister reprimanded. 

By Pepper Parr August 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   It is a stinker. It is 190 pages long that was produced quite quickly. Set out […]

Alliance for a Liveable Ontario wants Auditor General and Integrity Commissioner to expand their investigations

By Staff August 30th 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The Alliance for a Liveable Ontario (ALO) is now calling on the Auditor General and Integrity Commissioner […]

Minister of Housing gets out of town to announce a new housing grant

By Staff August 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Steve Clark, Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing is sticking to his guns. He was in […]

Best: If we don't have local news what we will have is people in City halls cranking out press releases

By Pepper Parr August 30th , 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Earlier this month we did a piece on Bill Kelly’s radio program on what was […]

Public opinion - it is seldom static

By Pepper Parr August 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   We were doing some research on where the picture that was used in the “Can’t Afford […]

Burlington is where the Premier and a number of the Greenbelt developers celebrated the wedding of a daughter

By Pepper Parr August 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   In a statement released by Leader of the Opposition Marit Stiles said “This is not the […]

Premier Ford working 24/7 to find a way out of the mess one of his Minister's created

By Pepper Parr August 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The drip, drip, drip is becoming a gusher of public outrage causing Premier Ford to back […]

Rudi Denninger passed away on Friday at the Oakville Trafalgar Hospital.

By Staff August 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Rudi Denninger passed away on Friday at the Oakville Trafalgar Hospital. No details yet on funeral arrangements. […]

Funding available for non-profits that work to create a safer community.

By Staff August 28th. 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Halton Region is now accepting applications for the Building Safer Communities in Halton Grant, which will […]

Minister of Education tries to straddle rights of students with the rights of parents to know when there is a gender change

By Pepper Parr August 28th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   During the Minister of Education media event earlier today a reporter asked: Will Ontario bring in […]