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Drury Lane bridge repair progresses – city spends $40,000 on drawings and technical reports needed before work can begin.
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They are doing it again – Council & staff are going to hide in a dark room at the Performing Arts Centre to “Gear Up” for the Official Plan.
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Downtown core still looking for a solution; economic ninjas leading the charge this time.
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Armed robbery on Brant – thieves demand drugs at Medexpress and flee in broad daylight.
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Ward 4 residents tell Dennison they are with him on his tax cut plans – all 14 of them. Popcorn was served.
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Budding Picasso’s have had their careers stalled: police call it graffiti and that’s a no, no; pre-charge diversion for these lads.
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If done properly it could be made into a fun event and one that could save their lives. Plan on this one.
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Renowned world class author to speak at Burlington Library; Different Drummer co-sponsors the event.
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This could turn out to be a very useful program and has the potential to become a model across the province.
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What’s open and what’s closed in the city on Family Day
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Prev NextDrury Lane bridge repair progresses – city spends $40,000 on drawings and technical reports needed before work can begin.
By Pepper Parr The Drury Lane bridge repair went forward another step when city council agreed to a single source tender to have drawings done up as well as some engineering work done by AMEC, the...
They are doing it again – Council & staff are going to hide in a dark room at the Performing Arts Centre to “Gear Up” for the Official Plan.
By Pepper Parr This is certainly a different take on going into closed session of a City Council Committee meeting. A special meeting of the Committee of the Whole has been called for Thursday...
Downtown core still looking for a solution; economic ninjas leading the charge this time.
By Pepper Parr Sooner or later we will figure it out. The next stab at finding an answer to that always perplexing question: What do we do with the downtown core? is being led by those able...
Armed robbery on Brant – thieves demand drugs at Medexpress and flee in broad daylight.
By Staff BURLINGTON, ON February 17, 2012 There was an armed robbery at a pharmacy on Brant just before noon on Friday. Two armed suspects entered the Medexpress Pharmacy located at 809 Brant...
Ward 4 residents tell Dennison they are with him on his tax cut plans – all 14 of them. Popcorn was served.
By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 17, 2012 Burlington has a practice of taking its budget proposals out into the community to both explain the document and get feedback from the community. ...
Budding Picasso’s have had their careers stalled: police call it graffiti and that’s a no, no; pre-charge diversion for these lads.
By Staff BURLINGTON, ON February 17, 2012 Police have identified a trio of Burlington youths as responsible for a number of graffiti ’tagging’ incidents over the past month. Beginning...
If done properly it could be made into a fun event and one that could save their lives. Plan on this one.
By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 17, 2012 The Burlington Fire Department has an idea for your family on Family Day. Not quite the same as goofing around and doing nothing. The fire...
Renowned world class author to speak at Burlington Library; Different Drummer co-sponsors the event.
By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 16, 2012 I’m not quite sure how he does it but Ian Elliott, proprietor of The Different Drummer Bookstore manages to attract some very impressive authors...
This could turn out to be a very useful program and has the potential to become a model across the province.
By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON, February 15, 2012 In his State of the City message in January the Mayor announced a new graduate internship program, innovateBurlington. The objective is to help...
What’s open and what’s closed in the city on Family Day
By Staff BURLINGTON, ON February 15, 2017 Family Day is a relatively new event for Ontario and while municipalities were quick to pick up on it – legislation said they had to – the...
Another home invasion in Burlington – police are pretty good at apprehending – are judges being stiff with the sentences?
By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 14, 2012. It wasn’t hearts or roses yesterday for two residents on Dryden Avenue. It was 2:00 am on Valentines Day when four armed people broke through...
Queensway residents comments on the Drury Lane bridge; Council agrees to repair. Building a new bridge? That’s five years off.
By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 13, 2012 The core values of a community are often not fully appreciated until they are threatened and that is when the community comes together and focus on...
Pier has settled in for the winter; work resumes in Spring; providing a crane doesn’t topple we will see the Pier open in 2013.
By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 11, 2012 – Whenever there is bad news about The Pier ears perk up and the Doom Sayers wonder why we just didn’t tear it down, take our losses. At...
Burlington women gather to celebrate and listen to a financial leader talk about climbing the corporate ladder.
By Staff BURLINGTON, ON February 13, 2012 The girls are going to show the guys how they have a plan to take over the world. On March 2nd, Paddy Torsney will host the 16th Burlington...
Making the business hubs work; Aldershot seems to have developed an integrated approach; how is Brant Street doing?
By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 10, 2011 – What is it that brings about economic growth in a community? How can the strides that are taking place along Plains Road in Aldershot be...
The woof woofs went bow wow and suddenly there was a handful of firearms and a grow op. Nibbles and bits for that puppy.
By Pepper Parr Thursday evening the Halton Regional Police Guns and Gangs investigators along with the Emergency Services Unit raided a high risk east end Burlington residence and uncovered a...
The Drury Lane bridge will get repaired if Council lives up to what it passed at Committee. But it will be just a five year patch.
By Pepper Parr BURLINGTON, ON February 9, 2012 It looks as if the Glenwood School Drive community is going to get some relief for the bridge that has yet to fall down – but they had to fight...
Halton police solve Burlington robbery before it gets reported; one adult male and one youth charged.
By Staff Halton Regional Police laid robbery charges against an 18-yr-old man and a 16-yr-old youth, when suspicions the officers had, proved accurate. On February 8, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. a group of...
Like it or not you have to deal with Facebook’s new layout. Here’s how you lock down your profile – post-Timeline.
ItCanada.ca publishes more than half a dozen technology magazines including CIO Canada and Network World. They are a reputable publisher that has been in business for quite a while. They...
Fire department looking for volunteers. Is a firefighters calendar part of the job?
By Staff BURLINGTON, ON February 8, 2012 The fire department is looking for individuals who are interested in a challenging opportunity to serve their community as a volunteer firefighter. You...
