Burlington News

Aussie singer-songwriter Gotye says he's pleased if "mildly cynical" about Burlington, Ont., band Walk Off The Earth getting signed to Columbia Records this week, who found fame after their video cover of his breakthrough song, Somebody That I Used To Know, went viral.

"So many people have helped and are helping in the field now and so many very ordinary people, particularly in Burlington and Hamilton, were the very first to come out and support me and my family and other victims.

"I'm very happy and very pleased that council's decided to support us. Obviously, the station's needs are ones that haven't been addressed in the longer term." - Shayne Mintz, Burlington Fire Chief Armed with a consultants' report, the Burlington Fire Department got unanimous approval Monday night from the Community Development Committee for a ... (more)

James Ron James, Live, Canada's busiest and best-selling comedian, returns to Hamilton Place Friday Feb.

First-time technical Oscar winner Andrew Clinton has been briefed on what to expect this Saturday when he and Side Effects Software colleague Mark Elendt attend the black-tie awards gala in Beverly Hills, Calif.

City kicks off Black History Month. POSTER UNVEILING: The Burlington Caribbean Connection held a kick-off ceremony for Black History Month at city hall on Monday afternoon.

The cover of the 2011 Census package is shown in Ottawa on Thursday, May 5, 2011.

The cover of the 2011 Census package is shown in Ottawa on Thursday, May 5, 2011.

Victims' rights advocate Priscilla de Villiers and former Six Nations Chief Roberta Jamieson have been awarded two of the first Diamond Jubilee Medals.

February is Black History Month in Canada and the city of Burlington is honouring the contribution of African-Canadians in several ways.

While a school attendance boundary review interim report is about to come before trustees of the Halton Catholic District School Board, a board official says the new elementary school in Burlington that is central to the review will not open in September.

Drury Lane Music Hall. Another song and dance extravaganza from Drury Lane Productions.

Currently under construction and scheduled to open this September, the new school is located in the Alton community in northeast Burlington at 3290 Steeplechase Dr.

A 24-year-old woman who made headlines more than a year when she was convicted of fraud for faking cancer has been arrested again.

On Friday, Feb. 10 from 7-9 p.m. there will be a wine reception with exhibition work and Reid will give an artist's talk and slide presentation.

Wow. Yes, a rather vague way to begin a Shockya post, but watch this video from the Canadian band, Walk Off The Earth, and attempt to say the word isn't a fitting introduction.

Hockey players are being reminded by police to lock up their valuables, take them with them or risk losing them, in the wake of a spate of recent thefts from dressing rooms.

An Introduction to Angels Part 1 will be held on January 28, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Tahiras Godess Emerging Dance Studio, 562 Maple Avenue in Burlington, Ontario.

Cakewalk. Dundas Little Theatre presents Colleen Curran's play in The Garstin Centre for the Arts, 37 Market St., Dundas.

John Romano was having dinner with his family at a small brewery in Ellicottville, N.Y., when his daughter Brooke went bananas over the root beer.