Tag: region of halton
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New Years Levee a Huge Success!
In what was described by Regional Councillor Colin Best as the highest attended levee, hundreds of people flowed into Milton’s Town Hall to be entertained by some amazing performances and served coffee, tea, and cupcakes by Milton’s Town Councillors. You remember back in October, councillors were elected to serve the people of Milton…many didn’t think…
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Halton Police Update
File this one under REALLY? So far this year Halton Police have laid almost 300 impaired driving charges. “Halton police report that since Jan. 1, 2010, 295 drivers on Halton roads have been arrested for impaired driving. A total of 123 impaired charges have been laid in Burlington followed by 87 in Oakville, 49 in…
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UPDATE: 4th Line CLOSED NOVEMBER 29 TO JANUARY 31 2011
I had made an error in my post. I stated the intersection of LSL and JSP will have an all way stop. JSP traffic will NOT be required to stop at that intersection. LSL traffic will have stop signs. Notices have been posted at the intersection and many thanks to Joseph Choi from the Region…
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Speed Limit Change on James Snow Parkway
There are a lot of drivers in Milton who use James Snow Parkway south of Derry as a route to get home and around town. That road didnt even exist a year or so ago but has now finished its construction but the effects are still being felt. While this road was under construction the…
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Update to Region Councillor Salary Hike
Its gone! Yep, thats what I said. Gone. Halton Regional council, in a last minute amendment to the budget removed the salary raise they would have received (amounting to roughly $17,000 in total) and remains a 0 % increase. While the amount might look to some as minimal it does go a long way to…
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Regional Council Salary Increase?
Despite the fanfare of having a proposed 0% increase for the Region of Halton, their pay might be going up! Even though Region of Halton staff has gone through their budget line item by line item finding all the necessary cuts to services and programs to ensure there is a politically favourable 0% increase, they…