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It's the first day of spring, and as many of us start to think about doing some spring cleaning around our homes, we should also keep in mind that this is the perfect time to spring clean around our neighbourhoods as well. Jessica Kaitting reports

Embarking on its 10th-anniversary season, the Orbit Robotics Team is finding success with a program outside of the school-based model. Instead, it's community-based, which means the team can attract students from any school, city or town, to strengthen its roster. A trend which is gaining popularity, according to the team's lead mentor.

While tomorrow marks the first official day of spring and many are excited about the warmer temperatures, you may want to wait one last weekend before storing away all your winter sporting gear. Jessica Kaitting was at Glen Eden this morning to check on the conditions.

Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward has been subject to an online smear campaign. In a post from an anonymous propaganda account on instagram, the Mayor has been accused of blatant racism. The post also prompts users to sign a petition, and thus divulge their private information in doing so. Jason Agnew got the Mayor's reaction to this post and these accusations in our weekly update.

Thursday nights just got a little more musical in Burlington, and if you're an aspiring singer/songwriter this could be your opportunity to get up on stage... Ainsley Soeterick has details.

The trade war with the United States continues to be the hot news topic at any level of government, so in Jason Agnew's monthly update yesterday with Milton Mayor Gord Krantz he asked if Krantz has ever seen anything like this in his 60-years of government service.

The Burlington blast u19 double a ringette team hit the ice last night at Mainway arena. Nikki Wesley went to speak with the athletes as they prepare to head to the national championships at the end of the month.

St. Patrick's day is a day of tradition- for some, it's green beer. For Eddie Williams, It's a pair of good walking shoes and a 40-kilometre journey. He's been making this trek for almost half a century, and this year, we caught up with him to see how he's holding up.

Yesterday on Halton news we aired a story on the closure of Kellys bake shop on brant street in downtown Burlington. Since the owners announced they were being forced out of their current location the city of Burlington has received many complaints about the development. Earlier today Jason Agnew spoke with mayor Marianne Meed Ward to get an update on what is actually happening with the property in question... as the mayor explains, this should not have come as a surprise to the bake shop owners.