Videos

Halton Healthcare recently started a new pilot project at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital called BlindSquare. An innovative phone app and wayfinding system that will help people with vision loss to navigate the hospital. 

The Burlington Fire Department recently started using the What Three Words app to help firefighters locate people in distress faster. 

Having a baby during a pandemic brings a host of additional complications. New mommies are having to cope while missing out on having the support of a village.

On the anniversary of the first pandemic lockdown Julie Neal shares what's been hardest for her over the past year as an elementary school teacher.

An Oakville Mother/Daughter team have used their time at home to create a subscription box service for tween and teen girls.

Social Robots helps families and seniors living in retirement residences stay connected when they can't visit as often as they'd like Lee St. James launched her company at the end of 2019 with her first robot Mindy.

Sleep Consultant Jamie Contarini shares tips on how to beat the exhaustion that can come with the spring forward time change.

Looking to the future, Black Firefighters would like to see more BIPOC apply for the career and discuss possible current roadblocks to seeing that happen.

In this segment Michael Harrison, the first person of colour hired by Oakville Fire shares his perspective starting in the 80s. We then speak with current Fire Captain Chris Porter to check in on the climate for Black Firefighters working in Oakville today. 

Black firefighters have had a long uphill battle to be permitted to help their communities in times of emergency.

With local arenas closed, residents are taking the ice into their own hands building neighbourhood rinks with the assistance of the City of Burlington.

James Wesley Hill was a remarkable man who helped hundreds of American slaves escape on the underground railroad landing in Oakville. The Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate has created a Black History Exhibit that can be viewed from the courtyard.