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Over 400 families are affected by a recent decision pertaining to Burlington's competitive swim team, the Burlington Aquatic Devilrays, otherwise known as BAD. Jessica Kaitting met with the group's volunteer president Kimberly Calderbank to learn more.

The City of Burlington once again will be filling the role of Chief Administrative Officer. Hasaan Bassit has decided to leave his current position. Bassit assumed the position just over a year ago in April of 2024, Jason Agnew asked Mayor Marianne Meed Ward if this change came as a surprise to her.

A local dancer is going international. Seventeen year old Lexi Hewton from Halton Hills has been dancing since she was three years old. This week she's heading to Europe to dance on the world stage. Nikki Wesley spoke with the ballerina before she headed off to Spain.

In Oakville, Bronte Waterfront Park was the site of their Canada Day celebrations, reporter Devan Murugan was there.

The city of Burlington showed off their patriotism at Spencer Smith Park at the annual Canada Day event. Videographer Craig Mcnicoll was there to catch some of the highlights.

Taking any sort of time for yourself when you're a care giver is a very difficult task. Taking a vacation can seem absolutely impossible, but there are ways to do it. Jason Agnew spoke with Amy Coupal, the CEO of the Ontario Caregiver Organization to chat about this topic and what the organization itself does.

"Bad" swimmers have been representing the city of Burlington for over 40 years now, that can be said with confidence because the swimmers themselves are are not bad at all, in fact they are exceptional! In this case "bad" stands for Burlington Aquatic Devilrays, the local non-profit competitive swim club, Jessica Kaitting has more.

School is wrapping up tomorrow across the region and youth will be heading into summer vacation. Oakville recently recognized a number of outstanding students with their second annual Youth Awards. Nikki Wesley spoke with one particularly athletic award winner.

Halton police recently announced an enhanced partnership with the Reach Out Centre for Kids, which is known locally by the acronym "rock". Jason Agnew spoke with Sergeant Ryan Smith to get details about the partnership but first got him to give me a bit of background on the services rock provides for youth in the region.

In the heart of Oakville, a familiar rhythm is about to return. Months after closing its downtown doors, The Moonshine Café -- is finding new life... just up the road. As Devan Murugan reports the beloved home for local music is reaching out to the community for support.

Burlington's urban forests cover more than 38 hundred hectares, including naturally wooded areas as well as hundreds of thousands of trees lining our roadways, parks, yards and other open spaces. These trees need regular maintenance & that's where the city of Burlington's forestry department comes in. Jessica Kaitting reports.

During Jason Agnews weekly check in with Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, they chatted downtown parking and Canada but first had to kick things off with the literal hot topic of the week... the weather.