Videos

While summer is often a magical time for many teens - relaxing during the school break and exploring their independence with friends - at least one Burlington teen will be spending most of his summer in the hospital. That said, he's turning his experience into an opportunity to brighten other teenagers treatments... Nikki Wesley explains.

Jessica Kaitting connected with Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward earlier today for an update on the proposed data centre as well as traffic congestion issues.

Sybil Rampen is a well known Canadian artist who specializes in textiles & even has a street named after her in Oakville. And it is her we can thank for turning her family's barn into the publicly accessible Joshua Farm Gallery, where one of her son's, Dick Rampen, now has his visual diary exhibit up on display for all to see... Craig Mcnicoll recently visited the gallery to take a look.

Joseph Brant Hospital is fundraising and working on a new mental health & addictions program and facilities to better support mental health in our local community. Nikki Wesley shares the story of a Burlington woman's mental health journey and how art helped her get through it.

Oakville has a long history with strawberries. In fact, it was once the strawberry capital of Canada. To celebrate this history - the first annual strawberry festival was held in downtown Oakville this past Saturday and thankfully it was not completely rained out despite the forecast...  Craig McNicoll visited the festival for all the strawberry themed fun.

From building skills on the diamond to building confidence off of it... Sierra Pileggi takes us to a softball camp designed to give girls the chance to learn, grow and dream bigger...one swing at a time.

Arthouse is a charitable organization providing free arts-based programs to youth who have little or no access to fee-related extra curricular activities. Theatre camp is arthouse's flagship program and has been going strong since 2010. Nikki Wesley went to check out this year's production on the last day of camp.

Country heritage park's Jay Rancourt joins to talk about why rain barrels have become so popular.

Keeping with police, it has been a terrible year for police officer fatalities in the line of duty.. although none of them have been Halton regional police officers, an officer is an officer no matter what region they are working in... Halton police chief Stephen J. Tanner joins to discuss the psychological impact of these losses on his force as well as the Halton hero's fund.