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• Averting tragedy

  Some neighbourhood residents have lobbied hard for improved flood control since a near-drowning two years ago in the Kerns Road Ravine creek.

• Drunk driving charges laid after citizen calls police

  Police have laid drinking and driving charges against a Burlington man. Just after 11 p.m. August 25, a citizen reported to police an erratic driver travelling southbound on Guelph Line in Milton.

• No. 8: Michael Lee-Chin, The Billionaire Investor By Derek T. Dingle

  Follow the Black Enterprise 40th Anniversary countdown of the most impactful black business leaders of the past 40 years Founder and chairman of Portland Holdings Inc.

• Man crushed by 13,000-pound steel coil at Burlington plant

  The Ministry of Labour is investigating the death of a Hamilton man who was crushed by a massive steel coil at a southeast Burlington metal distribution plant late last week.

• Burlington prepares for four days of ribbing

  The trailers are being parked, the ribs are being unloaded and the tents are being pitched.

• Mosquitoes in Burlington test positive for West Nile virus

  A batch of mosquitoes collected last week in Burlington has tested positive for West Nile virus .

• Regularly smoking pot said to ease chronic pain

  The federal government has been under pressure to clarify the rules around medical marijuana use in public.

• Teens arrested after Hummer hits police cars

  Two 14-year-olds are facing charges after a highway chase in which a stolen SUV hit three Ontario Provincial Police cruisers.

• Man dies after 13,000-pound steel coil falls on him

  Police say the 40-year-old man was removing metal ties that encircled the coil at Samuel Metal Processing Friday afternoon.

• City marks path to cycling priority streets

  The City of Burlington is installing "sharrows", a pavement marking designed to allow cyclists and vehicles to share the road and bike route signage on streets identified in Burlington's Cycling Master Plan as proposed bicycle priority streets.