Media Releases

On December 10, Halton Regional Council approved the Region’s 2026 Budget and Business Plan. This plan details key investments and how they advance the themes and actions in the Region’s 2023–2026 Strategic Business Plan.

OAKVILLE: Halton Region donates two retired Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) to St. John Ambulance Canada’s Halton Branch, boosting medical support at local events and improving community safety and emergency response.

Halton Region has once again been recognized as a Greater Toronto Top Employer by MediaCorp, joining leading organizations across government and industry in this prestigious annual showcase.

Starting January 1, 2026, responsibility for residential Blue Box recycling in Halton Region—including Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville—will transition to Circular Materials Ontario.

On November 12, Halton Region Public Health was notified of a case of hepatitis A in a food handler, who worked at the Burlington Charcoal Pit located at 2031 Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, between October 23 and November 1, 2025. Staff members and patrons who consumed food or beverages from this restaurant during this timeframe may have been exposed to the virus. The restaurant is working closely with Halton Region Public Health. The premises has been inspected and is compliant with public health standards.

Our March edition of Halton Highlights covers spring waste events, tips on preventing basement flooding, 38 years of Aaa ratings and more.

Our February edition of Halton Highlights spotlights investments in water and wastewater infrastructure, food security and more.

A Cold Warning has been issued by Halton Region Public Health starting February 24, 2026. The Cold Warning is in effect until temperatures rise above -15°C (without wind-chill) or weather conditions improve, and the risks involved with prolonged exposure are reduced.

A Cold Warning has been issued by Halton Region Public Health starting February 7, 2026. The Cold Warning is in effect until temperatures rise above -15°C (without wind-chill) or weather conditions improve, and the risks involved with prolonged exposure are reduced.

Halton Region is undertaking an Addendum to the Schedule C Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MCEA) study completed in 1999 for James Snow Parkway from Highway 401 to Neyagawa Boulevard (including a new bridge crossing over East Sixteen Mile Creek).

Transport Canada’s Navigation Protection Program (NPP) administers the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (CNWA), which helps keep Canada’s navigable waters open for transport and recreation.

In accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act, the Regional Municipality of Halton hereby gives notice that an application has been submitted to the Minister of Transport for the following work:

Halton Region has undertaken a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MCEA) for the expansion of the Mid-Halton Wastewater Treatment Plant, as identified in the 2011 Sustainable Halton Water and Wastewater Master Plan.

In the case of the Limited Interest in Perpetuity (Permanent Easement – Water and Wastewater Main System) a free, uninterrupted and unobstructed permanent easement in gross or rights in the nature of a permanent easement in gross for the purpose of site works on, upon, under, over, and through the lands for and in connection with facilitating the construction, installation, inspection, testing, verification, repair, replacement and/or operation of municipal underground sewers, underground water lines, drains, drainage courses, beddings, pipes, conduits, markers, channels, ducts, valves, valve chambers, fittings, meters, hydrants, manholes, services, fixtures, equipment and other associated works and appurtenances or accessories thereto whether or not similar to the foregoing in relation to the transfer, transmission, control, flow, carriage, conveyance, transportation, increasing or decreasing velocity or volume of municipal sewage or water or both, and for all things necessary or incidental thereto including physical modification to the lands through site clearing, building demolition, improvements, removal or reconstruction, underground tunnelling, digging, grading, ditching, trenching, filling or otherwise, as well as, to enter, occupy and re-enter the lands by all authorized users, including, but not limited to, servants, agents, employees, contractors, sub-contractors and workers with all necessary vehicles, machinery, equipment, workmen, and other materials required for or related to the watermain and wastewater main infrastructure improvements and works ancillary thereto

In the case of the Limited Interest in Perpetuity (Permanent Easement – Utilities Infrastructure) for the purpose of a free, uninterrupted and unobstructed permanent easement in gross or rights in the nature of a permanent easement in gross to enter, occupy and re-enter by all authorized users, including, but not limited to, servants, agents, employees, contractors, sub-contractors and workers, with all necessary material, including, but not limited to, vehicles, machinery, supplies and equipment at all times in, on, over, through, under, above, along and upon the lands for the municipal purposes of facilitating the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of public utilities and/or telecommunication infrastructure including, without limitation, aerial and/or subsurface hydro lines, tiebacks, poles, anchors, guywires, swaying and swinging of overhead hydro lines and associated materials and equipment including utility relocation and site grading ancillary and/or necessary for the infrastructure improvements and widening of Dundas Street, and works ancillary thereto