Pepper Parr

Beer Stores will be closed Monday - the 19th - Family Day

By Staff February 13th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON UPDATE: The Beer Store advises that: Agency locations are independent and and as such each operate independently with […]

Still no really clear picture of how space at the Bateman Community Centre is going to be used

By Pepper Parr February 13tjh, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Jim Thomson – a regular city council delegator. We got a note from Jim Thomson who […]

A lot of missing information on just how much space there is at Bateman and how the space will be allocated.

By Pepper Parr February 12th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON During a lengthy and very detailed report on what Denise Beard, Manager Community Planning, has done […]

Let us introduce the City's newest employee - CoBy - cost a fortune to get him on the payroll

By Pepper Parr February 12th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON The future just landed. CoBy, Burlington’s first AI-powered digital assistant – it can be found on […]

Wasn't the fight over the two towers at the Brant and Lakeshore intersection resolved? Apparently not.

By Pepper Parr February 12th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Pay close attention to what is expected to take place at the Ontario Land Tribunal in […]

The front entrance is going to be at the back of the Bateman Community Centre

By Pepper Parr February 12th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Noted in the Staff report that was discussed at length during xxx meeting last week: Turns […]

New information from developer who want to demolish Waterfront Hotel and put up 40 storey towers

By Pepper Parr February 11th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON This is a complex story: While it about a developers attempt to build two towers right […]

Reader corrects some material on John Waldie in a 2015 article The Gazette archives are little history books on the city

By Pepper Parr February 12, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON One of Canada’s greatest business leaders at the turn of the 20th century was John Waldie; […]

Smoke and Mirrors - this fancy financial dancing is the least efficient and most costly way to deliver provincial programs.

By Ray Rivers February 11th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON “Spending under the Ford government has consistently been higher than it was under Wynne—whom Ford criticized […]

Quiet yesterday

By Pepper Parr February 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Things were quiet yesterday – had to leave the keyboard and have the cataract surgery done […]

Returning to the Rink: Ovechkin's Outlook and the Capitals' Playoff Push

By Roger Henderson February 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Washington Capitals: Chasing a playoff berth. As the Washington Capitals gear up for their post-All-Star break […]

What happens when you add a Rock Star with the biggest audience in the world to a Superbowl football game? Media academics at Brock are thinking about that

By Pepper Parr February 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON SuperBowl LVIII Celebrity – some will remember when the Beattles attracted this kind of attention. Big […]

Pipeline to Permit: a Standing Committee with unelected members.

By Pepper Parr February 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON There wasn’t that much for a report from the first meeting of the Pipeline to Permit […]

Unlocking the Secrets of Successful Trading: Mastering Market Trends

By Vincent Hawkins February 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Trading can often feel like trying to catch a bus in rush hour – you need […]

Roseland community organizations will take a look at what diversity is going to mean to the city

By Pepper Parr February 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Covering the political meanderings of a city that can’t get over being the best place to […]

Matt Wickham: Not there yet - six weeks to go for the $12 million United Way Campaign

By Pepper Parr February 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON “We are not there yet – and we are running out of time” was the way […]

Eric Stern looks to Mark Twain for help on data Mayor chooses to make her point.

By Eric Stern February 7TH, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION On Monday, February 5th the Committee of the Whole received and filed the 2023 community survey […]

Diversity: What it is going to mean to us collectively

By Staff February 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Community Development Halton is releasing Issue #5 of the Our Halton series, on the topic of DIVERSITY in […]