 By Staff
June 17th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
Brantford and Burlington:
A four-run eighth inning gave the Brantford Red Sox a win over Bandits making up for a sloppy start that ended with the Bandits losing 9-5 Thursday night.
Brantford led 1-0 after the first inning on Ricky Murray’s RBI single, but the Bandits scored five runs the second – four of them unearned – after the Red Sox committed two of its four errors.
The Red Sox chipped away and tied the game in the seventh before pulling away in the eighth. Nic Burdett delivered the decisive blow, belting a three-run blast with two out and Brantford holding a one-run lead. Burdett also singled twice for a three-hit game.
 Despite a decent start the Bandits lost the game to the Brantford Red Sox. Murray finished with two hits, two RBI and two runs, Dan Jagdeo drove in a pair, Dennon Koziol had an RBI, while Benjamin Bostick singled and doubled, and Brandon Dailey scored four times. Jeff Hunt added two hits, an RBI and run.
Jamie Richmond (1-1) went seven innings for the win, giving up five runs (one earned) on nine hits, striking out three and walking two.
Canice Ejoh led the Bandits with three hits and two RBI. Bryce Dimitroff had an RBI, and John Whaley added two hits and scored once.
Branden Kuzyk (0-2) took the loss in relief. He threw 1.2 innings and allowed four runs on three hits without walking or striking out a batter. Starter Derek Zwolinski went six innings and allowed five runs on 10 hits, walking five and striking out two.
Brantford improved to 9-7 and sits fourth in the IBL standings. Burlington dropped to 3-12.
Entenza dominates Leafs as first-place Panthers pounce KITCHENER
The Kitchener Panthers stopped a mini two-game slide with a 9-0 home win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday night.
Tanner Nivins had two hits, including his 10th home run, two RBI and two runs. Sean Reilly singled and homered and drove in two.
Jonathan Brouse added two RBI, while Mike Glinka and John Interisano each drove in a run. Frank Camilo Morejon had two hits and scored twice.
Noelvis Entenza struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings. He scattered five hits but didn’t allow a walk.
Grant Tamane, Jon Waltenbury, Jonathan Solazzo, Connor Lewis and Dan Marra accounted for all five of Toronto’s hits.
Harold Rumion took the loss, allowing seven runs (five earned) on eight hits over five innings, walking five and striking out three.
Kitchener improved to 12-3 atop the standings, while Toronto slipped to 7-7.
Barrie and Guelph
Atkinson, Arruda poweredthe Baycats past the Barrie Royals where Kevin Atkinson drove in three runs and Nate Arruda went seven innings as the Barrie Baycats beat the Guelph Royals 8-5 Thursday night.
Atkinson had a single, double and scored twice to lead Barrie’s offence. Jeremy Walker singled and had three RBI, while Jordan Castaldo and Ryan Spataro each had a hit and RBI.
Arruda (1-3) allowed both runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking three.
For Guelph, Santino Silvestri and Matt Schmidt each had two hits and an RBI. Brendan Power had the Royals’ other RBI.
Alberto Rodriguez (0-1) took the loss, allowing six runs on six hits over six innings. Rodriguez struck out seven and walked three.
Future games
Friday, June 17
London at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Brantford, 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 18
Burlington at Guelph, 1 p.m.
Hamilton at Barrie, 7 p.m.
Kitchener at London, 7:35 p.m.
 By Staff
June 16, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
It is that time of year again – great music on the waterfront – a little mayhem with traffic. That’s what happens when tens of thousands of people arrive in town.
During the Sound of Music Festival, beginning Friday, June 17 at 3:30 p.m. to Sunday, June 19 at 6 p.m., Brant Street will be closed between Caroline Street and Lakeshore Road.
Routes 3 and 5
• Please go to the Bus Terminal on John Street or Brant Street north of Caroline.
Saturday, June 18
On Saturday, June 18, the Sound of Music parade will run from 10:30 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m. During these times, there will be no transit service on Brant Street between Fairview Street and Lakeshore Road.
Routes 3 and 5
• Please go north on Brant Street past Fairview Street or south on Brant to the Bus Terminal on John Street.
• There will be no bus service on Drury Lane south of Woodward Avenue or on Caroline Street.
Route 4
• Please go north on Drury Lane above Woodward Avenue or south to New Street.
• Please flag or wave the bus driver along New Street.
Delays are to be expected.
Burlington Transit runs a Festival shuttle service will run a continuous loop approximately every 15 minutes from the north side of the Burlington GO station to the Downtown Transit Terminal (430 John St.) as follows:
Saturday, June 11: Noon to midnight
Thursday, June 16: 6 p.m. to midnight
Friday, June 17: 6 p.m. to midnight
Saturday, June 18: noon to midnight
Sunday, June 19: noon to 8 p.m.
Cost for the shuttle: $3 round-trip
Children 5 and under are FREE
Please note: Drivers do NOT make change.
Extended Transit Service
Friday June 17, 2016:
3 North at 10:30 p.m. and LAST BUS at 11 p.m.
3 South to Burlington GO station at 11 p.m. and LAST BUS at 11:30 p.m.
10 East at 11 p.m. and LAST BUS at 11:30 p.m.
Saturday June 18, 2016:
3 North at 10:30 p.m., 11 p.m. and LAST BUS at 11:30 p.m.
3 South to Burlington GO station at 11 p.m. and LAST BUS at 11:30 p.m.
10 East at 11 p.m. and LAST BUS at 11:30 p.m.
 By Staff
June 16, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
Jordan Castaldo, swinging a bat for the Barrie Baycats doubled twice and had two RBI as that team doubled the Burlington Bandits 8-4 in the only IBL game Wednesday night.
Castaldo’s two-run double with one out in the fifth gave the Baycats a 4-2 lead and helped spark a five-run inning that turned the game around for the home side. Barrie’s first baseman also scored twice.
Steve Lewis had two RBI, Joey Guaragna had two hits and drove in a run, and Kevin Atkinson and Conner Morro each added an RBI. Ryan Spataro singled twice and came around to score both times.
Cole White (2-0) allowed three runs on five hits over 6.1 innings for the win, striking out two and walking three.
 Adam Odd singled twice and added a solo home run to lead the offence. Odd also scored two of the Bandits’ four runs. For the Burlington Bandits, Adam Odd singled twice and added a solo home run to lead the offence. Odd also scored two of the Bandits’ four runs. Nate Pettipiece had two hits.
Ryan Beckett (1-2) went 4.1 innings and gave up seven runs (six earned) on six hits, striking out four and walking one.
Third-place Barrie improved to 9-6, and eighth-place Burlington dropped to 3-11.
Burlington is still in the basement of the league standings.
Future games
Thursday, June 16
Guelph at Barrie, 7:30 p.m.
Brantford at Burlington, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Kitchener, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 17
London at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Brantford, 8 p.m.
 By Pepper Parr
June 16th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
Burlington Transit reports: We have been having some issues with the software. It started last night and we have our vendor and IT people working on it. When we work out these issues it will work on all devices including phones,tablets and desk tops.
I have asked staff to update our web site and advise our customers that we are unfortunately experiencing some technical issues and be patient as we work through them.
Burlington Transit launches new mobile-friendly website with real-time data
Burlington Transit launched an improved, mobile-friendly website, which features real-time data for improved customer service.
It is all at www.burlingtontransit.ca
I wasn’t able to get the information I thought I was going to be able to get – like which busses I had to take to get from my building to a building somewhere else in the city.
 Transit is taking the available technology seriously. Making it really friendly right away would be nice. The transit people said: “This is a significant customer service milestone. In 2011, only 9.9 percent of our web traffic at BurlingtonTransit.ca was through a mobile device or tablet,” said Mike Spicer, director of Burlington Transit. “In the past year, our statistics show that over 53 per cent of our web visitors are using a mobile device, and we expect that number to grow even higher in the years to come.”
Percentages are always a bit mis-leading – there were no raw numbers given. But let’s give them a good mark for trying.
They key features of the new, mobile friendly website include:
• Trip Planner: Plan your trip online by entering an address, intersection, stop ID or searching by popular locations.
• Schedule Finder: View a route or stop-specific schedule online or print one to take with you.
• Next Bus: Get real-time departure information for any bus stop location online or by calling 905-639-0550 with the stop ID number. Users can also see a live map showing the exact location of their bus.
• Stop Finder: Find the best stop location to suit your needs. View a list of amenities available at each stop so you can plan your trip with comfort.
The next steps of the Smart Transit System project include launching a Burlington Transit Twitter account, an online subscription service and online Handi-Van trip booking.
In the very near future we will meet with the good people at Burlington Transit and get them to take us through the new system – once we understand it – we will explain it to you.
 By Staff
June 16, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
We apologize for not getting this news to you earlier – it did not come to our attention until late this afternoon.
Looks like an interesting event – the organizers appear to have slipped a little in getting the word out to the media.
 By Staff
June 15th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
Glastonbury Drive, from street number 2293 to 2353, will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2016 for emergency storm sewer repair work.
By Pepper Parr
June 15th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
Fifteen minute service during those hours when it count? That is in the planning stage
An additional GO station in Burlington – there are people who are out there scouting different properties.
Electrification of the GO system is also in the planning stages.
 Possible – probable? – location for a fourth GO station in Burlington. Walkers Line on the current StressCrete property Someone wants more of us to take the GO train – and for those poor soul who find themselves having to brave traffic on the QEW every day this must sound like some kind of an advertisement that you don’t think is really going to deliver on the promise.
But if the rumblings and the comments being made have any truth in them the GO people have begun to talk seriously on just where an additional GO station in Burlington might be located.
There was a lot of talk about an additional station be created at Cumberland and tying it into a grade separation at the same time.
The more recent talk seems to be on Walkers Line where Stress Crete is located,
Stresscrete is the company that makes light poles out of concrete. There is a large yard within their property that could be made into a GO station – far far too early to tell yet if that one will come to fruition.
 Upgrades to the south side parking and the entrance to the Burlington station have yet to be completed. There was a point at which even the Mayor couldn’t get a completion date out of the GO people. Given the rate at which the changes being made to the Burlington GO station that seem to be taking forever – there is no value in thinking about which station you would choose to use.
Whichever – expect whatever gets built to have all kind of electric charging stations to be part of the set up.
Change is coming in a big way.
 By Pepper Parr
June 15th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
I didn’t see the change – even though I was at the event where it was announced.
What I saw was an attractive corporate logo with a really catchy tag line;
Give brilliantly!
 The occasion was the launch of the tag line and the newly designed logo put together by Play advertising for the Burlington Community Foundation.
This was the organization that publishes a Vital Signs report on the health of the community.
This is the organization that manages a significant number of endowments created for some community based purpose.
This is the organization that hands out close to a million dollars each year to different community non-profit organizations.
This is the organization that hours after the flood of August 2014, went to work and 100 days later had just short of a million in the bank to hand out to peoples whose homes had been devastated.
I could go on – the word community appears in everything they do.
Thus it was surprising when a friend pointed out to me that word “community” had been dropped from the name – it was now to be the Burlington Foundation.
What?
 When asked for a comment and some clarity, president and CEO Collen Mulholland explained that “Burlington is, and always will be, a thriving community. The Foundation is an integral part — the fabric of the community — as Burlington’s sustainable giving foundation.
“We don’t feel it’s necessary to repeat the word community. We wanted to keep are refreshed brand name concise and memorable also using our new rallying cry and tag line, Give Brilliantly.”
“Hope this helps to clarify for you.”
It doesn’t – defining just who you are matters. Burlington Foundation could be a bank, a club a company that builds basements.
The Burlington Community Foundation tells me exactly what they do – and I applaud that heartily. Continue to Give Brilliantly – the community needs all the help it can get.
 By Pepper Parr
June 14th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
Langenburg, Saskatchewan has less than 12 streets and is bisected by the Yellowhead highway – if there was ever a face that goes with the story – the one about the farmer’s daughter – this is one of the better ones.
Jess Moskaluke, born June 4, 1990 is a Canadian country pop singer. She released her debut studio album, Light Up the Night in April 2014, which includes the Gold-certified single “Cheap Wine and Cigarettes”
 Take me home – when she begins this piece on the West Stage at the Sound of Music on Saturday night – expect the audience to roar. In June 2011, Moskaluke won the Next Big Thing contest, sponsored by Big Dog 92.7 and SaskMusic. In September 2011, she won the New Artist Showcase Award at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. She was chosen to represent Canada at the Global Artist Party at the 2012 CMA Music Festival.
The people who promote artistic talent love to trot out all the awards and the billings they got – read them if that kind of thing works for you – better to take the fast route and go straight to her music. When she does Take me home – get close to the stage – this song has loads of emotion pouring out of those inviting green brown eyes.
She will be on the West stage of the sound of Music on June the 18th. Get there early with a comfortable chair. This one’s a charmer.
If you want a sample of what this Saskatchewan native is going to do to you – listen in.
Moskaluke’s debut single, “Catch Me If You Can”, was released on June 4, 2012. The song’s music video received regular airplay on CMT. It was followed by an EP, also titled Catch Me If You Can, which was released on September 4, 2012 by MDM Recordings and distributed by EMI Music Canada. Jeff DeDekker of the Leader-Post gave the EP four stars out of five, writing that “by using the full extent of her voice and also incorporating tenderness and fragility, Moskaluke is able to cover the complete spectrum of material.”
 This one’s a keeper – Jesse Moskaluke, came to us from the prairie – Saskatchewan Casadie Pederson of Top Country also gave the EP four stars out of five, calling Moskaluke “one of the best young talents we’ve seen in a long time.”[8] The EP’s second single, “Hit N Run”, reached the top 40 on the Billboard Canada Country chart in 2013. Moskaluke was named Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2013 Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards.[10]
Moskaluke released the first single from her debut studio album, “Good Lovin'”, in October 2013.[11] It became her first single to reach the top 20 on the Billboard Canada Country chart. The album, Light Up the Night, was released on April 15, 2014. “Cheap Wine and Cigarettes” and “Used” were both released as singles from the album in 2014.
 By Pepper Parr
June 14th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
It was a quickie.
But a bit different in a couple of ways
At the regular meeting of city council – that lasted 28 minutes – Ward 2 Councillor Marianne Meed Ward called for six recorded votes – a record for her. The idea became popular and Councillor Craven, Councillor Sharman and the Mayor asked for recorded votes as well.
 It was almost as if they didn’t want you to know who they are. Terrible picture quality. The city of Burlington just isn’t going to move to a technology that records every vote on everything at both Council and Standing committee meetings.
 The Board of Education visuals are much much better. The Halton District School Board has put technology in place that allows the trustees to press a bottom and within seconds the vote result appears on a screen that can be seen on the web cast as well.
 The close ups of Councillors are not any better. The pink jacket tells you she is Councillor Lancaster. The guy with the bling tells you which one is the Mayor. The city is also a bit of a laggard when it comes to the quality of their web casts, Compare the visuals we have provided – the school board cameras capture the expressions on the faces of the trustees – the city cameras let us know that Councillor Lancaster is wearing a pink jacket.
The city can do better – they just don’t want to – so much for genuine public engagement.
Councillor Craven reported that the public space at the corner of Plans Road and Waterdown is now complete – it took the unfortunate and some thought illegal expropriation, of the former Murphy’s convenience store to make this happen – but that is the price of progress. Craven told council the Aldershot BIA contributed $65,000 to the creation of the small plaza
Aldershot is getting another small space for the public to sit and watch the cars go by at the intersection of Plains Road and Francis – that should be in place by September,
 Commercial services at grade – we have yet to see any form of office space development – the place where all those quality jobs are going to be located. so far – it is just a place for people to live – a place that has neither a decent supermarket or an LCBO store. That isn’t living folks! The report identifies Ruth Victor & Associates as both the Applicant and the person who is representing the applicant. Ruth Victor is the planner who speaks for the ADI Group most of the time. June 22nd – there is a public meeting on the plans for an eight storey structure at Cooke Blvd Road and Plains Road East which Councillor Craven explained as an additional step in the creation of the economic hub that is coming into being in the Aldershot community.
 The existing is the convention centre – the proposed is the six storey hotel. Construction should start soon. A decent watering hole for the east end. The report identifies Ruth Victor & Associates as both the Applicant and the person who is representing the applicant. Ruth Victor is the planner who speaks for the ADI Group most of the time.
A six storey hotel adjacent to the Burlington Convention centre was approved – in record time gushed Councillor Sharman
By Staff
June 14th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
It’s not just in Spencer smith Park. It’s in the clubs as well.
Set out below are the locations for the Sound of Music Club Series today and tomorrow.
 The Queens Head – one o the six Sound of Music Club series locations.  The Dickens – will feature a couple of the Club Series performers Today and Wednesday.
By Staff
June 14th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
A picture is said to be worth 1000 words.
That just might be true with the picture set out below.
By Staff
June 14th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
It was Question Period in the House of Commons and Lisa Raitt wanted to make a point about pensions and what they did do to one’s wallet.
Mr. Speaker, next week the Minister of Finance is going to meet with his counterparts in the provinces and territories to sell them on his CPP scheme which would tax the average worker an extra $3,000 per year. This new payroll tax would kill 130,000 jobs in our country and it would permanently and significantly lower wages for our young people especially.
How does the Minister of Finance expect Canadian workers to save, start a family, or buy a home when he is increasing their taxes?
A few minutes later Raitt followed up with:
 Conservative MP Lisa Raitt asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Photo courtesy THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Mr. Speaker, Canadians are rightly concerned. The impact of a fourth CPP expansion is going to be on their wallets.
The Minister of Finance has stated that a CPP expansion would be putting too many eggs in one basket. He also said that increasing the CPP would practically take the private sector out of the pension business.
My question is again for the Minister of Finance. Will he just abandon this ill-conceived scheme because it would unfairly target Canadian workers?
Ms Raitt makes no mention of the pretty healthy pension benefit program Members of the House of Commons have given themselves – which comes out of the very same wallets she speaks of. Ms Raitt is the MP for Halton.
 The boundary for the riding of Halton includes much of northern – rural Burlington.
 By Staff
June 14th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
Karmel Sakran, a Burlington based lawyer who has served on the hospital board, runs a Wills Clinic each year and was the Liberal candidate for Burlington a number of elections ago, got a letter from a friend recently.
 Karmel Sakran doing the Terry Fox Cure for Cancer run The letter captivated Karmel. He explained: “… my friend describes her role as a Spiritual Care giver and how she recently had the experience of saving a man’s life on the Go Train. I will let the letter speak for itself. Enjoy!
You would think that someone from Spiritual Care would not have trouble answering the questions, “How do you work spiritually at work?” when the Wellness Coordinator asks, however, I was stumped until the Friday night GO train ride home.
 For those of you that regularly ride the GO Kartrain, you know that it is a bit of a strange environment. You can ride with the same people for many years and never actually meet them. At the end of the day, the cultural norm on the top deck of the train is quiet and silence but the alarm went for “Code 1033,” the code for a medical emergency and this time the emergency was in my car. I went down to investigate and a man had collapsed on the floor, not breathing, rapidly turning blue. Someone had started CPR and I took over compression as she tired. Others arrived as well. I heard the GO train personnel inquire who everyone was and it turns out we had someone from palliative care, someone who delivers babies, a dermatologist and me, a spiritual care provider.
I thought of all those family meetings where it was unknown what time the patient collapsed and how long he had been down for, so I looked at my watch. The time was 4:23. A minute into compressions and I was tiring already. How did I not know how tiring CPR was? I had watched the ICU team do CPR for hours, switching off every few minutes, never realizing how hard the work was and being reminded in the moment how important teamwork is. We began to switch off between trying to find a pulse and doing chest compressions.He was turning that awful colour between life and death.
Someone found a defibrillator and the baby doctor prepared to deliver a shock as she ripped open his shirt at 4:26. We heard her say “clear” and then he jumped underneath us. I heard the palliative doctor ask someone to find his name in his wallet and she began to talk to the patient. Talking to a dying patient is usually my job, but today, I heard someone else giving the spiritual care while we continued chest compressions stopping periodically so the palliative doctor could see if his heart was beating.
Suddenly he began to breathe. A cheer went up and we turned him on his side but the victory was only short lived. He stopped breathing again and we rolled him back to continue CPR. At 4:29 we gave him a second shock. In that second moment when we called “clear,” I looked up and I saw the faces of the people that I normally speak to- scared, overwhelmed by what they were seeing, panicked but I couldn’t provide the spiritual care it was someone else’s job to offer comfort and support. I placed my hands on his chest taking my turn at compressions from the dermatologist and this time I felt his heart punch back at my hands and beat to life again, like when I was pregnant and I felt the baby kick from within. It was like his soul was letting me know he was still there.
The doctors confirmed he had pulses, stronger pulses this time. Rolling him onto his side again it was 4:34. His colour returned, his eyes fluttered open. Oxygen arrived from somewhere and paramedics arrived on scene just as he was waking up. There was a sense of exhilaration that together we had saved this man’s life- the woman who went running through the train looking for doctors and found the strange collection of people to help, the person who donated her scissors to cut open his shirt, those of us that pounded on his chest and shouted in his ear to keep breathing, those that held elevators and doorways, went running for the defibrillator or just silently prayed- together- a crazy team that journeyed together differently today.
As I reflected on the events, I realized that in many ways the hospital is a strange collection of strangers, a collection of people journeying together, never knowing what the day will bring.
 I realized that being in rounds and family meetings had made me the accidental student as I heard over and over again what made the different at the beginning of a cardiac arrest to the final outcome. We must all be accidental students in our journey together, always learning from one another. Today, I reflected on all the people that I watch day in and day out use their hands to work to save a patient. How differently it felt to put my hands on a patient for medical treatment than to hold a hand to comfort. How lost for words I am to describe the feeling of seeing another human being shocked and pounded back to life and to have been a small part of that.
Today as we journey together, I’m reminded once again of the precious commodity of time that is given to each one of us to make each moment count. After he was taken away by EMS, a woman, in tears, explained, that the man collapsed after seeing her struggling up the stairs with her suitcase feeling panicked at being caught in rush hour. Seeing her struggle, he carried her suitcase up to the platform. She worried that the act of kindness may have cost him his life- perhaps it saved him because it put him in just the right place. I am more deeply aware that we are strange strangers on a journey but we don’t have to be estranged from one another, especially in crisis.
So today as I think about what the day will bring. I hope that I can live in deeper spiritual appreciation and with deeper reverence and awe for all those who place their hands onto their fellow sojourners in care. I hope that I can live with heightened awareness and hope for the strangers and companions that are all around. I hope that I can see with more compassion the struggles that each person carries in their work. In the end, to work spiritually is to remember that we journey together.
Pretty good way to start a week!
By Staff
June 13th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
It is that time of year again folks – the Sound of Music sort of takes over the city and they bring in millions of dollars in business to the city – so we put up with the problems in getting around and get outdoors and enjoy the music.
Here is what happens street closure wise.
Road Closures for Sound of Music – June 17 to 19
The following road closures will be in place.
• Friday, June 17 from 3:30 p.m. to Sunday, June 19 at 6 p.m., Brant Street from Caroline Street to Lakeshore Road.
• Saturday, June 18, from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.,John Street from Pine Street to Lakeshore Road.
Parade Closures
• Saturday, June 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Caroline Street from Drury Lane to Locust Street, Elizabeth Street from Caroline Street to Pine Street and Drury Lane from Courtland to New Street.
Road closures will be managed under the supervision of the Halton Regional Police Service and emergency access will be maintained at all times.
By Pepper Parr
June 13th, 2106
BURLINGTON. ON
 Burlington MPP Eleanor McMahon – now a member of the provincial cabinet Mary Eleanor McMahon, has been appointed at the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
Indira Naidoo-Harris has been appointed the Associate Minister of Finance (Ontario Retirement Pension Plan)
McMahon takes over a Ministry that was once held by former Mayor Cam Jackson when he was part of the provincial government. Better luck to McMahon with that portfolio.
Her Share the Road work gets her close to sports – her family day skating party suggests that she might want to spend some time outdoors.
 India Nadoo-Harris, MPP for Halon and now a member of the provincial cabinet Naidoo-Harris has a job as long as the provincial government has to go it along with their plans for a provincial retirement plan. Good management suggests the federal plan and the proposed provincial plan be merged.
McMahon and Naidoo-Harris are two very very different politicians. It will be interesting to see how they turn out.
Big change in the life of Mary Eleanor McMahon.
By Staff
June 13th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
Short Term Road Closure: Emerald Street on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Emerald Street will be closed on Tuesday, June 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. between Courtland Drive and Victoria Avenue for crane activity.
Signs and barricades will be up and no through traffic will be allowed.
Local traffic to residents in this area of Emerald Street will be maintained, as well as emergency access.
By Staff
June 13th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
In a significant change of events – the last place in the league Burlington Bandits managed to outlast the first team in the league and outlast Panthers in extra-inning win
It wasn’t pretty, but the Bandits outlasted the Kitchener Panthers to win 9-8 in 10 innings Sunday night.
The Bandits scored two runs in the eighth and ninth innings and produced the winning run in the 10th after the Panthers made their sixth error of the game.
 Photo by Sean Moffitt Justin Gideon had a home run, two RBI and two runs for the Bandits. Jim Martin had two hits, including a home run, an RBI and run. Adam Odd went 3-for-5 with an RBI and run, and Nolan Pettipiece drove in a run and scored once.
Odd picked up the win, throwing three scoreless innings of relief. He scattered five hits and struck out two without issuing a walk.
Branden Kuzyk started and went four innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on five hits, walking four and striking out two.
Burlington made four errors in the field.
For Kitchener, Mike Gordner homered and had four singles to drive in a pair of runs while scoring twice. Sean Reilly had three hits and an RBI, Tanner Nivins singled twice and drove in a run, and Darren Saunders and Colin Gordner each had an RBI. Terrell Alliman had two doubles and a single and scored once.
Andrew Simonetti took the loss after allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits in two innings, walking one without striking out a batter. Matt McGovern started and went seven innings, giving up six runs (five earned) on seven hits, striking out two and walking one.
Burlington improved to 3-10, and Kitchener fell to 11-2.
Elsewhere in the league …
The London Majors scored 10 runs in the first two innings and rolled to a 13-5 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Sunday afternoon.
Cleveland Brownlee had two hits, including his fifth home run of the season, three RBI and scored twice. Keith Kandel, LeJon Baker and Elis Jimenez each had two hits, two runs and an RBI, while RJ Fuhr had three hits and drove in a pair of runs. Carlos Arteaga had two RBI, Michael Ambrose, Tristan Buntrock and Kyle Gormandy all drove in a run. Humberto Ruiz singled, doubled and scored twice.
Oscar Perez (2-1) went eight innings for the win. Perez struck out seven and walked three, allowing two runs on seven hits.
Connor Lewis and Grant Tamane each had three hits and an RBI for the Leafs. Jonathan Marra drove in two with two hits, and Julio Guzman had a single RBI.
Dillon Mulhollond (1-2) took the loss after giving up 11 runs (10 earned) on 14 hits over five innings. He walked four and struck out three.
London improved to 10-4 and moved within 1.5 games of first-place Kitchener, and Toronto fell to 7-6.
Celestijn paces Cardinals past Red Sox
HAMILTON – Dre Celestijn singled twice and tripled to lead the Hamilton Cardinals to a 10-3 win over the Brantford Red Sox Sunday afternoon.
Celestijn, the Cards’ cleanup hitter, drove in a run and scored once. Callum Murphy and Jason deVos each had two hits and an RBI and combined to score three times. Tyler Hardie and Jake Osborne singled and scored once.
Robert Wilson (1-1) went five innings for the win, scattering three hits over five innings and allowing two runs (one earned). He struck out three and walked two.
For the Red Sox, Nate Burdett, Lee Delfino and Benjamin Bostick all had an RBI. Rick Murray added a pair of singles.
Matt Martinow (0-1) took the loss. He lasted 4.2 innings and gave up three runs (one earned) on seven hits, striking out two and walking three.
Hamilton improved to 5-11, and Brantford dropped to 7-7.
Future games
Monday, June 13
Brantford at Kitchener, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 14
Guelph at London, 7:35 p.m.
The Gazette thanks the Inter County Baseball league for the news and game results.
By Pepper Parr
June 12th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
GLOBAL WARMING –
We hear about it every day.
There are still those who think it isn’t happening.
It is happening – the two pictures that follow make that clear enough for the most doubting.
This isn’t a theory – these are facts.
 Alaska’s Pedersen Glacier has retreated steadily over the past century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. This photo, taken during the summer of 1917, shows a lagoon filled with icebergs. The bottom photo, dated August 2005, shows the same lagoon now filled with sediment, grasses and shrubs.  Alaska’s Pedersen Glacier has retreated steadily over the past century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. This photo, dated August 2005, shows the same lagoon now filled with sediment, grasses and shrubs. The projections are dire: glaciers will continue to shrink, heat waves will be more frequent and the oceans will get warmer and more acidic. A large majority of environmental scientists warn that if global temperatures rise by more than 2 C above pre-industrial levels, the consequences will be severe and, in some cases, irreversible.
By the end of the century, the panel says, CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions must register near zero — a mighty feat that some observers say is simply not achievable.
What happens then?
Vince Fiorito, one of the most committed environmentalists we know once said to me: Pepper, don’t worry about the planet – it will survive. It is we human beings hat may not be able to survive on the plant we create because of our poor stewardship.
CBC has published an interactive WORD on their web site
CLICK HERE to get to it.
Every household in the city would be well served if they spent half an hour on this instead of watching a television show. At this point it is still our world – do we get to keep it and pass it along to our children and their grand children?
 By Pepper Parr
June 11th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
If you like to paint (… and who doesn’t?) said the notice from the Friends of Freeman Station then please join us for our next Saturday Volunteer Work Days —
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2016, from 8am to mid-day
And again the following weekend:
SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2016 – from 8 am to mid-day
You will be joining a bunch of guys who just like to get out of the house and do something – get their hands on some tools and make something or repair something.
 The Station Master’s office – knots in the pine are sealed – and the walls are ready for their first coat of paint. Twenty five years from now you will take your grandchildren on a tour and show them the job that you did. You may not have been inside the Freeman Station. It is going to be a large part of the pride of the city when it is complete – and here is an opportunity for you to be part of that pride.
 The Waiting Room – it is ready for its first coat of paint.
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