Civic Square: How consultants will role out the redesign Part 2

By Pepper Parr July 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Part 2 of a 3 part article. This is a long story so I have broken it […]

Housing starts: Burlington low on the number of starts but very good on the number completed in May

By Staff July 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation has issued some data on housing starts across the province. Burlington is […]

The Redesign of Civic Square - Part 1

By Pepper Parr July 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   This is a long story so I have broken it up into three parts. City Hal […]

Fireworks: 'I think it's a GO'

By Staff July 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Nothing Official yet from City Hall but a reliable Gazette readers sends the following: “The pier is […]

The end of Fireworks as we know them ? Drone light shows are what some communities are using - what do you think ?

There is an option. Fireworks as we know them have always been popular. That is changing. There are now drone light shows – because a […]

Ford’s Conservatives set rent increase guidelines at 2.5%, highest increase allowable under Residential Tenancies Act

By Staff June 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   New Democrats put out a statement today: Ford’s Conservatives set the rent increase guidelines for 2024 at […]

City Communications said: 'We will be posting about that shortly' when asked about fireworks on Canada Day

By Staff June 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   This just in from the City Communications department: We will be posting about that shortly. Got this […]

Could the Canada Day Fireworks be cancelled due to the amount of smoke in the air?

By Staff June 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Will fireworks take place? A reader asked: Some places have cancelled fireworks due to the wild fire […]

Ward 2 Councillor sent her regrets - three times. Why?

By Pepper Parr June 20th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Ward 2 Councillor Lisa Kearns has published a newsletter for her constituents. The content is good; […]

Brant and other downtown streets to be closed for part of Canada Day

By Staff June 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON New this year on Canada Day – Brant Street will be closed for pedestrian use only. Weather permitting, […]

The working-from-home illusion fades. It is not more productive than being in an office, after all

By Staff June 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The city of Burlington has a significant number of its staff working from home. As a reporter […]

Freeman Station will not be open on Canada Day

By Pepper Parr June 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   It came to us as a short notice. At a Standing Committee yesterday Council heard a […]

School registration can be done during the summer

By Staff June 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Schools are closed in July and the first three weeks of August. The Halton District School Board […]

Developer takes a different approach to brand development: They want to be seen as more than just a developer

By Pepper Parr June 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Creating the image and the message you want your market to have is an art more […]

Free transit for Seniors and Free Transit for youth evenings and weekends

By Pepper Parr June 28th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   It has been a long time getting to this point – but starting August 1st transit […]

Freeman is free on Canada Day - every other day it is open as well

By Pepper Parr June 28th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON It took the work of a relatively small group of men and women who would not give […]

What Burlington at Brant and Caroline once looked like

By Pepper Parr June 27th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   An exceptionally good aerial of John Street (the northern part is actually a lane), Brant Street […]

Merits of heritage protection & tools City could use to protect each property or area.

By Staff June 27th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The heritage consultant has finished preliminary heritage evaluations for the eight individual properties and six study areas. […]

2024 budget fundamentals - the final figure could touch more than 8%

By Staff June 27th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   An understanding of what you will see in your 2024 tax bill is set out in the […]

How a simple boundary review got turned into thinking about a significantly different council size and different governance as well

By Pepper Parr June 26th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The Staff report was a post-election review of what took place and any lessons learned. We […]