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Rents still too high - no one seems to know where the relief is going to come from and when it will be felt By Staff September 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Average asking rents for all residential property types in Canada increased by 3.3% year-over-year in August, reaching […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	A New Political Party: Canadian Future Party - will it manage to get off the ground? By Staff September 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON The following was taken from a CBC broadcast of an interview with Dominic Cardy, the leader of […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Centre for Skills Development’s now has Enhanced General Carpentry training program for low-income women in Burlington. By Staff September 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON The Ontario government is investing up to $1.18 million over three years through the Women’s Economic Security […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Culinary Kids Club taking place at Ireland House. By Staff September 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Culinary Kids Club A really neat program idea. Registration is open for our Culinary Kids Club, a […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Mayor will be in each ward with Councillor to explain the budget - how they will do that without input on what the July floods are going to cost - is a vexing question By Staff September 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON We know at least one person who will be taking part in the meetings on the budget […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Hamilton Airport to test emergency response to a simulated passenger airline incident By Staff September 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (Hamilton International) will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise on September 10, 2024, […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Mayor Meed Ward just might have found her exit from City Hall - think in terms of the House of Commons. Slick move By Pepper Parr September 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON A Gazette reader asked. Why did Mayor Meed Ward get a King Charles III Coronation medal […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Insider Trading reports for September 9th, 2024 By Staff September 10th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Featured below are companies that have experienced recent insider trading activity in the public market through their […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Burlington now has something to BRAG about By Staff September 9th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington has a new community organization. Rather than report we will pass along to you what they […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Bound2Run will be taking part in the Terry Fox Run on Sunday to fund cancer research - Ashley Bakker will have her son with her By Staff September 9th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON In the Fall of 2022, Ashley Bakker, on the heels of a diagnosis of Myeloproliferative Neoplasm, took […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Perilous times for the three mainline federal political party's By Pepper Parr September 9th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION For the political junkies out there – the times could not be better. The American presidential […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Margaret Lindsay Holton:Part of the 2024 Culture Days - a good reason for visiting her part of the province By Pepper Parr September 9th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Do you remember Margaret Lindsay Holton? The woman who agitated so strong about the plastic grass […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Insider Trading data for September 6th, 7th and the 8th By Staff September 9th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Featured below are companies that have experienced recent insider trading activity in the public market through their […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Tell them what you think and they will let you munch on a bun with some meat - Food for Feedback. By Staff September 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON The City of Burlington is hosting its fourth annual Food for Feedback event on Saturday, Sept. 14, […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Jim Thomson has issues with the way a new Procedure Manual has been introduced - shabby at best and late as usual By Pepper Parr September 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON A Procedural Manual is the kind of thing that lawyers and policy wonks love to read […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Good manners needs to be restored to City Council meetings By Pepper Parr September 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON In the 12 years we have been covering Burlington Council meetings we have seen it all. […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Mayor lightens her grip on chairing Council Committee meetings By Pepper Parr September 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON My first reaction to the news that the Chairing of Committee of the Whole (COW) has been […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	British Red Arrows to be in Hamilton to be in the air with a Lancaster bomber for a photo shoot. By Staff September 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON It will be a very short event – couple of hours. But for those who are committed […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Rivers: It was simply politics over policy. Pure and simple opportunism. By Ray Rivers September 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON The national polls show that, were the election held today, a majority Conservative government with Pierre […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Free Flix at Cineplex on the 1th By Staff September 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON On September 14, Cineplex invites families across Canada to the 12th annual Cineplex Community Day in support […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)