Councillor zoning in on outstanding business licenses

By Pepper Parr November 6th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   In the municipal world it is not unusual to have licenses required to run a local […]

Decisions already made - what they are costing taxpayers

By Pepper Parr November 6th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   A project that a Council falls in love with can on occasion come back to bit […]

Two days of going over where the spending takes place and what the city has committed to in the past.

By Pepper Parr November 6th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Council will meet today and on Tuesday to listen to staff explain the work that gets […]

Assessing the risks when preparing a budget - Part 1 of a six part series

By Pepper Parr November 6th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Risk assessment Part 1 of a 6 part series When a Budget is prepared by Staff the […]

Petition to register opposition to the Mayor's budget is still open

By Pepper Parr November 6th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Getting Council to listen to the people who pay the property taxes has proven difficult. Wendy […]

Resident adds to the delegation she made to City Council

By Pepper Parr November 5th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   When Aldershot resident Lydia Thomas delegated at City Council earlier this week she ran out of […]

The full story of the death of Regan Russell on Friday, June 19th, 2020 at the gate to the Fearmans Pork plant in Burlington

By Staff November 5th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Caution – this is very disturbing material. Regan Russell, run over by a tractor trailer in June […]

Remembrance Service to take place at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum November 11th

By Staff November 4th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   A Remembrance service will take place at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum honouring those who served […]

Wendy Fletcher finally gets her Petition in front of the public - it wasn't easy

By Pepper Parr November 4th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Wendy Fletcher is a reasonable, decent person. I’ve yet to meet her but I want to take […]

Did you know that from 2019 to 2022, the Burlington Food Bank has seen a staggering 94% increase in total visits?

By Lydia Thomas November 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Lydia Thomas: we did not plan for food prices and utility costs and gas prices and […]

The next step on getting a budget approved - understanding just what it is they want to to do.

By Pepper Parr November 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   There was a lot of buildup to what the Mayor was going to put forward in […]

Auditor General to probe controversial scheme to redevelop Ontario Place

By Staff November 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Geez – not another one. The Auditor General announced that they will be probing the Ontario Place […]

GO train transported livestock to the Royal Winter Fair

By Pepper Parr November 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Leaving the GO train and heading into the downtown core of Toronto Kay behaved perfectly. Some […]

Lydia Thomas - please call

By Pepper Parr November 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Lydia Thomas Lydia Thomas delegated at City Council today. We would love to talk to her. […]

Citizen told not to make disparaging remarks about staff during a delegation - then has her petition presentation moved to a date after the Mayor presents her budget

By Pepper Parr November 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   On Monday October 30th, Wendy Fletcher delegated to City Council virtually. Her delegation was about the […]

Mounties on the move - interviewing bureaucrats - politicians will have to wait for their turn

By Pepper Parr November 2, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The Mounties have begun questioning officials at the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing over Premier […]

City Clerk moves a petition with 1740 names opposing the budget the Mayor proposes until after the budget is discussed

By Pepper Parr November 1, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Two pieces of information had to be corrected: the date on which the request to delegate was […]

Will the Kitchener Centre by-election deliver bad news to Doug Ford?

By Pepper Parr November 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON At the end of the month we should have some sense as to how politically damaging the […]

Removing the HST taxes on rental homes is touted as a benefit - for who? Will it reduce the monthly rent for tenants?

By Staff November 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   The provincial government shovels out about ten, sometimes more, announcements each day telling the public about a […]

Any student from about grade 5 on with even a little curiosity should be given an opportunity to attend the Sound, Just Sound event at the Joseph Brant Museum.

By Staff November 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON   Any student from about grade 5 on with even a little curiosity should be given an opportunity […]