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Escarpment residents feel they made their point - now they wait to be certain that city Council is onside and will fight hard to oppose the Quarry expansion application

By Pepper Parr September 22, 2028 BURLINGTON, ON Gord Pinnard left the city council meeting earlier this week at which many of the ...

Tough day for the Premier - Great Day for the province

By Pepper Parr September 22, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Doug Ford has certainly had a better month – in three weeks he lost three ...

Doug Ford says: I'm sorry - I broke a promise - backs out of the Greenbelt decision

By Pepper Parr September 21st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON We know now what the Saturday newspapers will be full of. The politically amazing turn around ...

A former member of Cabinet, a developer who attended the wedding of the Premier's daughter met while both were in Las Vegas. Cabinet Minister fibbed about the meeting

By Pepper Parr September 21st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Drip, drip, drip. There is most certainly more to come First, the former Minister of Municipal Affairs ...

Two Burlington Members of Parliamentary are now Secretaries:

By Staff September 21st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Oakville North-Burlington MP Pam Damoff is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Consular ...

Changes in GO service schedule this weekend By Staff June 6th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Work has begun on the grade separation on Burloak that is impacting the GO service on the […] 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)	Tough for people to learn just how the city plans to explain the Bateman development situation - they aren't getting it from the Mayor By Pepper Parr June 5th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The Mayor of Burlington is at it again. In a tweet she sent out answering questions […] 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)
Virtual meeting on updating flood hazard mapping for Tuck, Shoreacres, Appleby, and Sheldon Creeks June 7th By Staff June 5th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Climate change, flooding, making the right decisions now with the information available is a challenge. Conservation Halton […] 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)	Stolte: 'I'm not understanding how beginning engagement and visioning with the public this summer, but not letting them know about it until the fall' By Pepper Parr June 5th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Staff were presenting to Council on the “key deliverables for the communication and engagement plan.” Part […] 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)
Bateman: How much space is the public getting for that $100 million ? No one is really sure By Pepper Parr June 5th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON What do we know about when the public is going to get to say anything about […] 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)	Domenic Molinaro passes at the age of 88 By Pepper Parr June 4th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington lost a great one last week. The man who turned Lakeshore Road into the stretch 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)
Brock University gets a chance to brag about how well one of its graduates has done By Staff June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON This is a sports story but not local sports. It is a press release from Brock University […] 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)	Speaker series on issues important to Senior Citizens By Staff June 3rd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Marion Goard is a Broker with Keller Williams Realty. She heads up an interesting service intended for […] 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)
No reservations needed for summer rec and lap swims at Burlington outdoor pools By Staff June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Nelson Pool This summer, swimming at Burlington outdoor pools will be walk-in only based on first come, […] 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 spills the bean on TVO: Bateman is going to cost the city $100 million By Pepper Parr June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Speaking on the TVO program The Agenda where the subject was who should pay for growth […] 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)
Age to work as life guards has been reduced. By Staff June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The provincial government is lowering the minimum age requirement to be a lifeguard, assistant lifeguard and aquatic […] 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 Green AGM at the end of the month By Staff June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON BurlingtonGren will be holding their Annual General Meeting June 27th at the Burlington Central Library. (2331 New […] 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)
Brock & Sophia: A love story in the midst of the war of 1812 By Pepper Parr June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Ray Rivers has been writing opinion pieces for the Gazette for more than ten years. We’ve […] 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)	Not a Pretty Picture By Ray Rivers June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION I recently attended a Pollution Probe event to honour Edward Burtynsky, the Canadian born world […] 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 on growth paying for growth - a TVO production By Staff June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Mayor Marianne Meed Ward With development being perhaps the most talked about subject in the city, certainly […] 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)	45 acts are at the Performing Arts Centre during a 366 day season. By Staff June 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The Burlington Performing Arts Centre kicked off their new 2023/2024 season last night at the main theatre […] 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 Ontario Health Team Gets its first Executive Director By Pepper Parr May 31st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON It was an organization we had not heard of. It came to our attention when the […] 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)	The Reasons Behind Mobile Gaming's Popularity By Melinda Smith May 31st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON You can be playing the same game with the person sitting beside you – then compare […] 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)
It's Official - 6.07% of the wards 1&2 voters elected Robbie Brydon as their trustee By Staff May 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The City of Burlington has declared the official results from the by-election for the seat of School […] 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)	Public getting to know a little bit more about what takes place in CLOSED sessions of Council By Pepper Parr May 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Nancy Shea Nicol: Burlington Corporate Counsel, has rarely been in favour of making legal matters public. […] 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)