Should Canada take a pass on the 2022 Chinese Olympic Winter Games ?

“The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of humankind, with a view to promoting a peaceful society […]

With $250,000 in Hand and a Terms of Reference Document Waiting for the Nod from the City Solicitor - City Hall is Off and Running. Watch this one carefully

By Pepper Parr February 11th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Part 3 of a four part series What is the Burlington Lands Partnership? The Burlington Lands Partnership […]

Former Mayor, former city General Manager and a former Council member couldn't shake the city hall bug - became journalists.

By Pepper Parr February 9th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   There is another on-line news source in town. It’s been around for a number of months. […]

A Burlington Lands Partnership: Has a budget of $250,000 - now settles down to thinking what to do first

By Pepper Parr February 9th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON The following is lengthy. It sets out what the city has decided it wants to do on […]

The provincial government is easing us into a gradual re-opening of the economy - or is the Premier reacting to the tremendous pressure from the Retail Council

By Staff February 9th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Ontario will begin to gradually reopen its economy on Wednesday but the government could use an “emergency […]

Ticketing for Overnight Parking Resumes on the 11th.

By Staff February 9th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The City of Burlington is reinstating parking enforcement of 5-hour limit on Feb. 11. Residents got a […]

What if there is a spiteful, vengeful streak?

By Pepper February 9th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   A regular eagle eyed reader who follows the Mayor on Twitter brought this to our attention. He […]

2021 - is staying home the new going out?

By Frank van Dam February 8th, 2021 BURLINGTON ON   For people who love to go out, 2021 is likely to be another dismal year, […]

City is in the process of creating a Lands Partnership that will look for and create development opportunities

By Pepper Parr February 8th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Part 1 of a 4 part series. On October 19, 2020, City Council approved the following recommendation […]

Public Art for Regal Road - city wants input from residents

By Staff February 8th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The City of Burlington is commissioning an artist to create a public art piece for the Regal […]

There is a Gazette reader with just too much spare time on his hands

By Staff February 8th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Being in lock-down mode and being asked to “stay at home” leads to some interesting results. One Burlington […]

Several of Canada’s finest instrumental jazz musicians, will be on-line February 10th - 7 pm via Zoom - not to be missed

By Staff February 7th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Several of Canada’s finest instrumental jazz musicians, will be on-line February 10th – 7pm via Zoom – not […]

Week long food drive - the need is still there

By Staff February 6th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Shadi Salehian, Chair of One Burlington, and Dan Fraser, organizer for the upcoming Share the Love, are […]

Heavily weighted committee formed to discuss, share information and action around the Meridian Aldershot Quarry

By Pepper Parr February 5th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON We reported yesterday on a Motion the Mayor put forward to create a Public Health Bylaw that […]

There is a protocol requiring members of council to always congratulate staff for the reports they submit.

Pepper Parr February 4th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   We don’t always get it right and we have learned that sometimes the less said, the better. […]

Terry Fox Run seen as one of the most successful fund raising events in North America

By Pepper Parr February 5th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum is honoring three nonprofits that overcame long odds to host successful fundraising […]

Number of EV chargers to increase - no policy yet on a fee - most Councillors are opposed to a fee

By Pepper Parr February 4th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The end result of a good discussion at the Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk and Accountability Committee, […]

A Public Health Bylaw - isn't that a Regional issue ? Might it be related to air pollution?

By Pepper Parr February 3rd, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   It was one of those walk-on items; a piece of city business that wasn’t on the […]

Traffic and transit data is volatile - hit hard by the lock-downs

By Pepper Parr February 3rd, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Is there less traffic on the streets? What has the traffic volume curve looked like ? […]

While no one is certain when the vaccines will arrive - the city is going to make sure they are set up and ready to go operational in days

By Pepper Parr February 3rd, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   In a report to Council today Chris Glenn, Director of Parks and Recreation advised that the […]