Public transit survey that is driven by a citizens group rather than city hall

By Pepper Parr October 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Public transit has always been a problem for Burlington. It has been very difficult to plan […]

City delegation to Japan stumbles its way through the three day event

By Pepper Parr October 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The city is looking for people they can put on the several Advisory Committees . The […]

There is a reckoning coming

By Staff October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Days away from the first public version of the Mayor’s 2025 Budget that is now said to […]

Two 30+ storey twoers that a developer wanted to build at the bottom of Brant Street where the Waterfront Hotel exists has lost their appeal.

By Pepper Parr October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON 2020 Lakeshore Inc., loses its appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Request to amend the Official Plan […]

Insider Trading Data for Thursday October 17th, 2024

By Staff October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON The five stocks with the largest dollar value of insider acquisitions in the public market are: Asante Gold […]

Newspapers are now for the most part digital operations - public is still learning to adapt to the change

By Pepper Parr October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON This is the third of a series on the changes taking place in print media and the […]

The Economist: Justin Trudeau is wrecking Canada’s liberal dream

Reprinted from the Economist October 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON “It is A time of massive anxiety.” Justin Trudeau was talking about Canadians’ economic outlook, […]

The Mayor is in Japan - so is Councillor Nisan and Councillor Galbraith - no photo of the CAO

By Staff October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Updated: October 17th – 8:39 pm The Mayor is in Japan – and so is Councillor Nisan and […]

Head of Corporate Affairs struggles to explain the city's Engagement strategy

By Pepper Parr October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   We would ask Ms Bortolotti to explain how she arrived at the 876,000 number. On Tuesday, […]

Hockey Canada Reveals Teams for the 2024 U17 World Challenge

By Ayesha Travail October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Hockey Canada has officially announced the roster of 44 players who will proudly represent the nation […]

Insider Trading Data For Wednesday October 16th, 2024

By Staff October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   To learn more about how Insider Trading works – click HERE The five stocks with the largest […]

It is the Mayor's Budget - and while the public has seen very little in the way of numbers we know that they are planning on an 8% increase for 2025

By Staff October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   BRAG – Burlington Resident Action Group has been doing a superb job on staying on top of […]

We erred - we attributed a statement to Councillor Sharman - when it was Jim Thomson who made the comment about citizen engagement

By Pepper Parr October 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Earlier this week we wrote a short article attributing a statement made to Councillor Paul Sharman […]

Signing up new members to Burlington Conservative Association closes on Friday the 18th

By Staff October 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Members of the Burlington Conservative party have been advised that the deadline to sell memberships is 11:59 […]

They weren't in Council - they were on their way to Japan

From left to right: Carm Bozzo, development manager, Halton Women’s Place; Councillor Blair Lancaster; Mayor Rick Goldring; Ed Dorr, Chair, Burlington Mundialization Committee.

By Pepper Parr October 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Who knew! It did seem odd that so many people weren’t able to attend the Council […]

Christmas Tea: A British Comedy - at Performing Arts in November - two performances

By Staff October 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON British humour with outrageously inventive interactive elements.   Buckle your theatre seats, coming to Burlington and venues this […]

Has the $250,000 loan to Sound of Music been repaid - city chooses not to say.

By Staff October 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   We recently asked the city communications people if the loan the city made to Sound of Music […]

Insider Trading Data for October 15th, 2024

By Staff October 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON What Insider Trading is all about click HERE- The five stocks with the largest dollar value of insider […]

The Environment matters - don't lose what you have.

By Pepper Parr October 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Environmental Defence, an environmental advocacy organization has kept a keen eye on what the province wants […]

City Commissioners serving as Interim CAO while Basit is away until the 23rd

By Pepper Parr October 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   We know now that there is someone at the wheel. Hassaan Bait didn’t take part in […]