Council moves to take immediate action on an Air BnB location that is inexcusable and intolerable for people in the Lakeshore Goodram part of the city.

By Pepper Parr October 11th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   There is a group of people who live on the eastern side of the city, south […]

A viewpoint on where the city is going - straight up seems to be the direction.

By Staff October 11th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   There are all kinds of ways to communicate – tweeting being the one that some people can’t […]

Police Trying to Identify Owners of Seized Property

By Staff October 11th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The stuff is sitting in a locker at Police Headquarters waiting for someone to claim it. The […]

Calling All Three-Year Olds - Kindergarten Open Houses

By Staff October 11th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Beginning school is a big step for children and parents, and the Halton District School Board wants […]

A loyal voter with concerns about some of the baggage the candidate is carrying.

By Pepper Parr October 9th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON Typical suburban lawn sign – what is that splash of yellow? The personal touch has always been […]

An up close look at what took place at an LPAT meeting - scary.

By Pepper Parr October 9th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON The Gazette received the following from the city three days afrer the article appeared. “I wanted to […]

They've done it again - failed to communicate and left the public wondering what had happened.

By Pepper Parr October 9th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Figure this one out. There is a development proposed for some of the property on the […]

Charo: Hot Flamenco Night - Instantly recognizable!

By Staff October 8th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Charo: Instantly recognizable for her witty humour, lovable accent and mastery of the flamenco guitar. The Burlington […]

What’s open and closed in Burlington on Thanksgiving ?

By Staff October 8th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Thanksgiving should be something special for Burlington. Deep within the DNA of the city is an attachment […]

Rivers on the Debate: Was this Dragon’s Den or the Cooking Show?

By Ray Rivers October 8th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Just Trudeau and Andrew Scheer – they hammered away at each other. Neither managed to land […]

A bit of an improvement on commercial vehicle inspections but the number charged with offenses is still far too high.

By Staff October 8th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   If you’re driving on the major highways you know how many trucks there are on the road. […]

City council is looking at four options related to a new private tree bylaw.

By Pepper Parr October 7th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The city is having the private tree by law debate – again. We are in different […]

Staff reports missing from the Monday Committee of the Whole Agenda - no one seems to know why.

By Pepper Parr October 7th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The Marsdens (Dave and Anne) were never in the business of making life easy for their […]

Those that toured the quarry - 150 people - appeared to like what they saw and heard.

By Staff October 7th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   More than 150 visitors came from across Halton Region to attend Nelson Aggregates’ Quarry Open House and […]

The Provincial Review report is believed to be in the Minister's hands - when will the public get to read it? Ever?

Blair Smith and Lynn Crosby October 7th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON “If you judge from appearances here,’ replied Madame de Chartres, ‘you will be often mistaken; […]

Worobec logs 259 km in the toughest month leading up to the New York City Marathon in November.

By Ashley Worobec October 7th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Overall it’s been another good week, however my right Achilles tendon started to give me some […]

Provincial Policy changes could change the balance between the interests of the municipalities and the interests of the developers.

By Pepper Parr October 4, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   If you spend any of your time on the kind of development that is taking place […]

Three of the five candidates took part in the BurlingtonGreen sponsored debate - the other two were no shows.

By Pepper Parr October 4th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   It wasn’t really a debate – it was an occasion when three of the five people […]

Arrests made in hate crimes - two charged with Willfully Promoting Hate

By Staff October 4th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON It took a lot of time and effort and some dogged follow up work – but it paid […]

2020 Budget Schedule and the level of public engagement: the engagement is low the tax increase - unknown at this point.

By Staff October 1, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   It won’t begin until after Halloween has come and gone – the details of the 2020 budget, […]