Was John McCallum a Sacrificial Lamb or a Useful Idiot?

  Ray Rivers January 31st, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   What was John McCallum thinking when he blurted out his innermost thoughts on the extradition of […]

Male barricades himself in an apartment - police negotiate an exit.

By Staff January 31st, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   On what has been the coldest day of this year a male person who was armed and […]

Business Association comes up with a way to cover up empty store fronts in the downtown core.

By Pepper Parr January 30th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Looking into an empty store front doesn’t do much when you talk about a vibrant downtown […]

Mayor makes it very clear what her views are on downtown development 'four to eight storey's is what THE Official Plan calls for.

By Staff January 30th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   It wasn’t just the concern over height and density that had some people upset with the way […]

Meed Ward's first State of the City Address - all 6,703 words.

By Staff January 30th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The Burlington Gazette has published the State of the City Address verbatim for the past nine years. […]

Mayor Meed Ward creates a Red Tape/Red Carpet Task Force and sets out her five priorities at Chamber meeting

By Staff January 30th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   She has hit the ground running. Mayor Marianne Meed Ward announced plans to launch and lead a […]

Milton court judge decides no public purpose would be served if she sent Shaun Pennell to jail - grants an Absolute Discharge.

By Pepper Parr January 30th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ONTARIO   Court rooms are both majestic and painful places to be. The majesty of the law – […]

Can the Mayor convince her colleagues to whittle that Staff 3.99% budget increase down to 2.99%?

By Staff January 29th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   We now know what the Mayor would like to see in the way of a Budget increase […]

City announces appointments to Boards and Committees.

By Staff January 29th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The city has a number of Boards and Advisory Committees that it appoints citizen representatives to for […]

City council skips through a short meeting - all the votes were 7-0

By Staff January 29th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   We are seeing a lot of those 7- 0 votes at city council these days. Both Council […]

Shawn Pennell granted Absolute Discharge in Superior Court for Failing to provide the necessities of life to his 3 year old son.

By Staff January 29th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Justice Sullivan this morning granted Shaun Pennell an Absolute Discharge for the criminal offence he had been […]

A year to 'rekindle': Port Nelson United Church cuts the ribbon.

By Staff January 28th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Years of planning and hard work came to fruition at Port Nelson United Church, as the congregation […]

Council looking at a light agenda this evening - then settles down to do some heavy lifting on the 2019 budget later in the week.

By Pepper Parr January 28th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   City Council meets this evening to put the official stamp to issues that were discussed at […]

Mayor Meed Ward to address the business elite on Wednesday - the message may be very different this time.

By Pepper Parr January 28th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   On Wednesday morning the city’s business elite will gather at the Convention Centre on Burloak and […]

Crime: Additional Charges Laid Against Personal Support Worker

By Staff January 26th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   One of two Personal Support Workers arrested in October 2018 for fraud related offences against an elderly […]

Do working seniors continue to work in the same occupation after retirement? CDH publishes a focus paper

By Staff January 26th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Community Development Halton, an community agency funded in part by the Hamilton Halton United Way and the […]

Arrest Made After Investigation Into Investment Fraud

By Staff January 26th, 2019 BURLINGTON,ON   The Halton Regional Police Service has charged a Burlington man following an investigation into alleged fraud offences. On […]

Wanted person arrested and charged with 21 criminal code offences.

By Staff January 25th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   It took a bit but the Halton Regional Police did get their man – he is being […]

Chop chop - Mayor gives Grow Bold the old heave ho!

Statement by Mayor Marianne Meed Ward January 25th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Well that didn’t take long. Tom Muir made some scathing comments about a […]

An appeal by three Ward 1 concerned citizens: Burlington Needs Clarity on Planning Applications.

By Jim Young, Greg Woodruff and Tom Muir. January 25th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Gazette readers will be aware that Burlington’s New Official Plan (New […]