Police Services Board meets virtually and appoints new Chair - then goes into CLOSED session

By Pepper Parr January 21st, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Police Services Board met this morning. They appointed the Chair for the balance of […]

Mayor dominates virtual Town Hall on the budget

By Pepper Parr January 21st, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The number of people taking part in the Virtual Town Hall Wednesday night was better than […]

Regional Chair will attend the Police Services Board Closed session meeting on Thursday.

By Pepper Parr January 20th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Clarification: Mayor Burton resigned from the Halton Police Services Board on January 11, 2021. The Police Services […]

Mayor will direct Staff to find savings that bring the proposed 4.99% tax increase down to 3.99%

By Pepper Parr January 20th 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Mayor Meed Ward doesn’t like the look of 4.99% tax increase and has advised her council […]

First view of the 2020-2021 budget calls for a 4.99% tax increase

By Pepper Parr January 20th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   A picture is worth 1000 words. What is a chart worth? The chart below is from […]

Changes in city council schedule. COVID is changing much of what happens at every level.

By Staff January 19, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   City Council meetings now take place on a Tuesday and they begin at 1:00 pm This kind […]

Councillor said the public trusts us - Muir points to her false logic

By Pepper Parr January 19th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   When the Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk and Accountability Committee was ready to adjourn last week after […]

Mechanics doing maintenance on the Gazette

Every once in a while you have to give the engine some attention and care. It’s that time for the people Who keeps our […]

Just how do they do it?

By Staff January 18th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Last week the Burlington Food Bank reached a high point in the number of families that took […]

City Hall wants to know how you want to engage with them.

By Pepper Parr January 18th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   City Hall wants to hear from residents about how they would like to participate in engagements […]

Virtual Boat Show - see it as a break from NetFlix

By Staff January 18th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   If you’ve had your fill of Netflix and want to slide over to the world of dreams […]

Housing Strategy will go to Council to approve a $300,000 spend that could be the rock that the next municipal election will rest on

By Pepper Parr January 18th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   It is a bold proposal. Create a housing strategy for a city that is one of […]

Four Arrested in Burlington Drug Trafficking Investigation

By Staff January 18th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   A one month drug investigation by the Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) – 3 District Street Crime […]

Notice to Public Regarding Provincial Offences Act Matters

By Staff January 18th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Notice to Public Regarding Provincial Offences Act Matters: All Provincial Offences Act in-person matters scheduled from Monday, […]

Police Services Board puts in a 12 hour meeting; recesses and retursn today to debate fate of Police Chief

By Pepper Parr January 16th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The Police Services Board met for 12 hours on Friday, adjourned to resume today (Saturday) at […]

A tough period ahead with little to do but tough it out - this is serious business - we need to keep our wits about us.

By Staff January 15th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   In a media release sent out by City Hall we learn the following: Earlier this week, the […]

Public wants more information on when and where they will be vaccinated when the vaccine is available.

By Pepper Parr January 15th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   We are being asked to stay at home. We are being asked to go out only […]

Data on those testing positive for the Covid19 virus - not a pretty picture

By Staff January 15th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   Understanding what is going on around us sometimes means looking at the data that has been collected. […]

Regional Health Unit releases some information on the vaccinating of the public

By Staff January 15th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   At a time when information is critical there seems to be a paucity of it. The Halton […]

Police Make Arrest in 2019 Shooting

By Staff January 14th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) has made an arrest in connection with a shooting that took […]