Members of Council appear to like the Neighbourhood grant program

By Pepper Parr July 20th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The number of people who send the Gazette pictures and notes about issues in their communities […]

Flooding: Willowbrook and Dorset intersection becomes a large pond

By Pepper Parr July 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   A picture is indeed worth a thousand words. The water needed a place to go – […]

LCBO strike settled; stores will reopen on Tuesday

By Pepper Parr July 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Despite a tentative agreement, LCBO workers are still on strike The booze strike is over. Hallelujah! The […]

City, Region and the 407 ETR corporation are making support funding available - quickly

By Pepper Parr July 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON More than 680 homes were damaged by flooding earlier this week. Financial support will be available to […]

Flooding: What happened, where did it happen and why

By Pepper Parr July 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   So what happened and why did it happen? And where was the damage worst? The data […]

Days later and the flood cleanup is underway

By Pepper Parr July 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON. ON   The water has subsided. Was there work that could have been done to prevent this level […]

Flooding: We did know then what we needed to know now - the Mayor just didn't act on it

By Pepper Parr July 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION There is a phrase that we hear often at City Council meetings: “It has been a […]

The water just didn't stop - amount of damage may exceed the 2014 flood

By Pepper Parr July 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The the extent of the damage and the amount of water that was coursing through the […]

City responses to floods was just not good enough.

By Pepper Parr July 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   It was better than nothing – and some of the information was very useful. It was […]

Shawna Stolte: Ask the public how much they are prepared to pay to upgrade the infrastructure and manage the flooding

By Pepper Parr July 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   During the long meeting during which members of Council struggled to develop a process and procedure […]

Flood Warning message has been downgraded

By Staff July 17th. 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Conservation Halton advises that the Flood Warning message issued July 16, 2024 has been downgraded to a […]

A trickle of flood news from city hall and the ward 4 Councillor

By Staff July 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Flood Update for July 17 Burlington and surrounding areas have received a large amount of rain since […]

MPP Natalie Pierre shows up to help with getting in touch with the people who could solve some of the problems

By Pepper Parr July 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   A Cavendish area resident is keeping us up to date what is happening in that part […]

Council stumbles over how to respond to flooding issues; will hold a special meeting of Council on Friday

By Pepper Parr July 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Council was getting ready to adjourn their meeting on Tuesday when when Councillor Sharman asked a […]

Mayor issues statement on flooding - resident reminds her of previous statements that she didn't follow through on

By Staff July 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Mayor Marianne Meed Ward issued the following statement on the flooding. Link to the Mayor’s statement: A […]

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Flooding at almost every culvert in the city; Council plans a Special meeting on Friday for an update

By Pepper Parr July 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   While City Council discussed flooding and made plans for a Special Council meeting on Frday to […]

Council has decided: Civic Square design has been settled.

By Pepper Parr July 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Civic Square will move to final design work. Council voted on this – there were no […]

LCBO strike: The fight is about just what can be and what is being negotiated.

By Randy Robinson July 16th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   By now, most Ontarians know that frontline workers at the LCBO are on strike, but not […]

Child amputees meet other kids 'just like me'

By Staff July 15th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Nine-year-old Edison Shepalo and Nathaniel Dionisi, 5, both of Burlington. Burlington child amputees meet other kids “just […]