Karina Gould: both empathetic and personable with a good sense of humour; a person who doesn’t take herself too seriously.

By Pepper Parr May 28th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   “What happened” we asked. Accepting congratulations from Mike Wallace the night she was elected MP for […]

Gypsy moth aerial spraying to take place tomorrow - Wednesday

By Pepper Parr May 28th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 29th, the City of Burlington will be using a low-flying helicopter to apply […]

Ghent street parking - changes in the wind.

By Staff May 28th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   First – the bad news – the paid on-street parking on Ghent become unavailable May 29th. The […]

Mary Lou Tanner named to College of Fellows by Canadian Institute of Planners

By Staff May 29th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington’s Deputy City Manager Mary Lou Tanner has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of […]

3,306 traffic charges and warnings related to all forms of driving offences were laid during the holiday weekend. Up 23% over previous year.

By Staff May 28th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Another report card – we didn’t do all that well in the 2019 Canada Road Safety Week […]

Mayor more than happy to share our best practices with the Province.

By Staff May 28th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The following Statement was issued by the Mayor of Burlington. Today I am pleased to acknowledge the […]

The Red Carpet: What was both surprising and disturbing was that the people making some of these comments were the very people hired to run the city.

By Pepper Parr May 27th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Marianne Meed Ward at the State of the City address to the Chamber of Commerce. One […]

Burlington Robbery: Jewel heist outside a residence

By Staff May 25th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Halton Regional Police are investigating a robbery in Burlington where two victims were robbed of jewellery outside […]

Public service is noble work. People might scoff at the use of that word. If a person doesn’t see the job as a noble calling – they are perhaps not in the right industry.

By Pepper Parr May 27th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   There has been a lot of material published in the Gazette on the Red Carpet Red […]

FIT IN THE CORE RETURNS FOR THE SUMMER

By Staff May 27th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   If there are yoga exercises being done on Sundays then summer weather must be here. They were […]

Just four sports fields closed.

By Staff May 24th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The condition of the sports fields is looking a little better. The amount of rain the City […]

Red Carpet Task Force named - given homework and a lot of concerns about changes needed at city hall

By Pepper Parr May 24th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   With the closed meetings with the special interests groups completed, Mayor Marianne Meed Ward moves to […]

Candidate who lost his bid to sit in the provincial Legislature wants to lead the Liberal Party.

By Staff May 24th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Alvin Tedjo Alvin Tedjo, the Liberal candidate in the provincial election for the Oakville North Burlington seat […]

Strong public response helps police locate and arrest robbery suspect - additional charges laid.

By Staff May 23rd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Regional Police Service have identified, arrested and charged a male from Burlington in connection with […]

Rivers on computer-based doctor-patient interface - he likes it.

By Ray Rivers May 23, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Seven in ten Canadians say they’d rather speak to their doctor over the internet than have […]

What do you think about the elevators at the Burlington GO station? Metrolinx wants to know

By Staff May 22nd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   James Smith just might have come up with a way to use the technologically “swift but financially […]

Halton District School Board take six gold medals at Skills Ontario competition

By Staff May 23rd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Seventy Halton District School Board elementary and secondary students participated in the 30th annual Skills Ontario Competition […]

Flood Watch notice issued by Conservation Authority - Lake Ontario levels to be high for the next couple of weeks.

By Staff May 22nd, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The following weather watch fron Conservation Halton has been issued to Shoreline Municipalities/Region, Emergency Services and School […]

Many sports fields are still very soggy - not open for use.

By Staff May 22, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   Due to the amount of rain the City has had over the past few weeks, the following […]

Robbery suspect holds up two women on two occasions brandishing a switch blade knife.

By Staff May 22, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON   The get-away used by a robbery suspect was a BMX style bike. Police describe the bike used […]