City is thinking of putting a picture of the pier on a smart phone app - don't we usually keep the skeletons in a closet?

By Pepper Parr November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The city recently asked those who are part of the Insight Burlington opinion panel which of […]

Spectator columnist suggests its time to enlarge city council - she is not wrong.

By Joan Little, Hamilton Spectator columnist November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Spectator is not read by enough people in Burlington. Their columnist, Joan Little, […]

Director of Education to hold a live Q&A on-line Monday the 21st.

By Pepper Parr November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The closing of a high school is significant and disruptive. The Director of Education wants to […]

Car drivers are not stopping when school buses let students off - and not every high school has appointed their representatives for the PARC.

By Pepper Parr November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Halton District School Board Director of Education Stuart Miller made two comments at the regular board […]

Lettuce Love a Pure Love Smoothie - and at 50% off - why not?

By Staff November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Does Social Media work? Donald Trump certainly believes it does – look where it got him. The […]

Interesting opportunity with the school board for an experienced bean counter.

By Staff November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Now here is a volunteer opportunity for a retired bean counter. The Halton District School Board is seeking […]

Province just might provide the nudge city manager needs to get a code of conduct in place for members of city council.

By Pepper Parr November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Queen’s Park – that where your provincial government lives announced today that they were putting forward […]

Gould wants your input on the next federal budget - she puts a lot of effort into these events.

By Staff November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Our Member of Parliament, Karina Gould, is hosting a town hall discussion on Budget 2017, to provide […]

Chamberlain, located in Burlington for 38 years, now building a home of their own.

By Pepper Parr November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON.   They have been designing places to work and live in Burlington since 1978; now they are […]

Targeted Traffic Enforcement - the police like it - because it works.

By Staff November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   It worked very well for them last time – so why not do it again? The Regional […]

Halton Learning Foundation gets a $10,000 boost from Siemens Canada.

By Staff November 15th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Learning Foundation (HLF) held their Benefit Bash last week and gratefully accepted a donation of […]

City finance department will present what they are up against when determining the next tax hike. Will the seven people who have been elected to office twice manage to get even close to a 2% increase?

By Pepper Parr November 14th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON The Gazette will be publishing a series of articles leading up to the first of the city […]

Friends of Freeman taking another big step - creating a model railraod that will be like nothing you've ever seen before.

By Pepper Parr November 14th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Do you know what a diorama is? We had to check the dictionary on this one […]

Junior League holiday house tour a success.

By Pepper Parr November 14th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON   If the number of people who toured the houses the day the Gazette covered the event […]

Region and Town of Milton do a joint emergency simulation exercise - what would happen if a tornado hit Milton?

By Pepper Parr November 11th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   This story took place in Milton but it is relevant to Burlington – what do we […]

Your Waterfront - What's Happening? A lot more than you might realize.

By Pepper Parr November 11th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington tends to get defined by its relationship to the lake and the Escarpment. Try tinkering […]

Knight of the French Legion of Honour part of Burlington Remembrance Day ceremony.

By Pepper Parr November 11th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   We gathered in the hundreds fifty yards or so north of Civic Square where more than […]

Citizens need to speak up on November 28 or have a limited voice in future.

By Jim Young November 11th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON Following the outrage over the New Street “road diet” and the introduction of bike lanes to the […]

Rivers renames the USA - now the The Divided States of America (The DSA)

By Ray Rivers November 11th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   They’re red and blue, plastered across the map of America, the divided states representing the divided […]

Lest we forget

Lest we forget. A veteran on the reviewing stand during a Remembrance Day parade Let we forget. A veteran on the reviewing stand during a […]