What happens when two English guys hang out in a Smart car and listen to Queen?

By Pepper Parr April 3rd, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   James Burchill has a style that is unique. Basically he is a communicator and has come […]

Vince Fiorito going after the provincial seat for Burlington in the June 7th election.

By Staff April 3rd, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   And now there are four. Burlington will have a Liberal, a Progressive Conservative, a New Democrat and […]

Live Chamber Music Series doing a gig in Hamilton April 14th.

By Staff April 3rd, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   They are Burlington musicians doing a gig in Hamilton April 14th. Live Chamber Music Series will be […]

Is a 'clerical' error going to turn a small downtown parking lot into a Mobility Hub?

By Pepper Parr April 3rd, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Transit is an issue that Burlington city council has difficulty with. It wasn’t always that way. […]

Premier snaps right back at New York state and is prepared to take on Texas as well - look out Doug Ford, she is spoiling for a fight

By Staff April 2, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Take that! said the Premier of the province. New York State passed a “Buy American” law and […]

If there is going to be height - where should it be and just how much - and who should make the decision?

By Pepper Parr April 1st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Much of the discussion and debate on what a new Official Plan will do to the […]

An Apology Too Far: there comes a point where another apology is meaningless.

By Ray Rivers April 1st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Canadians are known throughout the universe as ‘the great apologists”. We apologize at the drop of […]

Google could have everything you ever said on a cell phone, could have everything you ever wrote and where you travelled. It is not easy to keep their nose out of your business.

By Staff March 31st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   The headline read: Want to know everything Google knows about you? It was part of a Saturday […]

Be nice to the candidate knocking on your door: McMahon and McKenna will be out in force. No NDP candidate yet.

By Pepper Parr March 31st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   If it’s Saturday and you have at some point told friends that you favour a particular […]

Having the courage of your convictions.

By Pepper Parr March 31st, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Maintaining the commentary section of an online newspaper takes up a lot of time. We become […]

Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.

INRI ‘Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews’. “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” Luke 23:34 “Father, forgive them, for […]

Take identification if you want to read the one copy of the latest draft Official Plan at the Library.

By Staff March 29th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON This is funny – were it not so sad. A regular Gazette reader got a notice from city […]

Gazette has been around for seven years - started out as Our Burlington - When do people read the Gazette?

By Pepper Parr March 29th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   The Gazette is now in its seventh year of publication. We first hit the streets, via […]

City administration demands that a Gazette column be taken down; leaving it up will damage the city’s reputation because according to the city we are making things up and telling lies.

By Pepper Parr March 29th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Our relationship with the city administration is not all that good. The city has a Senior […]

ADI settles with the city at the OMB on their Alton Village development.

By Staff March 28th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   A settlement agreement has been approved by the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) for the development proposal at […]

City gets an Award for being Age Friendly; Mayor's Task Force on housing for the aged yet to produce a report.

By Staff March 28, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   The Ministry of Seniors’ Affairs selected the City of Burlington to receive the Age-Friendly Community Recognition Award […]

Former Minister of the Environment and Climate Change will address Burlingtonians at Mayor Goldring's next Inspire event.

By Staff March 28th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Mayor Goldring is holding another of his Inspire Burlington series late in April. Goldring has invited Glen […]

Bye Bye Birdie will be the Koogle Theatre summer production - audition/workshop to take place in May.

By Staff March 28th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Koogle Theatre has been putting on superb theatrical productions in Burlington for at least five years. Each […]

Burlington Hydro wins industry awards for leadership in Conservation and PR Excellence.

By Staff March 28th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   The Electricity Distributors Association has recognized Burlington Hydro from among its provincial utility peers as a leader […]

More than 900 students from across the Region take part in a two day Band Extravaganza.

By Staff March 28th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Two solid days of students and their instruments learning a new piece of music and then coming […]