#HometownProud - tourism people want every former Burlingtonian they can find to come home in 2017

By Staff December 20, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Was it ET who mouthed the words “Home” in the 1982 American science fiction fantasy that put […]

Electronically recording council votes gets off to a rocky start. At least they are trying.

By Pepper Parr December 20, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   It almost worked. It sort of worked but either the technology wasn’t quite right or the […]

Mainway Arena temporarily closed for unexpected repairs - staff don't expect to re-open until at least the 27th.

By Staff December 19th, 2016 BURLINGTON,ON   The City has temporarily closed Mainway Arena as the result of unexpected repairs. Two of the three compressors […]

A Mobility Hub? Perhaps an Innovation District? Something soon that will result in jobs for the literally thousands of residential units that are going to get completed before the end of 2018.

By Pepper Parr December 19th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   There is a developer who has completed a land assembly and is now meeting with the […]

Holiday Transit Service - walk on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. You could use your bike on New Street!

By Staff December 19th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   There will be no Burlington Transit service on December 25 (Christmas Day) and January 1 (New Year’s […]

School board trustee posts note on her Facebook page. Gazette failed to read the second part of the note which now removed.

By Pepper Parr December 19th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   We don’t always get it right. And this time we got it very wrong. We picked […]

Rumblings - small groups talking about their unhappiness with city council.

By Pepper Parr December 19th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   It’s that time of year when people get together to get caught up. You have lunch […]

Temporary RecExpress Shut Down

By Staff December 119th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   RecExpress will be shut down from 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20 until 2 a.m. on Wednesday, […]

Residential construction just roaring ahead - commercial not as good.

By Pepper Parr December 17, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON   Call it intensification. Call it developers knowing what a hot market looks like. Call it money […]

Burchill: growing strong relationships takes time so relax, take a deep breath and smile.

By James Burchill December 16, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   As odd as it sounds, some people would rather die than walk into a room of […]

Winter parkas get to students days before the real winter weather arrives.

By Pepper Parr December 16, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON   Sometimes all the pieces come together at just the right time. Last week a handful of […]

Board of Education publishes their financial statements.

By Staff December 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   It isn’t bed time reading but it is the kind of information for parents that are at […]

Gazette columnist gets bogged down by the weather - and decides to take a holiday break.

By Pepper Parr December 16, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The Gazette columnists, Ray Rivers and James Burchill – usually write every week. Ray Rivers covers […]

Christmas Collage - at the Rotary Pond in Spencer Smith Park - 7:30 Friday

By Staff December 15, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Mercedes-Benz Burlington presents a Christmas Collage Ice Show that will be performed at the Rotary Centennial Pond […]

The Herd - they are the re-branded Burlington Bandits - have signed a right handed pitcher.

By Staff December 15th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The Burlington Herd, you knew them as the Burlington Bandits, members of the Intercounty Baseball League (BL) […]

Polar Vortex + Colorado Low + Great Snowmaking = Glen Eden Opening Day this Saturday, December 17

By Staff December 15th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON There is a bunch of Happy Campers in the Britannia Road offices of conservation Halton – they’ve got […]

Why do you see so many identity theft scams? Because people respond to them and the thieves know that there is always going to be another sucker out there.

By Staff December 15th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   They come in at the rate of about 5 to 10 a day. The scams – the […]

The people that make the Festival of Lights possible and part of what makes the city special.

By Staff December 15th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The Burlington Festival of Lights is the city’s longest running festival, lighting up the city’s waterfront for […]

Glad Tidings feeds 350 +; a real community dinner.

By Pepper Parr December 15th 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   They do it every year – and each year it has grown to the point where […]

What was it about Jane McKenna that was worth breaking all the accepted political party nomination rules? It wasn't about McKenna.

By Pepper Parr December 15th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   What would have made the Ontario Provincial Progressive Conservative Party Organization and Election Readiness committee ignore […]