Meed Ward takes the Burlington concern over high school closings to the legislature.

By Staff March 8th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Marianne Meed Ward, city Councillor for ward 2 and Central high school member on the PARC said […]

Successful local artist wants to see a little more zip on the streets of the city - less complacency.

By Donna Grandin March 8th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Where’s our Supercrawl, Burlington? Yes, we have Sound of Music, but that’s an annual event in […]

Parents PACK the New Street Education Centre, few if any positions or opinions get changed

By Pepper Parr March 7th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON Photo description off the police officer has been revised – turns out he was a parent attending […]

Gazette's ace columnist now a member of journalist's association - will cover the Premier's media conference on Wednesday

By Pepper Parr March 7th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Rivers looks at print media from time to time – he prefers the electronic format for […]

Central high school parents take their fight to the provincial legislature - Premier doesn't come on side the way they had hoped.

By Staff March 8th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Seeing Program Accommodation Review Committee member Marianne Meed Ward standing beside Progressive Conservative Patrick Brown at the […]

Central high school parents send an Open Letter to Premier, Leader of the Opposition demanding a halt to the school closing process the Board of Education started last October.

By Staff March 6, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The Ontario Legislature will be meeting on Tuesday, which will be an Opposition Day that has Progressive […]

Paddy Torsney hosts Senator Kim Pate at the 21st Women's Day breakfast.

By Pepper Parr March 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The 21st session of the International Women’s Day Breakfast hosted by former Burlington MP Paddy featured […]

Possible high school closings - Parents want their questions answered - hundreds are very unhappy.

By Pepper Parr March 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It was a fully engaged crowd at the first public meeting held at Hayden high school […]

Ontario providing more transit funding for Burlington - will double the the amount by 2021 to $4 million +

By Staff March 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON Ontario is boosting support for the City of Burlington providing them with reliable, long-term funding to improve and […]

Regional police warn people about romance scams that take place every day.

By Staff March 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It’s Fraud Prevention Month (#FPM2017) and the Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) releases the first of four […]

On possibly closing the high school - I think it’s a terrible idea said Robert Bateman and it doesn’t make common sense either.

By Staff March 6, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   The heavy weights are beginning to have their say about the closing of high schools in Burlington, […]

Shakespeare will be at the Rock in August - a three week run this time. It was close to the best show in town last year.

By Pepper Parr March 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It is as official as it can get – Trevor Copp will be doing Shakespeare at […]

Bateman high school gets a hug - will it be enough to keep the school open?

By Staff March 6TH, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It was one of the crisp, clear, cold Canadian winter days with the sun shining brightly. Robert […]

Lieutenant Governor asks AGB Guild members to tell their story - in 150 different parts

By Pepper Parr March 6th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   When the Lieutenant Governor of the province , the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, visited the Art Gallery […]

Opposition party at Queen's Park plans to introduce a motion to stop all rural school closings - Burlington parents see this as light at the end of the tunnel.

By Pepper Parr March 4th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Lynn Crosby, one of the more passionate Central high school supporters advises us that next week […]

Crime Stoppers get a new police liaison officer.

By Pepper Parr March 4th, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Guns and handcuffs are what the public might be the most visible tools the police us […]

City hall forgets to use the words road diet or bike lanes in an announcement on the water main work to be done on New Street.

By Pepper Parr March 3, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Here we go again. It is hard to believe how obtuse some of the people at […]

Government cutting electricity bills by 25 % - will that keep them in office? Have a look at options.

By Pepper Parr March 3, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON This article has been corrected. We initially said there was a 25% reduction being put in place […]

This Is How Your Prospect Reads Your Advertising

By James Burchill March 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   Every small business needs to market themselves and part of marketing is advertising. The trouble is […]

New Gazebo in Spencer Smith park getting the finishing touches.

By Staff March 3rd, 2017 BURLINGTON, ON   It was to be built with federal money and there was a deadline – March 15th of […]