30 get nominated as Burlington's BEST - eight will be named on May 9th at Performing Arts Centre

By Staff April 4th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   This year, the Burlington’s Best Committee received 30 nominations in eight categories, besting the total number of […]

Millenials claim a win that transit advocates have been seeking for the past five years.

By Mark McGuire and Karl Wulf April 4th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Mayor Rick Goldring continues to provide a series of updates relevant to the […]

Jim Young: When was the last time you heard a Citizens Advisory Committee delegate in opposition to a Staff recommendation?

By Jim Young April 4th, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   At this meeting the Committee of the Whole will receive a staff report on Citizen Engagement. […]

National Newsmedia Council statement

The Burlington Gazette is a member of the National Newsmedia Council. When the Gazette was covering a meeting of the Halton District School Board we […]

Police report seven unlocked vehicles entered during Easter weekend in the core area of Burlington.

By Staff April 3, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Overnight on April 2 – 3, 2018, police received seven reports of unlocked vehicles being entered and […]

Low pressure system is currently moving across the Province - 15 mm and 30 mm rainfall expected

By Staff April 3, 2018 BURLINGTON, ON   Conservation Halton’s Flood Duty Officer advises that a low pressure system is currently moving across the Province […]

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 […]