Route 51 to have a detour Wednesday September 16 starting at 10 pm through to Thursday.

Late Night transit service on route 51 has a detour for September 16th and 17th. North Bound traffic on Walkers Line will be detoured from […]

City Clerk opens the kimono just a little and lets you see how Council voted on recorded votes.

By Pepper Parr September 15, 20-15 BURLINGTON, ON It is a step – a baby step but everything has to start somewhere. A note from […]

The only trustee with a full time job - being a board member keeps Richelle Papin hopping.

By Pepper Parr September 15, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Richelle Pain took a rather circuitous route to becoming a school board trustee. She originally thought about […]

City council is asked to do some heavy thinking on a report they had in front of them for just a couple of hours.

By Pepper Parr September 15, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Close to the first thing city council did when they returned from a three month vacation away […]

CineStarz - SHOWTIMES September 18 to 24 , 2015

Cine Starz Upper Canada Place 460 Brant Street WWW CINESTARZ.CA   SHOWTIMES September 18 to 24 , 2015 PIXELS PG Fri to Sun 11:15 […]

Liberal candidate explains the change her party wants to make in pensions - doesn't say how it will be paid for.

By Pepper Parr September 15, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON The phony election phase is now behind us. The past few days there have been more promises […]

Council defers a decision on a bylaw that didn't seem to resolve the problems of coyotes in the community. Sharman is going to have to deal with the bitches in his community for a little longer.

By Pepper Parr September 15, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON City Manager James Ridge put it pretty clearly to council members when, after more than an hour […]

Three days left before the the curtains are drawn for the Supernova street art feast - Old Lakeshore Road - Friday 7 to midnight.

By Staff September 15, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Artists throughout the area are gathering together the material and tools they will need to set up their […]

Burlington Transit announces schedule changes starting Oct. 4

By Staff September 14, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Starting Sunday, Oct. 4, Burlington Transit will have adjusted its schedules, affecting a number of routes, including routes […]

Pam Damoff opens her campaign office - passes the hat to pay for a second run of election signs.

By Pepper Parr September 14, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON It was a good healthy crowd. All the right people said all the right things and when […]

PRESTO Transactions Temporarily Unavailable at Downtown Transit Terminal

By Staff September 14, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON PRESTO customers are advised that transactions normally performed at a Customer Service counter are currently not available at […]

Terry Fox Run and Amazing Bed Race on the same day at basically the same time - how did that happen?

By Pepper Parr September 14, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON How did this manage to happen? Two of the more significant community events scheduled for the same […]

She is back - Meed Ward took the summer off to recover from a serious concussion.

By Pepper Parr September 14, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Ward 2 Councillor Marianne Meed Ward brought her constituents up to day on the accident she was […]

The Supernova line up - you get to see it all live - Friday, September 18th - a five hour show!

By Staff September 14, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Dozens of art ventures will appear on the Old Lakeshore Road, immediately outside, adjacent to and across the […]

Reader asks a good taxes question: Why higher here than in North York?

By Staff September 13, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Are Burlingtonians fairly taxed – on reader doesn’t think so. The comments section of the Gazette usually has […]

The Week that Was - ‘The Mansbridge Moments’

By Ray Rivers September 13, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Each week between now and the day we all vote, October 19th, Ray Rivers is going to […]

City hall doesn't have much in the way of an agenda for its first cycle of meetings after a three month vacation

By Pepper Parr September 11, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON   The city’s Development and Infrastructure Standing Committee won’t be holding a day time session this time […]

Most of the community and corporate affairs discussion at council will be behind closed doors - six confidential items on the list.

By Pepper Parr September 11, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON The Community and Corporate Standing Committee will meet on Tuesday September 15th at 1:00 pm in the […]

Karina Gould invites the whole city to Hamilton to meet her leader - half of Burlington is already in Hamilton for their Supercrawl Saturday night.

By Staff September 11, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington’s Liberal candidate Karina Gould has invited the whole city to travel with her to Hamilton and listen […]

Environmentalist puts his cards on the table: he will create advisory committees and appoint Mike Wallace to one of them - all he has to do is beat Wallace first.

By Pepper Parr September 11, 2015 BURLINGTON, ON Deciding to run for public office is driven by a vast range of emotions and ambitions. Some […]