Rivers, a Ukranian at heart, gives his take on what Putin really wants to do and what the Harper government is doing.

By Ray Rivers May 16, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. Canada was one of the first nations to respond to the civil unrest in Kiev and […]

Gazette resumes publication – some difficult days ahead.

By Pepper Parr May 16, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. There were 46 comments in the newspaper on a web site article we published when we […]

Summer may not be officially here – but the weather is what we have been waiting for. City hall closed on Monday.

By Staff May 15, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. Staff will have deserted the place on Monday – and don’t expect to see all that many […]

Gazette ceases publication

I came to Burlington to marry Pia Simms. I did that on December 19, 2011 Before that I formed Our Burlington Inc., and began […]

Burlington hosts Badminton Championships at Haber Recreational

By Staff; Photography by Oliver Hannak April 25, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. It was six days of solid competition during which the courts at the […]

Ward 5 candidate wants them to all “take a hike”. Were remarks directed to council incumbent Paul Sharman?

By Staff April 25, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. It’s getting noisy out there. Earlier in the week Kelley Arnott announced she was going to contest […]

A product recall – a marijuana recall? Purple Kush didn’t meet the quality standards – it is all going to go up in smoke.

By Ray Rivers April 24, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The Harper government is having one helluva time getting its stuff past the Supreme Court. Last […]

Insight Burlington survey – doing just fine. Want in? Read on – Leah wants to hear from you.

By Pepper Parr April 24, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. See it as a Jeff Fielding legacy. It was a good, if expensive idea, and hopefully […]

Letter to the Spectator editor altered on Air Park web site: still a “lousy neighbour”

By Pepper Parr April 24, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. It will not be news to our regular readers that we are involved with a potential […]

Pythons’ Pit finalists announced: presentations at DeGroote on Saturday.

By Staff April 23, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The Pythons are back. This annual event created by the Rotary Clubs of Burlington is an occasion […]

Region adds dates to ice storm brush clean up in rural Burlington.

By Staff April 21, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. Rural Burlington is getting more time to gather up the brush that resulted from that ice storm […]

Council imports retired Regional CAO to serve as interim city manager: Patrick Moyle moves in May 1

By Pepper Parr April 23, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. Mayor Rick Goldring announced today that Patrick Moyle, recently retired Chief Administrative Officer Halton Region, will […]

Meed Ward to face a challenge for the ward 2 city council seat – Arnott announces.

By Pepper Parr April 23, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. By Pepper Parr April 23, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. An incumbent council member that we thought would […]

Air Park lawyers threaten to sue for libel – Gazette considering its options.

By Staff April 22, 2014 BURLINGTON ON We received the following recently. Burlington Gazette Burlington, Ontario Dear Sirs: Re: Burlington Airpark Inc. -Libel Notice […]

Libel chill – what does it mean? Is it real? It is very real and sometimes, but not always effective.

By Staff April 22, 2104 BURLINGTON, ON. In an issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism there was the following article which we have […]

City to hire an interim city manager – name will be announced on Tuesday.

By Pepper Parr April 21, 2014. BURLINGTON, ON. Sometime on Tuesday Mayor Rick Goldring will announce the name of the interim city manager who […]

Tyler Patzalek comes home – will catch for the Burlington Bandits and build on his Notre Dame achievements.

By Staff April 20, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The Bandits are bringing some strong local talent to the team – they recently announced their signing […]

500 children in Halton used to go hungry on weekends: Food4Kids changed that – they want to extend into the summer.

By Pepper Parr April 18, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. Covering city hall means listening to people talk. After a while you get to know pretty […]

Gratitude, being gracious to one another – here’s how they do that at city hall – 2800 times this year.

By Pepper Parr April 19, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON Most of the information that comes to Council is through reports staff create and submit to […]

It really isn’t about just coloured eggs – is it ?

By Staff April 17, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. The kids love them, grandparents have a great time hiding the coloured eggs and parents learn to […]