Five arrested for trying to pass counterfeit American currency at Longos on Fairview.

By Staff February 3rd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington – On Monday February 1st 2016 at 8:30pm the Halton Regional Police Service were alerted by staff […]

Art Gallery announces Family Day events - three days of art classes and tours.

By Staff February 3rd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Might be a little early to lay down firm plans for Family Day – it is more than […]

Watching the evolution of city manager James Ridge; will the tendency to make promises become his Achilles heal?

By Pepper Parr February 3rd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON During a recent city council meeting City Manager James Ridge advised council that he was going to […]

Conservation Halton suggest there might be rainfall amounts in the order of 15 to 25mm this evening and overnight.

By Pepper Parr February 3rd, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Whenever there is weather forecast that relates to rain –there are a lot of people in Burlington […]

Public involvement in getting ideas from the general public got left out - all the stakeholders got a chance to promote their interests. Wasn't this new Liberal government going to be more open?

By Pepper Parr February 2, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON “In keeping with the Liberals’ commitment to ensuring an inclusive and open government” said the media release, […]

Local videographer captures the moving of an historical home being moved along Elgin Street to its new home on Maple Avenue..

By Staff February 2, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON We are indebted to John Skardius for the smart little video he sent us of the move done […]

Police conducted 4,182 traffic stops, handed out 672 warnings and spent a total of 2,343 hours dedicated to RISC Intersections - property damage motor vehicle collisions were down 6%, personal injury motor vehicle collisions were down 12% and hit and run motor vehicle collisions were down 12% for 2015.

By Staff February 1, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON If the numbers tell the story then the data released by the Regional Police on their efforts to […]

Historical house gets transported along Elgin to a new home on Maple Avenue - a big win for the historical community.

By Mark Gillies February 1, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON A rare event indeed. A Burlington heritage property has actually been saved from demolition to make way […]

Karina Gould speaks in the House of Commons for the first time.

By Staff January 29th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON In the evening of January 26th, Karina Gould, Member of Parliament for Burlington stood in the House of […]

With condo unit sales at the Bridgewater development past the 70% point the sales office closes - all that high end designer furniture goes into storage.

By Pepper Parr January 29, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Somethings take a long time – some things take a long, long time. Getting the legacy project […]

Putting the Mayor’s State of the City in context.

By Pepper Parr January 29th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON He is getting better as a speaker; one of his council colleagues suggested he was getting some […]

Real Estate broker shows some eye popping number in several of the local markets - 17% + year over year gain in Roseland.

By Staff January 29, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Rocca Sisters tell us that it has been an interesting year in the Burlington real estate market. […]

Art Gallery gets $5000 donation from TD Bank to support free Sunday art classes.

TD Bank Group makes major contribution to Art Gallery of Burlington Family Programming By Staff January 29th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON TD Bank Group has been […]

Mayor gives the business community his take on the State of the City - sunshine and roses.

By Mayor Rick Goldring January 29, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Gazette has published the Mayor’s State of the City report for most of the last […]

Historical property to be floated along Elgin to a new home on Maple Avenue

By Staff January 28th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Planned road closures in downtown Burlington on Feb. 1 for relocation of heritage home On Monday, Feb. 1, […]

Provincial government says it want ideas and input on the preparation of the 2016 budget - give you just three days to tell them what you think.

By Pepper Parr January 28th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Do all the good ideas have to come from the high priced consultants? Are the big shot […]

This is the month to celebrate our Black history - which is rich and deep. We didn't always get it right but we are getting better.

By Staff January 28th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON In recognition of February’s Black History Month, schools in the Halton District School Board have planned events and […]

Regional police to begin a crackdown on residential streets – looking for speeders and those whole fail to stop properly.

By Staff January 28th, 2019 BURLINGTON, ON Residential speeding and failure to comply with stop signs continues to be a high priority for the residents […]

The old Beachway community that used to exist on either side of Lakeshore Road is getting a nifty upgrade with bike lanes and curbs and a stop light. Progress!

By Pepper Parr January 27th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The beginning of the new Beachway community will show its head when the city begins upgrading Lakeshore […]

Strategic Plan to be the theme of Mayor Rick Goldring’s State of the City address.

By Pepper Parr January 28th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Burlington Chamber of Commerce is hosting Mayor Rick Goldring’s State of the City address Thursday morning […]