Mayor Goldring a little skimpy on details and thoughts for the second term he wants at city hall.

By Pepper Parr September 20, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON   There are all kinds of leadership. Some lead from the front, they take charge and there […]

Cirque at Village Square drew capacity crowds - expect this to be a fixture for the next few years.

By Pepper Parr September 21, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   She pulled it off. With the help of her husband Dean and one of the most […]

Tales from a campaign - new candidate running against a well entrenched incumbent.

By Carol Gottlob, Candidate for Ward 4 Councillor September 22, 2104 BURLINGTON, ON.   Each week, until the ballots are cast on October 27th, we […]

Money talks - does it have the last word? And who should people running for office accept campaign donations from?

By Pepper Parr September 20, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Money talks. Last week envelopes appeared on the desks of each council member, and we believe […]

Candidate for the office of Mayor comments on the election race so far.

By Peter Rusin September 20, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. From time to time during the municipal election the Gazette will run items in which candidates put […]

Largest climate march in history gets tripped by city Clerk rules - utter nonsense.

By Pepper Parr September 20, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   It was a small group of people – not much more than a cluster actually, but […]

Pig roast in Lowville - Thursday the 25th. Local fund raiser. $18 a plate

By Staff September 20, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   There is something about a church fund raiser. While the event is for the local people – […]

Rainer Noack to be inducted into the HALL of FAME at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre.

By Staff September 19, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON –   With Rainer Noack you always get more than you see. He is generous, colourful, creative and […]

Mayor explains his first four years: Was it enough to get him re-elected?

By Pepper Parr September 19, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Ten days ago Mayor Rick Goldring was strolling towards an acclamation; it was in the bag. […]

Police crack a reported $10,000 credit card fraud - nab suspects in Niagara Falls storage locker.

By Staff September 19, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   On Wednesday September 17th 2014, members of the 3 District Criminal Investigations Bureau investigated a reported $10,000 […]

Jeff Brooks comes out against a 24 year incumbent; decides to give John Taylor a hard run for his money

By Pepper Parr September 18, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   We thought he was new to the game of politics. He didn’t appear to have any […]

Some of the flood relief funds raised by the community has been given to those in need.

By Staff September 18, 204 BURLINGTON, ON.   As of 8:00 a.m. today, the Burlington Community Foundation Flood Disaster Relief Committee has raised a total […]

Ward six debate may not have all the candidates on the stage. Stage fright perhaps?

By Pepper Parr September 18, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Politics is about power – even at the municipal level. Politicians have access to information the […]

More on Peter Rusin and what he would do as mayor and the experience he would bring to city hall.

By Pepper Parr September 18, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   We know more about Peter Rusin today than we did yesterday. He is currently running around […]

Dominatrix, Mizz Barbie Bitch' Ritch wants to whip Toronto into shape -Burlington is getting a nice guy and a tough guy to choose from.

By Ray Rivers September 17, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   I wrote this piece before we had learned of the actual diagnosis. Our wishes are all […]

Meed Ward kicks off her campaign - tells residents they come first and reminds them they paid $5 million too much for the pier.

By Pepper Parr September 17, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   I want your trust – your votes would be nice too – but it is your […]

Artists may get a chance to paint parts of the town: local mural art program announced with a budget of $70,000.

By Pepper Parr September 16, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   It look like there is going to be an opportunity for local artists to “paint the […]

Ward 2 candidate now in a race of her own; Arnott a race organizer has come out against Meed Ward.

By Pepper Parr September 15, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   If you live in Burlington and you are a runner – you know who Kelly Arnott […]

Union Gas adds $25,000 to the disaster relief fund; young girl adds $341 from a birthday party. Goal of $2 million at the 21% level.

By Staff September 16, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   Raising funds for a community that is trying to recover from a disaster is never an easy […]

Village Square is going to be THE place to be Friday night; they want to

By Pepper Parr September 15, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON.   If you have plans for this Friday evening and they are not to attend the No […]