Municipalities sitting on $10 BILLION in unspent development charges

By Pepper Parr October 9th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Michael Patrick Moffatt is a Canadian economist and professor of Business, Economics, and Public Policy. He […]

Why is it taking so long to find a new Executive Director for Performing Arts

By Pepper Parr October 9th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   A lot of questions. Several paragraphs below take you through the current Board level leadership of […]

Memorable evening for Public Engagement - three people showed up

By Pepper Parr October 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Another memorable Burlington Public Engagement moment. After going through a long presentation on the Council Composition […]

Media was changing right in front of our eyes - we didn't see it coming and we didn't have a back up plan in place either

By Pepper Parr October 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Second of a series on the changes taking place in print media and the challenge keeping the […]

Problem solved: Gazette is back on line

By Pepper Parr October 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Painful things happen. At about 7:30 this morning access to the Gazette seemed limited. At -7:45 […]

$1,000 will get Community Living to its target

By Staff October 8th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The Walkn’n Roll fund raising drive reached $39,000 of the $40,000 target. Would a handful of the […]

They were just not going to let Jim Thomson and his T-shirt be seen by the public.

By Pepper Parr October 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The Gazette seldom actually attends meetings of City Council. We see the room as somewhat odious. […]

Just what has Councillor Sharman been up to?

By Pepper Parr October 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Updated at 6:10 pm Declarations of an interest on an item on the agenda are seldom declared […]

The New Media - replacing print with digital has changed the way news is delivered

By Pepper Parr October 7th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON First of series on the changes taking place in print media and the challenge keeping the public […]

Ward Boundaries and Community Engagement in Burlington

By Staff October th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington Residents Action Group (BRAG) released the following statement: “On Monday, October 7th, 2024 the Committee of the […]

City experiments on renting space at Tansley Woods Community Centre

By Pepper Parr October 6th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The City of Burlington has many different types of facilities and parks available for rent to […]

More lip service - City Council seems to have forgotten to tell the public about what they are doing

By Pepper Parr October 5th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   They are doing it again. Holding public meetings about important events before the public has had […]

Review of City Council composition and ward boundaries is set to begin.

By Pepper Parr October 5th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The population growth the City is expected to experience calls for a hard look at the […]

Drive Pink is committed to donating $10,000 to the Cancer Society

By Staff October 5th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Ross Scott, Marketing Specialist with Car Nation explained how the Drive Pink initiative came about when he […]

Data on housing, industrial and office construction - we indeed are in trouble

By Staff October 4th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   When numbers tell part of the story – here is what they have to say about housing, […]

Statutory meeting on a project no one wants - held when few will be able to attend - a virtual event - the developer gets to hide behind a camera - you may not get to actually talk to them

By Staff October 4th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The development planned on Caroline a block to the east of Brant Street will be the subject […]

MP Damoff comments on those who 'truly exemplify the values of service and selflessness, professionalism and commitment'

By Pepper Parr October 4th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Oakville North Burlington Member of Parliament Pam Damoff stood in the House of Commons yesterday and […]

The Not for Profit sector meets a critical community mental health need

By Pepper Parr October 4th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Funding a Not for Profit is not easy. Along with operating the organization and finding the […]

Budget meetings being held - July flooding data isn't available - will not get to Council until November

By Pepper Parr October 4th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The City’s Chief Administrative Officer had said that data on just what happened during the July […]

Is there going to be a candidate for the office of Mayor that is not sitting on the current city Council?

By Pepper Parr October 3rd, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Word on the street is that there is an individual taking a hard look at running […]