Council members let the farce taking place at City Hall happen - hopefully they can make ammends

By Staff March 22nd, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The Mayor isn’t the only person responsible for the farce taking place in the Council Chamber. A […]

Bay Observer headlines revolt at Burlington City Hall

By Pepper Parr March 22nd, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   What does this do to our Best Small City in the Country to live in? A […]

Pay phones being used by some of the people who want to communicate with the Gazette

By Pepper Parr March 22nd, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Remember the day when you could use these things for a dime? Would the Gazette reader […]

Changes in GO service starting Friday, March 23 at approximately 11:00 p.m.

By Staff March 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Starting on Friday, March 23 at approximately 11:00 p.m. Lakeshore West service will be temporarily suspended between West […]

Angelo Bentivegna: 'It is time for him to shine and for his fundamental decency to manifest itself.'

  By Pepper Parr March 21st, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION Life for Angelo Bentivegna is going to be very different for the next six days. […]

Library taking a deeper look at their technology services - needs you input.

By Staff March 20th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Help us improve technology services at BPL. Burlington Public Library is taking part in a province-wide initiative […]

Getting the Motion to curb the Strong Mayor powers on the Agenda succeeded - despite the efforts of Meed Ward and Councillor Sharman

By Pepper Parr March 20th,2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Three members of Council put a Notice of Motion on the Council meeting agenda. They wanted the […]

Background on the appointment of new City Manager

By Pepper Parr March 20th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Former CAO of Conservation Halton Hassan Basit becomes City Manager for Burlington on April 22nd, 2024 […]

BurlingtonGreen funded: $62,000 for this year - Mayor to consider adding to the amount in her 2025 budget

By Pepper Parr March 20th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   How did City council decide to fund BurlingtonGreen? The decided to give the organization $50,000 and […]

Motion to curb the Mayor's power is on the Agenda - may not get debated today

By Pepper Parr March 19, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   It took a bit of a scuffle but the contentious motion to curb the Mayors powers […]

Challenge to the Mayor's use of Strong Mayor powers is close to the bottom of the agenda today.

By Pepper Parr March 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   The Motion asking the Mayor to give up the Strong Mayor powers she decided to use […]

Crucial Tools for Business Success in Canada

By Ann Marie Lumsden March 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Running a successful business in Canada requires more than just a great idea and hard […]

What it takes to keep BurlingtonGreen afloat financially?

By Pepper Parr March 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Part 3 of a 3 part series on funding BurlingtonGreen. Council meeting as a Standing Committee got […]

Police report in Toronto - 34 vehicles stolen every day (or) one every 40 minutes. What are the Burlington numbers?

By Pepper Parr March 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   When news like this is published we are close to living in a society where the […]

Winning the fight to be the leader of the Ontario Liberals was the easy part for Bonnie Crombie

By Pepper Parr March 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON’   Bonnie Crombie has yet to say where she will run for a seat in the provincial […]

Council is reminded that policy is pretty clear: We don’t give grants to charitable organizations.

By Pepper Parr March 18, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Part 2 of a three part series on funding BurlingtonGreen. This cover policy -anything else pick up […]

Canal lift bridge to limit traffic to one lane March 21 to August 30th

By Staff March 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) advises users of alternating lane closures on the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge […]

Tent encampment exist in different parts of the city while the Region tears down perfectly good homes.

By Pepper Parr March 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington may not have tents set up in Spencer Smith Park with homeless people making the […]

Support BurlingtonGreen by ordering solar eclipse glasses at their web site. Delivered to you by Canada Post

By Staff March 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON   On April 8th, 2024, North America will experience a total solar eclipse! Many community members will be […]

Great organization - funding it is reasonable - city council seems to want to throw money at them - Lousy policy management

By Pepper Parr March 17th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Part 1 of a 3 part series on how BurlingtonGreen is probably going to be on the […]