Police arrest youth for arson - events took place in the Palmer Drive part of the city.

By Staff November 18th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Earlier in the month the Halton Regional Police reported small fires being set off randomly in the […]

Liona Boyd to play at Port Nelson United Church December 10th - one performance only.

By Pepper Parr November 18, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Big name in the music world and a lady with a colourful background is going to […]

Make Cuba the newest Canadian province? Rivers is clearly looking for a diplomatic posting.

By Ray Rivers November 18th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   I once worked at Toronto airport washing recycled Trans Canada planes for one of those instant […]

Local lawyer and former city council candidate suggests the size of city council should be changed.

By Staff November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The pressure is building. Hamilton Spectator Joan Little did a column on the size of city council […]

Is the AGB thinking about getting into bed with Brock University? They are certainly talking.

By Pepper Parr November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Are there some really big changes in the wind for the Art Gallery of Burlington? The […]

BTTB going to the Rose Bowl parade in 2018 - 5th time they have earned this honour.

By Staff November 17, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The Burlington Teen Tour Band has been selected to take part in the January 1st, 2018 Tournament […]

Fill the streets with the Ho Ho Ho people! Saturday the 26th.

By Staff November 17, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   They are going to do it again – they do it every year. More Ho Ho Ho […]

City is thinking of putting a picture of the pier on a smart phone app - don't we usually keep the skeletons in a closet?

By Pepper Parr November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The city recently asked those who are part of the Insight Burlington opinion panel which of […]

Spectator columnist suggests its time to enlarge city council - she is not wrong.

By Joan Little, Hamilton Spectator columnist November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON The Spectator is not read by enough people in Burlington. Their columnist, Joan Little, […]

Director of Education to hold a live Q&A on-line Monday the 21st.

By Pepper Parr November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The closing of a high school is significant and disruptive. The Director of Education wants to […]

Car drivers are not stopping when school buses let students off - and not every high school has appointed their representatives for the PARC.

By Pepper Parr November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Halton District School Board Director of Education Stuart Miller made two comments at the regular board […]

Lettuce Love a Pure Love Smoothie - and at 50% off - why not?

By Staff November 17th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Does Social Media work? Donald Trump certainly believes it does – look where it got him. The […]

Interesting opportunity with the school board for an experienced bean counter.

By Staff November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON Now here is a volunteer opportunity for a retired bean counter. The Halton District School Board is seeking […]

Province just might provide the nudge city manager needs to get a code of conduct in place for members of city council.

By Pepper Parr November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Queen’s Park – that where your provincial government lives announced today that they were putting forward […]

Gould wants your input on the next federal budget - she puts a lot of effort into these events.

By Staff November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Our Member of Parliament, Karina Gould, is hosting a town hall discussion on Budget 2017, to provide […]

Chamberlain, located in Burlington for 38 years, now building a home of their own.

By Pepper Parr November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON.   They have been designing places to work and live in Burlington since 1978; now they are […]

Targeted Traffic Enforcement - the police like it - because it works.

By Staff November 16th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   It worked very well for them last time – so why not do it again? The Regional […]

Halton Learning Foundation gets a $10,000 boost from Siemens Canada.

By Staff November 15th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Learning Foundation (HLF) held their Benefit Bash last week and gratefully accepted a donation of […]

City finance department will present what they are up against when determining the next tax hike. Will the seven people who have been elected to office twice manage to get even close to a 2% increase?

By Pepper Parr November 14th, 2106 BURLINGTON, ON The Gazette will be publishing a series of articles leading up to the first of the city […]

Friends of Freeman taking another big step - creating a model railraod that will be like nothing you've ever seen before.

By Pepper Parr November 14th, 2016 BURLINGTON, ON   Do you know what a diorama is? We had to check the dictionary on this one […]