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Gary Carr Current Regional Chair decides to run for a Burlington City Council seat. By Gazette Staff May 5th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Current Regional Chair decides to run for a Burlington City Council seat. Gary Carr, the current […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	A commemorative event celebrating the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games By Gazette Staff May 4th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]\|\|function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q\|\|[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’); ga(‘create’, ‘UA-41546173-1’, ‘burlingtongazette.ca’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
The privatization of health care: If we don't fight back they will not stop. By Natalie Mehra, May 4th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON I’ve been thinking about our failure to stop the privatization of home & long-term care — […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Are things so bad for Doug Ford that he might consider asking the Progressive Conservatives to find a new leader? By Pepper Parr May 4th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON How can a political party without a leader poll higher than the political party that currently […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Gotta SING, Gotta DANCE performing for the last time while they re-think their long term vision By Pepper Parr May 4th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON The lovely’s are going to rebrand. Rosemarie Maurice, Founder/Artistic Director of Gotta SING, Gotta DANCE announced […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Sharman decides he can last another four years - his constituents will decide if they want him. By Pepper Parr May 3rd, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON Ward 5 Councillor Paul Sharman Ward 5 Councillor Paul Sharman has announced that he will run […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Municipal Councillors have one job: to serve their constituents By Pepper Parr May 2nd, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON A Gazette reader commented yesterday that what Burlington needs on City Council is a lawyer and […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	The 2026 municipal election is underway By Pepper Parr May 2nd, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON City Hall was accepting nomination forms from those who wanted to be candidates in the October […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
So who is this woman who wants to be the next Mayor? By Pepper Parr May 1st, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON One of the first things people need to know about Lisa Kearns is that Kearns Road […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Foxcroft finds himself having to watch three large monitors to keep up with the sports action tinight By Pepper Parr May 1st, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON A piece of plastic got turned into a multinational corporate endeavour. Innovative financing and a measure […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Councillor Kearns hits the road running as she reaches for the Mayors' Chain of Office By Gazette Staff May 1st, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON Lisa Kearns files her nomination papers and immediately puts out flyer. Looks like a well oiled […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Councillor Sharman suggests the Transit service should consider using Argo buses - they are already doing that Councillor By Pepper Parr May 1st, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON In a lengthy comment published on Facebook, Ward 5 Councillor Paul Sharman shared his views on transit, […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Rivers: A Wealth Fund or a Debt Fund? By Ray Rivers May 1st, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON Mr. Poilievre is having a field day mocking the Carney government for creating a wealth […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	The currently leaderless Ontario Liberal Party is just one point behind the Premier in recent Abacus polling By Pepper Parr May 1st, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON An Abacus poll found Ford’s Progressive Conservatives at 37 per cent with the leaderless Liberals, who […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
The Future of Online Casinos By Alex Larsens May 4th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON Online casinos play a big role in online entertainment. They are certainly among the most […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	If cell phones are banned in classrooms - will the students be able to handle the withdrawal they will go through? By Pepper Parr April 29th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON’ Ramp up the access to psychological services for High School students. The province is considering banning […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Has Burlington Transit outsourced some of the HandiVan By Pepper Parr April 29th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON It is accepted by most people that there is a shortage of Handi Vans in Burlington. […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Teen Tour Band Wows the Audience at the FirstOntario Concert Hall (Hamilton Place) By Gazette Staff April 30th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON June 2017, the Burlington Teen Tour Band marched into the Performing Arts Centre, making it their […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X
Province funds new Community Health Care Centre for Burlington By Gazette Staff April 29th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON Burlington residents are getting a new place for health services. It will be called the Support House […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X	Despite the light chill the Cherry Blossoms in Spencer Smith Park have opened the kimona By Gazette Staff April 29th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON It happens every year – the Cherry Trees blossom and crowds show up with cameras in hand. […] Share this: LinkedIn Email Tumblr Facebook More Print X