New Appleby Relocation Update: Big opening day - September 15th

By Gazette Staff September 4th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   While getting the Bateman Community hub to the point where the public can use the space […]

Sgro family creates the Lindsay’s Loves Fund with Community Foundation

By Gazette Staff September 4th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON The Burlington Community Foundation (BCF) today announced a transformational gift commitment of $1 million from longtime Foundation […]

And we thought we had municipal spending problems

By Gazette Staff September 4th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Municipal spending seems to be a problem across the province. Niagara Region councilors voted down the […]

Freda Veitch: Sunday, May 31st, 1931 - Sunday, May 11th, 2025 - to be Celebrated on Saturday September the 7th

By Pepper Parr September 4th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   There are some events that are sad. When we lose a member of the community, we […]

Book a Free Meeting Room at Burlington Public Library

By Gazette Staff September 3rd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   In their 2024 Customer Satisfaction Survey, Burlington Public Library staff learned that one of the […]

Share your feedback on City services - and know how much it it costing you

By Gazette Staff September 3rd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON City Hall wants to hear from you. The City since 1998, this biannual survey helps Burlington staff […]

Merchant ships and their crews that were lost in WWII to be remembered today.

By Pepper Parr August 3rd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   The Naval Ships’ Memorial Monument in Spencer Smith Park was unveiled on May 14, 1995, marking […]

Education Minister Paul Calandra promising to announce school board changes before the end of the year

By Pepper Parr September 3rd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Andrea Grebenc had some cogent comments on why school board trustees are needed and what they […]

Is their a FIFA angle for Burlington in 2026?

By Pepper Parr September 2nd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   The city administration and all the organizations that make the city what it is are scheduling […]

Students will be back at school tomorrow - drive safely please

By Gazette Staff September 2nd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   They are back to school starting tomorrow. Students don’t always look where they are going and […]

Leigh: You have options - Stand to be elected or volunteer to work for someone you can support

By Pepper Parr September 2nd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Bruce Leigh is a frequent commenter on the Gazette. He recently said the following in response […]

Grebenc urges people to contact their MPP to preserve elected trustees as their community’s voice in education.

By Gazette Staff September 2nd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Former Halton District School Board Chair Andréa Grebenc is warning that recent signals from Education Minister […]

Returning to school - watch for signs that your child might be being bullied

By Pepper Parr September 2nd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Students in the Region of Halton return to classes tomorrow. Today, the teachers are working on […]

Rivers: Elbows down

By Ray Rivers September 2, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Mark Carney never actually promised that he’d get rid of Trump’s tariffs. He said he’d […]

Legal challenges facing international sports betting platforms in Canada

By Laura Fuerte September 1st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   The situation is workable sometimes, but messy. Since single-event wagering got the green light in 2021, […]

An ADI development that changed the way the city has grown wins a court case

By Pepper Parr September 1st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Whenever the ADI Development Group is in the news, it usually isn’t a pretty story. Early […]

A quarter of a million on toques and hats - it got them elected.

By Gazette Staff September 1st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party spent more than a quarter of a million dollars on those […]

Public reaction stopped a development in its tracks

By Pepper Parr September 1st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Development seems to always been an issue in Burlington, “Council doesn’t listen to us” is something […]

Council and staff face a full agenda come September; CAO learns how to keep it all together

By Pepper Parr August 31st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   “That idea that you don’t have an obligation to come into the office very often, that’s […]

Emoticon: An 8 week therapeutic program for kids aged 6-11 to help them identify and manage their emotions

By Gazette Staff August 30th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Developing emotional awareness early in life is essential for healthy development. Research shows that learning emotional […]