GWD Foundation for Kids gifts $3.42 million to Burlington Foundation

By Staff January 13th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   The GWD Foundation for Kids announced a $3.42 million major gift that will continue the legacy established […]

Sweetgrass to be the name of the former Ryerson Park

By Pepper Parr January 14th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON Ryerson Park was to be renamed. Egerton Ryerson was no longer in fashion and the Mayor saw […]

Second COVID19 outbreak at Joseph Brant Hospital

By Staff January 13th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   An outbreak has been declared on Unit 4 North 700 (4N700) at Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) after […]

Home Builders Association looks forward to working with city on inclusionary zoning - making homes available to all income levels

By Mike Collins-Williams January 13th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   The West End Home Builders’ Association is very pleased to participate in the City’s Housing Strategy […]

Plan B fears the city might have missed the boat on keeping view to Spencer Smith Park as part of the public domain

By Don Fletcher January 13th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON An earlier version of this article included illustration that were out-dated. The illustrations have been revised. We […]

What is Inclusionary Zoning and why should you care - it may be the only way some people every get to own a home

By Staff January 13th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Burlington is going to hear a lot about Inclusionary Zoning. Most council members love the idea and […]

Where is the snow plow now - city has an app that lets you know

By Staff January 12th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Residents can now use an online application to track the progress of snow clearing operations and […]

Chief Planner Heather MacDonald resigns - will continue to serve with a lighter load

By Pepper Parr January 12th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON It has been some time since a Burlington city council came even close to bringing tears to […]

Muir claims the numbers are fabricated with no public input

By Tom Muir January 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   These are all fabricated numbers from the dictatorship of planning at the province. They are not […]

Nicer names for the development that will take place at the GO station locations

By Pepper Parr January 11th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   They were called Mobility Hubs in the beginning. Then they got technical and called then MTSAs […]

St Matthews taking a break as a food drop off location

By Staff January 11, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Food is still needed at the Food Bank. St.Matthews Church served as a convenient drop off location. […]

Staff shortages might limit what the city can deliver in the way of services

By Pepper Parr January 11th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON After spending three quarters of the day on Monday in Closed sessions dealing with legal matters Council […]

What kind of growth might we see by 2051? A lot.

By Pepper Parr January 11th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Another one of those pictures being worth a thousand words. Council is currently debating the level […]

Growth of Online Casinos in Canada and Government Laws

  By Rupert Walters January 12th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Online casinos are popular in Canada; it is one of the top countries with a […]

Engaging with the citizens important to Council - it's an election year. They did score well on a survey.

By Pepper Parr January 10th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON Part 2 of a 2 part feature on the level of citizen satisfaction on how the city […]

With the horses out of the barn why does Council want to talk about ideas for a different barn design?

By Pepper Parr January 10th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON Council is going to hear a report this week on the The Waterfront Hotel Planning Study that […]

Some eye popping numbers in a 'satisfaction' survey the city spent $29,000 on

By Pepper Parr January 10th, 2021 BURLINGTON, ON Part 1 of a two part report on how satisfied with citizens are with the services the […]

Do you have an idea for the bird that best represents the city?

By Staff January 9th, 2020 BURLINGTON, ON   Stand By says the city motto. The city has a crest with images that links to the […]

Burlington mandate requires COVID-19 vaccination for all city employees

By Staff January 7th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   A revision to the City of Burlington’s COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Policy will now require all City employees […]

Lawson Hunter interviews Gazette publisher and former Council member Rick Craven - should be a hoot.

By Pepper Parr January 7th, 2022 BURLINGTON, ON   Lawson Hunter is one of those Burlingtonians who gets involved. Lawson Hunter delegating before Burlington City […]