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City Manager designate taking part in events with Meed Ward

By Staff April 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON He isn’t on the payroll yet but City Manager designate Haassan Basit took part in the ...

If your are in the New Street Fortinos keep an eye out for City Staff in the Food Court

By Staff April 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Not the easiest bit of news to find. There has always been slip ups when it comes ...

Carpenter Hospice annual hike - note the date Saturday June 1st

By Staff April 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON An early reminder of an event you may not want to miss. On Saturday, June 1, Carpenter ...

NSF fee to be reduced from $48 to $10

By Staff April 19th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Most people have a working relationship with their bank and they may have RRSP or TFSA ...

Rivers on the federal budget: Paying the Piper

By Ray Rivers April 18th, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON Pouring over the 400 page federal 2024 budget document, one can’t help but be impressed ...

Age to work as life guards has been reduced. By Staff June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The provincial government is lowering the minimum age requirement to be a lifeguard, assistant lifeguard and aquatic […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Burlington Green AGM at the end of the month By Staff June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON BurlingtonGren will be holding their Annual General Meeting June 27th at the Burlington Central Library. (2331 New […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Brock & Sophia: A love story in the midst of the war of 1812 By Pepper Parr June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Ray Rivers has been writing opinion pieces for the Gazette for more than ten years. We’ve […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Not a Pretty Picture By Ray Rivers June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION I recently attended a Pollution Probe event to honour Edward Burtynsky, the Canadian born world […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Mayor on growth paying for growth - a TVO production By Staff June 2nd, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Mayor Marianne Meed Ward With development being perhaps the most talked about subject in the city, certainly […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	45 acts are at the Performing Arts Centre during a 366 day season. By Staff June 1st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The Burlington Performing Arts Centre kicked off their new 2023/2024 season last night at the main theatre […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Burlington Ontario Health Team Gets its first Executive Director By Pepper Parr May 31st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON It was an organization we had not heard of. It came to our attention when the […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	The Reasons Behind Mobile Gaming's Popularity By Melinda Smith May 31st, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON You can be playing the same game with the person sitting beside you – then compare […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
It's Official - 6.07% of the wards 1&2 voters elected Robbie Brydon as their trustee By Staff May 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The City of Burlington has declared the official results from the by-election for the seat of School […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Public getting to know a little bit more about what takes place in CLOSED sessions of Council By Pepper Parr May 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Nancy Shea Nicol: Burlington Corporate Counsel, has rarely been in favour of making legal matters public. […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Plan B group want to see the Waterfront Hotel development plan go back to one of the preferred concepts By Staff May 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON It’s final. Or at least the folks at Plan B think it is. They sent the following […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Waterfront Hotel site – now what ? By Pepper Parr May 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON In January of this year Goodmans LLP, legal counsel for Burlington 2020 Lakeshore Inc., wrote the […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Robbie Brydon wins seat on Halton District School Board By Pepper Parr May 30th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Robbie Brydon won the Burlington wards 1 &2 trustee seat yesterday with 64% of the vote. […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Tourism gets a bit of a boost from a federal grant - hard to tell how much of the money will work its way to the local hospitality sector By Pepper Parr May 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The federal government pumped $300,000 into the tourism sector with the money being delivered through the […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
Too many Aldershot residents have chosen to be uninformed, uninvolved and have failed to hold the council member they elected accountable By Pepper Parr May 29th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION Remembrance Day and The Battle of the Atlantic Sunday have always been important to me. I […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Getting to 100 is significant - more than 2300 people will gather for four days to celebrate what Burlington Central High has meant to their lives. By Pepper Parr May 28th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The pandemic changed almost everything including the 100th anniversary of Burlington Central High School. The pause hasn’t […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
A flood plain that no one knew much about impacts development applications at the intersection of Brant and Ghent By Pepper Parr May 28th 2023 BURLINGTON, ON The City of Burlington recently completed a Phase 1 Flood Hazard and Scoped Stormwater Management Assessment […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Introducing Cartoon Bob and his take on the Councillor for ward 3 who lives in ward 2 - it's complicated May 28th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON From the keyboard of the Publisher: Cartoon Bob makes his first appearance as a regular contributor in the Gazette this […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
75% of Canadian Household Debt Comes From Mortgages: CMHC By Staff May 27th, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON Canada is drowning in more debt than any other G7 country, with the escalated cost of […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)	Central High School 100th Reunion: Local generosity helped lower ticket prices By Staff May 27, 2023 BURLINGTON, ON It was the generosity of many people that resulted in the Central High School 100th Reunion being […] Share this: Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) More Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)