Changes in the Creation of Advisory Committees in the works: Review scheduled for Q1 2027

By Pepper Parr May 13th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   What became clear very quickly at the City Standing Committee meeting earlier this week was that […]

Burlington Museums Hosting eat make share Speaker Series featuring Irene Matys

By Gazette Staff May 13th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   The Joseph Brant Museum eat make share speaker series, featuring acclaimed Canadian cookbook authors. Each […]

Race for city Council seats in October 26th election tightening up: Contests in all but ward 3

By Pepper Parr May 13th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   City Council recently heard a report on the level of citizen satisfaction; it was not great. […]

Taxation: Ok if it is just a little over inflation - And of course that is not what taxpers have seen from this Council

By Pepper Parr May 13th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   Council spent two hours listening to a report from Deloitte, an accounting firm that does survey […]

Gould will host her annual Volunteer Appreciation awards tonight at the Royal Botanical Gardens

By Gazelle Staff May 12th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   Karina Gould, Member of Parliament for Burlington, MP Karina Gould will gather with the 42 people […]

Curtain to come down on Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance while they Workshop how to change to new circumstances

By Pepper Parr May 12th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   They have been doing it for more than 25 years, and they want to continue doing […]

The rumour has been denied. Karina Gould has no interest in running for Mayor

By Gazette Staff May 12th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   From a source that I consider as good as they get – we were told that […]

Civic Choral will perform at St. Christopher's Anglican Church May 9th in the afternoon

By Gazette Staff May 7th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   The Burlington Civic Chorale! They have been putting on concerts for the past 32 years. You […]

A drive into the country to take in a rural garage sale

By Pepper Parr May 7th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   Multi Family Garage Sale Saturday May 16, 8:00 – 1:00 (Rain date Sunday May 17) Corner […]

The Development site that will change the focal point of the city goes before the public on June 9th

By Pepper Parr May 7th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   It has taken longer than expected, but the public will get to hear what the developers […]

Candidates nominated as of May 5th, 2026: A couple of retreads for 2022, No Stars yet

By Pepper Parr May 6th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON An update on who is running for office. Slim pickings at this point – a lot of […]

Students at MMR recognize and honour the person their school was named after

By Pepper Parr May 5th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON Correction: The original headline was incorrect. It has been replaced. It was an occasion for the students […]

If you want to understand just how much damage social media can do - read on.

By Pepper Parr May 4th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   If you want to understand just how much damage social media can do – read […]

Public School Board to Celebrate Student Excellence and Recognize 109 Elementary and Secondary Students

By Gazette Staff May 4th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton District School Board is proud to recognize the success of 109 students at the […]

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 […]

Digital Payments Are Now the Default in Canada but the System Behind Them Is Still Mixed

By Sadie Smith Smith May 5th, 2026 BURLINGTON, ON   You already tap, transfer, and pay without thinking about it. Digital payments now handle most […]

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 — […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]