With inflation at less than 2% - city Council is suggesting a tax increase of 5.8% for2026

By Gazette Staff July 2nd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Summer is usually an easy time for City Council. At the meeting scheduled for July 7th, […]

Students did some superb work, especially at the STEM level, in what was a tough year for teachers

By Pepper Parr July, 2nd, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Graduations have taken 0place – students are off to whatever they are going to do this […]

Regional Police Service report: responded to 139,119 calls in 2024, slight increase of 0.16 %

By Gazette Staff July 1st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   The Halton Regional Police Service released their 2024 report. This year it was an online report […]

Canada Day! Tough one this year. If we stand firm we will prevail

By Pepper Parr July 1st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Canada Day! Is it going to be different this year? There was a time when Bobby […]

What Sets Legal Ontario Casinos Apart From Offshore Sites?

By Olivia Molcho July 1st, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   As in many other regions, online gambling in Canada has grown increasingly popular, with an estimated […]

BAD states the City is using data that is not true; provides evidence to support their claim. Adds that the fight is not over

By Pepper Parr June 30th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   A very sad and disappointed President of the Burlington Aquatic Devilrays (BAD) Kimberly Calderbank said that […]

Use of city pools contract finalized: Burlington Aquatic Devilray loses access to swimming pools

By Gazette Staff June 30th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON     The City is aware of recent media stories and public comments about the outcome of […]

Metrolinx will run on the Saturday schedule on Canada

By Gazette Staff June 30th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Metrolinx is reminding everyone to plan ahead and take the GO to festivities safely and seamlessly […]

Rivers: If you think civic administration in Burlington is wonky - try Hamilton and it's Town Hall Politics

By Ray Rivers June 30th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   It was a meeting that never needed to be called. A team of Hamilton traffic civil […]

Pool time for a swimming club: Lots of egg on a lot of faces on this one

By Pepper Parr June 30th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Where do things stand on the Devilrays use of city swimming pools? Kimberly Calderbank: President of […]

Around the Bay Race route will be different in 2026

By Staff June 29th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   The start point and the finishing point of the 2026 Around the Bay will be different. When […]

Swimming pool mess will become a court case: can the city win this one

By Pepper Parr June 29th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   We are beginning to get a tighter look at that mess with the allocation of swimming […]

Flights to Cancun and Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, as well as Nassau in the Bahamas will begin out of Hamilton airport in December

By Staff June 29th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Porter Airlines has added several sunny south routes to its list of destinations. Porter Airlines expanding its […]

To the mayor specifically: you wanted the spotlight—now try leading like someone who’s earned it.

By Wayne Sloan June 28th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   The quiet departure of Hassaan Basit, the now -“former” CEO of the City of Burlington – […]

Major screw up with paperwork in City Hall - Devilrays taking their case to court - should never have happened

By Pepper Parr June 28th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   The swimming club, Burlington Aquatic Devilrays(BAD) has been around for more than 40 years and now […]

$155 million every two years being made available to private clinics.

By Staff June 28th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   New Democrats issue a statement in response to Premier Ford’s announcement about funding private clinics: Public money […]

New Library to open at Bateman Community Centre

By Pepper Parr June 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   View of the library as you approach the Bateman Community Centre The Burlington Public Library announced […]

Does it matter?

By Staff June 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Does it matter? It should. An arms race occurs when two or more groups compete in military […]

City CEO sets sail for greener pastures.

By Pepper Parr June 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON OPINION The CEO is leaving the city. Hassan Basit – leaving City as the CEO – joining […]

How Moccasins are being used to identify Indigenous Treaty Lands in Ontario

By Pepper Parr June 27th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON   Moccasin Identifier is an Indigenous-led initiative dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of Indigenous Treaties and […]