It’s two meetings for the price of one! You can click here and here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of… More
GUELPH POLITICAST #534 – Housing: The Bigger Picture (feat. Ashley Schuitema and Matt Whitfield & Gaetan Heroux
Due to circumstances beyond our control, this week’s episode of the Guelph Politicast is a combination of two interviews from recent editions of Open Sources Guelph. Housing remains a big issue in this city, as we saw as recently as last night’s council meeting, but housing is an Ontario-wide issue too so for this episode of the pod we will open our gaze to areas beyond our borders. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #534 – Housing: The Bigger Picture (feat. Ashley Schuitema and Matt Whitfield & Gaetan Heroux”
RECAP: City Council Meeting for July 14, 2026
We will plan for the last time before summer vacation! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for July 14, 2026”
This Week at Council: Risks, Assets and Community Well-being
The agenda was busy, but controversy seemed to take the week off at Guelph City Council. For the last Committee of the Whole meeting before the election, there were reports about the risks being faced by the corporation, the current state of the City’s assets, and the ways we need to better commit to community well-being. There were also rewards, but for the most parts its just some very normal regular reporting. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Risks, Assets and Community Well-being”
POLICE NOTES: Man With Firearms Found, Toyotas Taken, and Day Drinking at Stone Road Mall
There are 145,000 stories in the Royal City, and this is some of them. Looking at a week’s worth of media releases from the Guelph Police Service, there’s a lot going on in our little city crime-wise speaking, so let’s run down some of the charges, issues, and requests for information from the Guelph Police Service over the last seven days. Continue reading “POLICE NOTES: Man With Firearms Found, Toyotas Taken, and Day Drinking at Stone Road Mall”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 22, 2026 Meetings?
One more meeting before summer vacation… Perhaps appropriately before taking a break, Guelph City Council will sit back to hear about the progress over goals they set near the beginning of this term. A team from City of Guelph senior staff, plus visitors from the local boards and shared services, will share our collective progress on achieving the directives of Future Guelph, aka: the City’s Strategic Plan! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 22, 2026 Meetings?”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 21, 2026 Meetings?
Two meetings in one night for this one. Yes, there is the regular meeting of Guelph City Council on this night, and as it stands right now it doesn’t have a lot in terms of new material. Before that agenda though, prepare to have a sense of déjà vu because the regular meeting is preceded by a shareholder meeting of Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc, which is all about additional information from a previous meeting! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 21, 2026 Meetings?”
GUELPH POLITICAST #533 – The Young Ones (feat. Carly Klassen & Ken Yee Chew)
Sometimes it seems like municipal politics is an older person’s game. Look around at the faces of Guelph City Council, or even Wellington County Council, and you see a lot of wrinkles and a lot of grey hairs. Now, we love our elders, and everyone should be welcome to serve in municipal governance, but as we approach the end of this term of Guelph city council, we will talk to its two youngest members about going where few people their age have gone before. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #533 – The Young Ones (feat. Carly Klassen & Ken Yee Chew)”
RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for July 7, 2026
It’s the last Committee of the Whole meeting before the election! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for July 7, 2026”
POLICE NOTES: Hate Crime Bust, Connected Break-Ins? and Lifted from New York
There are 145,000 stories in the Royal City, and this is some of them. Looking at a week’s worth of media releases from the Guelph Police Service, there’s a lot going on in our little city crime-wise speaking, so let’s run down some of the charges, issues, and requests for information from the Guelph Police Service over the last seven days. Continue reading “POLICE NOTES: Hate Crime Bust, Connected Break-Ins? and Lifted from New York”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 14, 2026 Meeting?
In this last planning meeting for the summer break, there’s a lot on the agenda for the consideration of Guelph city council. On the docket are two new heritage designations, two new statutory planning meetings (including the nearly completed new heritage district plan), an update on Guelph’s housing picture, and the plan for a much talked about new development in the downtown area. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 14, 2026 Meeting?”
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