There’s something for everyone at this first Committee of the Whole meeting of the year. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview.… More
RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 26, 2026
Let’s meet again, like we did last week, and like we will again next week! 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 January 26, 2026”
This Week at Council: Permits and Designations Downtown
In the first regularly scheduled council meeting of the year 2026, downtown was the centre of attention. Again. In this planning meeting council got its first look at the Community Planning Permit System for the core, and they took their last look at the plan and guidelines for the Heritage Conservation District downtown. Along with that, there was a slight diversion to the south end and a major downtown project was approved. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Permits and Designations Downtown”
POLICE NOTES: Restaurant Thefts, Road Rage, and Mischief
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: Restaurant Thefts, Road Rage, and Mischief”
Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 3, 2026 Meeting?
It’s the first Committee of the Whole meeting of the year, and there’s a lot on the plate in a variety of areas. The Chief Administrative Officer will layout here priorities for the year ahead, which presumably includes the launching of the city-wide review of parking that’s on this agenda. Also, a long-awaited policy involving water is here, and the always popular conversation about how much our local politicians should be paid. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 3, 2026 Meeting?”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 4, 2026 Meeting?
At the end of November when council finished the 2026 City of Guelph budget, it came with a big “To be continued…” sign. (Not literally.) This is the conclusion. At this special meeting of council, they will tackle the third of the budget that is generated, and in part controlled, by the seven local boards and shared services, but will there be the same wheeling and dealing that happened in November with the City portion? Here’s the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 4, 2026 Meeting?”
GUELPH POLITICAST #506 – Shelter Questions and a Politico Update
It’s been quite a year so far, and it’s only been about three weeks long. Unfortunately, there’s no guest on this week’s show, nobody seems to want to talk about the biggest issue in town, but that doesn’t mean we can’t chat about it on our own. For this peculiar episode of the podcast, we will talk about the questions left over from the daytime shelter story, how we’ve been trying to cover it, and what’s going on at Politico HQ as we look to an even busier year ahead! Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #506 – Shelter Questions and a Politico Update”
RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 20, 2026
Back for the first official meeting of council for the year, and there’s lots of planning to do! 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 January 20, 2026”
The Week at Council: Two Hours In Camera
Surprise! It’s a surprise meeting, and that means a surprise meeting recap! Following up the first big political controversy of 2026, a special city council meeting was called to figure out what was to be done about the sudden cancellation of the daytime shelter plan out of Royal City Mission and Stepping Stone. The details were mostly in-camera, but you will learn all about what came out of it in this recap of the meeting… Continue reading “The Week at Council: Two Hours In Camera”
POLICE NOTES: Formula Thefts, Mail Theft, and Reckless Sledding
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: Formula Thefts, Mail Theft, and Reckless Sledding”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 27, 2026 Meeting?
The last meeting of the short council calendar this January will be a half-and-half, meaning that half the subjects will be handled in closed session and half the subjects will be in the open. In the open half look for another fun discussion into the ways that the City of Guelph needs to do more on climate action, and a petition from a resident concerning the payment of a specific development fee. Here’s the preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 27, 2026 Meeting?”
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