It’s unusual for the Grand River Conservation Authority Board to meet in July, but these are unusual times. For the most part, this meeting was reserved to start the 2027 budget discussion, a necessity given… More
RECAP: City Council Meeting for July 22, 2026
It’s the last city council meeting…. before summer break! 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 22, 2026”
GUELPH POLITICAST #535 – The State of Local News in a Local Election Year (feat. Mirko Petricevic)
It seemed to pass by without much commentary earlier this year, but January 29 marked the tenth anniversary of the last edition of the Guelph Mercury. Recently, with the closure of 570 News in Kitchener, a discussion about the shrinking state of local news is timely again, and as we head into municipal election season, shouldn’t it be more top of mind as we get ready to elect a new mayor and council? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #535 – The State of Local News in a Local Election Year (feat. Mirko Petricevic)”
RECAP: City Council Meetings for July 21, 2026
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 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 Meetings for July 21, 2026”
MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Membership Meeting for July 27, 2026
No rest for the weary, at least if you’re interested in Grand River Conservation Authority business. Although the board typically takes July off, the demands of the pending amalgamation with the Catfish, Kettle Creek, and Long Point Region Conservation Authorities requires some conversations around the budget. For Guelph peeps, you’re favourite piece of environmentally sensitive property is coming back to the front burner. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Membership Meeting for July 27, 2026”
This Week at Council: A Good Night of Planning
It was another long one at Guelph City Council in terms of the planning meeting, but it was not so divisive as it might have appeared at the beginning. It was a packed agenda including a couple of new residential projects, the next heritage conservation district, and the annual report about Guelph’s growth and its relative success. Also, a key piece of Guelph’s affordabile housing strategy was complete. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: A Good Night of Planning”
POLICE NOTES: More Luring Charges, Stolen Boats, Many Stolen Wranglers!
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: More Luring Charges, Stolen Boats, Many Stolen Wranglers!”
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”
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