At February’s planning meeting, council showed some love to community advocates by voting their way on a couple of key issues. First up, the last meeting about the heritage conservation district for the OR Lands… More
RECAP: Guthrie Says The State of the City is Stable, But Facing Strong Headwinds
The state of our city is mixed. That is the message that came out of this morning’s edition of the annual Guelph Chamber of Commerce event. Mayor Cam Guthrie delivered his twelfth State of the City in front of business leaders with a call for unity, co-operation, and support. In the midst of economically and fiscally difficult times, Guthrie laid out his vision of where Guelph’s been and where it’s going next, and then he answered some question. To learn more, follow the recap below or watch the full video! Continue reading “RECAP: Guthrie Says The State of the City is Stable, But Facing Strong Headwinds”
GUELPH POLITICAST #509 – Pulse Check on the HART Hub (feat. Melissa Kwiatkowski)
This time last year, we were in the middle of a provincial election, and that made a lot of things complicated, not the least of which was a delay in funding for the Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment, or HART Hub. But almost one year later, and after a recent announcement about funding for expanded service, do we need to ask the question: Is the HART Hub actually working? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #509 – Pulse Check on the HART Hub (feat. Melissa Kwiatkowski)”
RECAP: City Council Meeting for February 10, 2026
If you love planning, this is going be a good meeting for you! 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 February 10, 2026”
This Week at Council: No Raise, Except For Taxes
There were back-to-back meetings at Guelph City Council this week, and the topic at hand was money. At Committee of the Whole, council had to deal with their own money, or at least the money that the councillors in the next couple will be paid as remuneration came up for debate. Then, at the other meeting, the 2026 budget process came to a close with the seven shared services and local boards. Let’s dig into the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: No Raise, Except For Taxes”
POLICE NOTES: West-End Home Invasion, South End Car Theft Blitz, and More Fake Bills
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: West-End Home Invasion, South End Car Theft Blitz, and More Fake Bills”
RECAP: City Council Meeting for February 4, 2026
Coming to you more than two months later, it’s the rest of the budget! 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 February 4, 2026”
GUELPH POLITICAST #508 – OPIRG’s Midlife Crisis is Fascism (feat. Illyria Volcansek)
Fascism, have you heard of it? It’s certainly been hard not to see it, especially over the last few weeks with images from the United States. The problem is that it’s hard to recognize fascism until it gets to this point, so as people in the U.S. try and figure out how to get out of this mess, many Canadians are trying to stop us from joining them. Where can you begin? There’s a symposium for that! Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #508 – OPIRG’s Midlife Crisis is Fascism (feat. Illyria Volcansek)”
RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for February 3, 2026
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. 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 February 3, 2026”
This Week at Council: Nightmare on Woodside Road?
It may be frozen out there, but global climate change was top of mind at this January regular meeting of Guelph city council. The City believes that there’s room to do better on its own climate change goals and presented the Corporate Climate Action Plan to carve a path forward, and then council considered a rare petition that surfaced to their level for debate. Were some parkland fees changed unfairly or not? Find out what council thought in the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Nightmare on Woodside Road?”
POLICE NOTES: Attempted Car Thefts, Major Damage for Wire, and Mystery Meat in the Park
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: Attempted Car Thefts, Major Damage for Wire, and Mystery Meat in the Park”
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