It was a pretty big week for Guelph City Council in terms of both length and substance. The planning meeting also had scale, between the approval of a massive new project for the downtown area… More
GUELPH POLITICAST #529 – The Trustee to Council Pipeline (feat. Linda Busuttil & Katherine Hauser)
Half of city council is new in terms this being their first term in office, but that doesn’t mean that some of those people were politically inexperienced entering this office. For decades, the farm league for politicians has been the local school board, which is about as direct as democracy can get. Looking back at this term, and the rapid pace of change that councillors have had to deal with, have the councillors with that school board experience had a leg up? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #529 – The Trustee to Council Pipeline (feat. Linda Busuttil & Katherine Hauser)”
RECAP: City Council Meeting for June 9, 2026
It’s going to be a long one at this month’s city council planning meeting! 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 June 9, 2026”
This Week at Council: A Bridge Too Far Gone?
It was a long one at June’s Committee of the Whole meeting, and it was mostly about a bridge. But there was something for everyone at this meeting from energy equity to community grants to outside water use. We covered a closed meeting investigation, a new procurement bylaw update, and there was even a semi-planning matter in regards to building fee changes. So let’s get into all that and more in this week’s council meeting recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: A Bridge Too Far Gone?”
POLICE NOTES: School Evacuated, E-Bikes Taken, and 2 Kilos of Fentanyl Seized
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: School Evacuated, E-Bikes Taken, and 2 Kilos of Fentanyl Seized”
GUELPH POLITICAST #528 – The Breezys Vs Big Brother (feat. Steve Cornwell & Jonathan Webb )
Just this week there were more warning from the federal government about the threats of out malleable information ecosystem, warnings that Russia is targeting Canada with misinformation to sew divisions and erode confidence in democratic institutions. In an era of partisan media and A.I. deep fakes, how do you know that what you’re reading or seeing is the truth? Let’s talk about it… Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #528 – The Breezys Vs Big Brother (feat. Steve Cornwell & Jonathan Webb )”
RECAP: Board of Health Hears About Helping Parents and the Climate Vulnerable
At the last meeting of the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health before summer vacation, there was some timely discussion about the community health effects from the changing climate. On top of that, there were renewed warnings from Dr. Nicola Mercer about ticks and West Nile, but in positive news the region is seeing success in having fewer road accidents and in supporting babies on their way to becoming school kids. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Board of Health Hears About Helping Parents and the Climate Vulnerable”
GUELPH POLITICAST #527 – A Pratfall in Puslinch? (feat. Justin Wilson)
Remember MZOs. Early on in the Ford government, Ministerial Zoning Orders were the hot thing to cut through red tape and get construction started faster by overriding public planning procedures, like the one being sought now for a one million square foot facility on zoned agricultural land in Puslinch. As upper levels of government accelerate pro-business policies and override environmental concerns and assessments, can one group of activists still win? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #527 – A Pratfall in Puslinch? (feat. Justin Wilson)”
RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for June 2, 2026
Get ready for a long one! 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 June 2, 2026”
This Week at Council: Stephanie Drive Deal and Heritage Reprise Request
“Short” was the word that best summed up this week’s meeting of city council, the regular meeting for the month of May. There was nothing much on the agenda aside from matters already settled at Committee of the Whole, so the only thing left to debate was a motion to ask the provincial government to stay the erasure of the heritage list at the end of the year. The big news though, that came out of the closed meeting. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Stephanie Drive Deal and Heritage Reprise Request”
POLICE NOTES: E-bikes Taken, Drive-Thru Confrontation, and Stolen Car Crashed
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: E-bikes Taken, Drive-Thru Confrontation, and Stolen Car Crashed”
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