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… More
RECAP: City Council Meeting for April 21, 2026
It’s the last council meeting… before the election begins! 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 April 21, 2026”
This Week at Council: More Heights, Less Affordable Housing with Downtown Community Plan
This week at Guelph city council was the monthly planning meeting, and it was the first time that the debate was pushed to nearly midnight in a long time. So what was so controversial? Well, there was a couple of new projects on both sides of College Avenue, one big and one small, but it was the smaller one that got the biggest reactions. Then there was the plan to get more affordable units downtown, which didn’t not turn out the way we might have hoped. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: More Heights, Less Affordable Housing with Downtown Community Plan”
POLICE NOTES: Big Drug Bust, Crypto Scam, and Mischief Calls
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: Big Drug Bust, Crypto Scam, and Mischief Calls”
RECAP: City Council Meeting for April 15, 2026
Plan for a long one at this month’s 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 April 15, 2026”
GUELPH POLITICAST #519 – Habitat’s Silver Anniversary (feat. Sarah Spry)
It’s an interesting time for someone new to take on the reins of this organization, and not just because of the housing crisis. This is the 25th birthday of Habitat for Humanity in Guelph and Wellington, so it’s a time of celebration, along with a time of tremendous challenge. In the overwhelming crunch of the crisis, how does the brand name in affordable housing celebrate its silver anniversary? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #519 – Habitat’s Silver Anniversary (feat. Sarah Spry)”
This Week at Council: Traffic Calm and Carry On
This week at council almost everyone had concerns about road safety. For the last few years, the City of Guelph has been trying to advance the cause of safer streets, and making Guelph a place where no one is hurt and killed on our roads but as we were reminded at April’s Committee of the Whole meeting, there’s been some mixed results on that effort. Can staff reset expectations by refocusing on some key problem areas? They think so in the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Traffic Calm and Carry On”
WELLINGTON COUNTY POLITICAST #518 – Gently Down the Live Stream (feat. Jeff Duncan)
Wellington County’s Ward 9 is the Town of Erin, the eastern most end of the county and it faces a number of issues that might sound kind of familiar to politically tuned in Guelphites. How much do we have in common with our friends from Erin? That is a one of the questions that will guide this first entry in a brand new side story of the Guelph Politicast adventure as we start digging into the politics our our next door neighbours… Continue reading “WELLINGTON COUNTY POLITICAST #518 – Gently Down the Live Stream (feat. Jeff Duncan)”
POLICE NOTES: Downtown Break-In, Converter Theft, and Distraction Palooza
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: Downtown Break-In, Converter Theft, and Distraction Palooza”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 21, 2026 Meeting?
One more council meeting before the election officially begins… April’s regular meeting of city council will shower us all in catch up work. At least at the time of this publishing, the agenda for this meeting is almost all about stuff that’s already been debated, the Committee of the Whole agenda, and a rare Business Licence Appeals Committee decision. Also, is there still enough council good will to support a new heritage commemoration month? Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 21, 2026 Meeting?”
GUELPH POLITICAST #517 – Pump Up the Volume for Campus Radio (feat. Barry Rooke)
Campus and community radio stations are under pressure from all sides: provincial governments, student governments, activists, advertisers and big tech. There’s a growing spectre of doom for campus media, and the people charged with supporting radio stations across Canada are looking to bolster themselves with help from a newly fiscally prudent federal government. So has time run out for your campus radio station? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #517 – Pump Up the Volume for Campus Radio (feat. Barry Rooke)”
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