Author: Adam A. Donaldson

When he’s not the main/only contributor to Guelph Politico, Adam A. Donaldson also contributes to GuelphToday.com as their city hall columnist and co-hosts a political and current affairs show on CFRU 93.3 fm called “Open Sources Guelph" as well as the movie review show "End Credits."

This Week at Council: This Land *Is* Our Land

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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 will now be the second-to-last meeting after council sent it back to staff for a change. Council also asked staff to make a change to the Official Plan in the name of protecting a well-loved, and long ignored piece of property. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: This Land *Is* Our Land” →

POLICE NOTES: School Threat, Child Used to Steal, and Uber Eats Goes Postal

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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 Threat, Child Used to Steal, and Uber Eats Goes Postal” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 24, 2026 Meeting?

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This is the last meeting for February, and if you thought it was all leading to something, you might be disappointed. Unless something comes up in the next week, this will be largely straightforward with council revisiting Committee of the Whole business and discussing something in closed session, but on the plus side this is the first of a month-long series of meetings that will take place in the morning. Here’s the preview (such as it is). Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 24, 2026 Meeting?” →

RECAP: Guthrie Says The State of the City is Stable, But Facing Strong Headwinds

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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)” →