Adam A. Donaldson

UGDSB’s Long-Serving Director of Education Passes Away Months After Retiring

Published on Dec 7, 2021Dec 22, 2021 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Just a few months after she stepped down as the long-serving Director of Education at the Upper Grand District School Board, news broke on Monday that Martha Rogers had passed away. Rogers had a career that spanned nearly 50 years, starting as a teacher in Peel region in 1972, and finishing her career with an impressive quarter-century hitch in the highest administrative position in local separate school board. Continue reading “UGDSB’s Long-Serving Director of Education Passes Away Months After Retiring” →

LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for December 6, 2021

Published on Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Let the last Committee of the Whole of 2021 commence! You can click here for the amended agendas 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 on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for December 6, 2021” →

Clark Signs MZO to Make Dolime Residential, Becomes Part of Guelph January 1

Published on Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The Dolime Quarry land will become a part of the City of Guelph on January 1, 2022. This announcement comes from Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark who came to Guelph first thing on Monday morning to announce that he’s signing the Ministerial Zoning Order (MZO) that will rezone the quarry once it’s shut down. The struggle to secure the site is over, and the countdown to redevelopment begins. Continue reading “Clark Signs MZO to Make Dolime Residential, Becomes Part of Guelph January 1” →

Gordon Tells Open Sources He Hopes Council Buys New Climate Action Plan

Published on Dec 6, 2021Dec 31, 2021 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Last week, most political concerns locally were about the council decision on the 2022-2023 budget. While council was debating, Ward 2 Councillor James Gordon was appearing on CFRU’s Open Sources Guelph through the power of pre-recording an interview in advance, and while he did talk about the budget, he was just as interested in talking about a personal political initiative of his own: the Race to Zero action on climate change. Continue reading “Gordon Tells Open Sources He Hopes Council Buys New Climate Action Plan” →

BUDGET MEETING RECAP: How The First Multiyear Budget Was Made

Published on Dec 5, 2021Dec 8, 2021 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Eight-and-a-half hours comes out to a 4.21 per cent increase in 2022 and then a 5.17 per cent levy increase for 2023. Those are top level results from this year’s budget deliberations, the first time that council tackled a multiyear budget. The City of Guelph seems satisfied with the results, but reading between the lines, there were some deep divides on council as some members feel that the City lost the fight for affordability. Continue reading “BUDGET MEETING RECAP: How The First Multiyear Budget Was Made” →

Two Mikes Tell Green AGM That They Can, and Have, Done Politics Differently

Published on Dec 4, 2021Dec 6, 2021 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… At the annual general meeting of the local Green Party that was the message presented by the Two Mikes, Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner and Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice. Morrice’s success was one of the bright spots in an otherwise tough election for the Greens, but Schreiner was optimistic and talked about his almost four years as a successful one-man caucus. Continue reading “Two Mikes Tell Green AGM That They Can, and Have, Done Politics Differently” →

CITY PAGES: Winter Stuff, Cycling Needs and Shop Local

Published on Dec 4, 2021Dec 25, 2021 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Winter Stuff, Cycling Needs and Shop Local” →

POLICE NOTES: Vaccination Update, School Threat, and RIDE Start

Published on Dec 4, 2021Dec 5, 2021 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

There are 137,000 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 gong 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: Vaccination Update, School Threat, and RIDE Start” →