Two major pieces of rezoning are up for discussion at this week’s city council meeting. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here to read Politico’s preview of tonight’s meeting. For the complete blow-by-blow of tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for March 7, 2016”
Every week, the City of Guelph and other groups send out notices to announce new events, imperatives, and information that you need to know. Here is this week in press releases. Continue reading “This Week in Press Releases – February 29-March 4, 2016”
Transit in Guelph is always a struggle. Every budget year, public transit somehow makes into the first round of cuts proposed; sometimes public pressure gets them taken off the table, and sometimes the fare goes up and holiday service is cut down to an hour. Still, looking at the transit situation throughout our general area it’s not all bad news. So this week, the Guelph Politicast will look to Waterloo Region, where not only is bus service expanding, but they’re building a train down the main street. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #31 – Michael Druker, TriTAG”
City council will once again be joined this coming Monday to discuss matters of zoning. Two major pieces are up for discussion around the horseshoe; one commercial and one spiritual. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for March 7’s Meeting?”
A friendly reminder from the City of Guelph. Continue reading “City Says Get Your Car Off the Street by 2 AM”
In a weird case of life imitating protest, last Thursday afternoon started with University of Guelph students protesting the rising cost of post-secondary education, but it likely ended with them celebrating as the Ontario government announced in its Budget provisions designed to make a university education more affordable. Back in the morning though, the excitement was palpable as U of G student activists, basking in the glow of shutting down the Board of Governors meeting last year, tried to get the administration’s attention again. Continue reading “VIDEO: South African Student Activists Help U of G Push for Access in Education”
I’d say welcome to spring, but at least 10 out of the last 29 days could have been clarified as “spring-like.” So why not celebrate that time of year for getting outside, by getting in to some of these great Guelph events. Continue reading “The Politico Calendar for March 2016”
Every week, the City of Guelph and other groups send out notices to announce new events, imperatives, and information that you need to know. Here is this week in press releases. Continue reading “This Week in Press Releases – February 22-26, 2016”
Not the most well-known celebration to take place in February, but still no less important, the past few days have marked Freedom to Read Week both here in Guelph and across Canada. Walk into the main branch of the Guelph Public Library today, and you’ll see a Freedom to Read Week display, or you might, assuming that they’ve been able to keep the banned books on the shelves… Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #30 – James Gordon on Freedom to Read Week”
Rarely do business and environmental organizations work together. But in our community we can see an emerging partnership unlike any other that is bringing together the conversation around the environment and the economic opportunity in an innovative way. Continue reading “Op-Ed: A Leading Community for Innovative Partnerships”
