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: Transit Talk and a New Committee is Born

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Council business wrapped up for the month of February with a meeting that covered a variety of topics, and included some special guests. A follow-up delegation about transit in St. George’s Square led to a robust conversation about the subject from a variety of points of view, and then council made some appointments, and talked about pretty big re-organization for a major committee that will have more direct City involvement now. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Transit Talk and a New Committee is Born” →

POLICE NOTES: Stolen Tools, Big Drug Bust, and Weirdo in a Van

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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: Stolen Tools, Big Drug Bust, and Weirdo in a Van” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for March 6, 2024

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Get crunk with this month’s meeting of the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health meeting! …Not really. Seriously though, the community’s thoughts about using cannabis and the effects of using cannabis are on the agenda as a report based on survey conducted by Public Health is presented. In other news, the board will talk about the roll out of seasonal vaccines, and other communicable diseases that are going around. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for March 6, 2024” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for March 4, 2024

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What’s old is new again at Heritage Guelph, and for the March meeting there are some familiar looking addresses coming back for new a change or a new designation. There are couple of projects on the agenda that need the committee’s blessing to proceed, a proposed designation will finally have its day, and there’s another one in the queue. All that. and there’s a matter of legality to attend to as well. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for March 4, 2024” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #408 – Greg Dorval Has Things to Say

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One of the problems covering issues of homelessness in the media is that it’s hard to find people to be the face of those issues. You see this in just about every news story, “person X is experiencing issue A”; it’s a way of personalizing the issue and making it relatable to the audience, and it’s one of the reasons why the homelessness crisis is so unrelatable. That’s where Greg Dorval entered the picture a few weeks ago. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #408 – Greg Dorval Has Things to Say” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 27, 2024

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It’s the last meeting of the month, so did council save their best stuff for last? 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: City Council Meeting for February 27, 2024” →

RECAP: Library Board Says Goodbye to CEO, and Hello to Lengthy In-Camera Session

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It was a special occasion at the Guelph Public Library Board of Directors. That’s not to say that every meeting of the board isn’t a special occasion, but this board meeting marked the last one for outgoing CEO Steve Kraft who’s retiring this week after 41 years at the Guelph Public Library. And what do you get for the man who has everything? How about more than two hours in-camera to talk about confidential matters?! Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Says Goodbye to CEO, and Hello to Lengthy In-Camera Session” →

CITY PAGES: Cyber Incident, Library Report and Get a Rabbit!

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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: Cyber Incident, Library Report and Get a Rabbit!” →

POLICE NOTES: School Fight, Girl Followed, and Tools Found

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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 Fight, Girl Followed, and Tools Found” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 5, 2024 Meeting?

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March comes in like a lamb at city council. There’s nothing terrible controversial in this month’s Committee of the Whole agenda, assuming, of course, that no one wants to start a fight about trees. But this is Guelph, so always assume there will be a fight about trees, and along with that there will also be matters of audit and tax policy for the horseshoe to chew on. Let’s dive in to the agenda…! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 5, 2024 Meeting?” →