After nearly a month of being closed to traffic for safety, the Niska Rd bridge is now one step closer to its much needed renovation. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change today has decided that further environmental assessments are unnecessary, and that the process for reconstruction of Niska Rd. and the replacement of old Bailey Bridge can now proceed. Continue reading “Environment Ministry Gives Thumbs Up to Niska Development”
Saying goodbye is never easy, but the City of Guelph makes it look that way. Buried in a press release today about “minor changes” being made to Infrastructure, Development and Enterprise services is news that Rob Kerr, Manager of Community Energy, is no longer employed by the City. Continue reading “Community Energy Manager Let Go as Part of “Minor Changes” to IDE”
If the students of the University of Guelph thought they dodged a labour disruption bullet a few weeks ago, it looks like their “March break” will be a forced break from routine if the university’s trades and maintenance hit the picket lines. And 48 hours out from the deadline, thinks are looking bleak for a last minute deal. Continue reading “CUPE Issues Swipe at U of G 48 Hours Before Deadline”
It was a very busy (6 and a half hours busy) Committee-of-the-Whole meeting yesterday. If you don’t want to go over all the tweets that came out of the live-blog, why don’t you watch this neat video courtesy of Facebook Live to get caught up? Continue reading “FACEBOOK LIVE: Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Post-Game – March 7, 2017”
Guelph’s city council decided not to go forward with a review of Ward boundaries and representation last year due to budget concerns, but with the Royal City is growing by leaps and bounds. Do the old ward boundaries still make sense? Perhaps not, and one industrious Guelphite took it upon himself to prove it. Continue reading “Is This What Guelph’s Wards Could Look Like? (Should Look Like?)”
Following up on today’s new Guelph Politicast, I talked to the Canadian Union of Public Employees local 3913 about the negotiations with CUPE 1281 from their point of view, and what they’re goals are so far as the difficulties in reaching an agreement. Continue reading “3913 Rebuttal: Negotiations About Giving Power Back to Members Says Union Prez”
All signs pointed to dicey first day back from Reading Week for the students at the University of Guelph, but a deal was struck last night to keep teaching assistants and sessionals working on through the rest of the semester. Continue reading “U of G: One Strike Averted, Another Pending”
All’s well that ends well is the message from City Hall today as the lawsuit brought by former chief building official Bruce Poole has been settled through a mediated resolution. What that means, or how much the City paid, has not been disclosed, but on the bright side, we got the emails back! Continue reading “That’s That! Poole Lawsuit Resolved, and Emails Returned”
In the basement of St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, as the music from the rehearsal organ echoed nearby, about two dozen people gathered to parse the so-called “Guelph Model”, an electoral reform proposal that’s meant the thread the eye of several different needles in order to meet a whole lot of different expectations. But does it work? Continue reading “The “Made in Guelph” Electoral Reform Solution Workshopped”
Enjoy driving over the Niska Rd Bailey bridge while you can, because at the end of the month you’ll be able to drive across it no more! In an announcement today, the City of Guelph’s own engineers are saying that there are safety concerns about the bridge’s abutments due to high spring water flows and heavy rainfall. As a result, the bridge will be closed on February 28 whether you walk, ride or drive. Continue reading “Niska Rd Bridge is Closing Indefinitely; City Cites “Safety Concerns””
