It was a truck accident near the railroad bridge on Wyndham St., but it was quite unlike the typical truck accident you see in that part of downtown. Now, over two weeks after the almost iconic scene of a city bus landing atop a pick-up truck at the corner of Wyndham and Farquar Streets, a charge for the accident has finally been filed. Continue reading “Charges Laid in City Bus/Truck Crash”
Going into the Halloween weekend, the Guelph Police Service is warning kids of all ages to play it safe out there. Continue reading “Halloween Warnings for Big Kids and Small Ones”
With all the talk about Uber lately, the city seems to have overlooked the fact that there may be some issues with our licensed cab companies. In a surprise announcement, Guelph Police has declared that they’ve revoked the license for Guelph Taxi, an upstart outfit that started running cabs in Guelph in 2013. A Guelph Mercury article in August started highlighting concerns about the operation of Guelph Taxi, which has now culminated in them being effectively out of business in the Royal City. Continue reading “And Then There Were Two: Police Revoke Guelph Taxi’s License”
Homecoming weekend is always the pinnacle of the annual downtown Safe Semester program, the busiest of the busy first few weeks of the fall semester. The City, the Police, and the University walk into a bar have gone to great pains over the last couple of years to make this as smooth an adjustment as possible for the People. So how did they do this past weekend? Continue reading “Police Release Safe Semester Stats from Homecoming Weekend”
When Uber arrived in town this past July, whether intentional or unintentional, they debuted in a regulatory sweet spot; the Guelph Police Service, who is in charge of overseeing taxis and taxi licensing in Guelph, has no Police Board meeting in August. But it’s back to work now for the board, and the main topic of conversation at the meeting Thursday was Uber, and one Royal City taxi company went on the record to say it is not a fan. Continue reading “Guelph Police Board Hears About Uber”
In the case of the legal grey area that Uber operates in, Guelph Police Service drew first blood last night with an arrest of a 50-year-old Uber driver downtown. Continue reading “Guelph Police Arrest Uber Driver”
With the local university back in session this week, there will a lot of students out there looking for a place to live for the school year. Finding a nice, cheap and clean place to hang your hat is always a challenge for students (not to mention other Guelph renters), so the last thing you want to deal with is the possibility that you’re being ripped off. Unfortunately, Guelph Police are warning of just such a possibility. Continue reading “Just in Time for Back to School, a Rental Scam”
Recent deaths in the Toronto area have raised new warnings about the use, or rather misuse, of the painkiller Fentanyl. Forty times for portent than heroin, there have been 655 deaths attributed to Fentanyl alone from 2009 to 2014, and in the last week alone there was a high profile theft of patches in Toronto, two high-profile arrests in Halton Region, and 16 overdoses in a single day in Vancouver. In the shadow of that recent news, and a bulletin from the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, the Guelph Police Service has issued their own warning. Continue reading “Guelph Police Warn of Fentanyl Use in the Royal City”
169 bathtubs. That’s how much water that the City of Guelph had to remove in the an area near the pedestrian bridge in Howitt Park last week when a mysterious white substances was reportedly found in the creek. Continue reading ““White Stuff” Found in Howitt Park”
After the truncated effort to pass a budget earlier this year, the City of Guelph, its staff, and political leaders are going to try something new for the 2016 Budget, a massive new effort to try and gather as much community consultation as possible before city council votes for the final budget in December.
Continue reading “City Wants Your Two Cents About the Budget”
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