An investigation, a 40-year-old problem, and a controversial motion all come to the floor in the second council meeting of the month for March. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 27 Meeting?”
MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for March 1-15, 2017
Twice-monthly, Guelph Politico posts the latest inspection results from the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit inspection of local restaurants, hotels, cafes, grocery stores and other businesses that handle food. We call it “Mangez!”, and this column highlights the latest inspections done by WDGPH, and the results they’ve posted. Continue reading “MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for March 1-15, 2017”
Guelph Transit Looking at Schedule and Route Shake-Up for September
Guelph Transit has a plan to revitalize its system with new schedules, adjusted routes and new services to “match transit service levels with passenger loads.” If implemented, the realignment will see some routes renamed, rescheduled or reorganized so that transit will no longer operate on a “pulse and wave” system, but will it be enough to get more people on the bus and get them where they’re going in a timely and convenient matter? Continue reading “Guelph Transit Looking at Schedule and Route Shake-Up for September”
Community Energy Manager Let Go as Part of “Minor Changes” to IDE
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”
CUPE Issues Swipe at U of G 48 Hours Before Deadline
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”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 20 Meeting?
The typical planning meeting is delay one week because of March Break, but on February 20, council will gather for a significantly shorter agenda than Committee-of-the-Whole this week. Check out the agenda below. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 20 Meeting?”
GUELPH POLITICAST #71 – College Royal
Before there was a University of Guelph, there was College Royal, an annual open house that invites the city to campus to get a sampling of all the great learning, research and education that happens between College St and Stone Rd. It’s the biggest university open house of its kind in North America, so would it surprise you to learn that it’s undergrad students that put it all together every year? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #71 – College Royal”
FACEBOOK LIVE: Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Post-Game – March 7, 2017
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”
Is This What Guelph’s Wards Could Look Like? (Should Look Like?)
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?)”
LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole for March 6, 2017
It’s going to be an action-packed agenda for this month’s committee. You can click herefor the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here to read Politico’s preview of today’s meeting. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s committee meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole for March 6, 2017”
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