Celebrating Celebrations of Guelph (The Text Version)

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Last week on the Guelph Politicast, I told a story of how the Royal City marked it’s 100th, 150th, and 175th anniversaries. For a half-hour podcast, it was a rather exhaustive trip down memory lane, reaching all the way back to Guelph’s founding in 1827 and coming back around to the 21st century. But if you’d rather take a more leisurely stroll through these remembrances, or maybe you just bristle at the sound of my voice, then you can now scroll freely though the text of that podcast. Continue reading “Celebrating Celebrations of Guelph (The Text Version)” →

Guelph Police Want Doodad to Enforce New Traffic Rules

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Would you be surprised to learn that there’s been a new law on the books since January that drivers have to give biker rider’s a one metre buffer, from the tip of the handlebars to the edge of the passenger side mirror? It’s true, but you might be hard pressed to find someone on the road that knows about it, and you might be harder pressed to think of a way that the Guelph Police Service can enforce it. Until now… Continue reading “Guelph Police Want Doodad to Enforce New Traffic Rules” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #86 – C.J. Smith, This Crazy Train

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Surely, you’ve gotten on a train or a bus and been aghast at the bad behaviour of some of the people you were riding with: muddy feet on the seats, somebody crowding the entrance or exit, using empty seats as bag racks… People can be rude, but that doesn’t mean you have to put up with it, right? That’s what C.J. Smith thought in 2010 when she started “This Crazy Train”.  Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #86 – C.J. Smith, This Crazy Train” →

LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole for July 4, 2017

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It’s the last committee meeting before summer break, and it’s stocked with infrastructure stuff. You can click here for 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 July 4, 2017” →

How Guelph Marked 100 Years of Canada

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One glance at the front page reminds you instantly of the tumultuousness of the 1960s, even if everything going on Guelph seemed as normal as it ever was. In the days before Canada’s centennial, page one of the Guelph Mercury was filled with stories of a world on the brink. From the death of screen legends, to Cold War posturing, to racial tensions in the United States, was it any wonder that the Mercury was asking if this would be the Queen’s last State visit? Continue reading “How Guelph Marked 100 Years of Canada” →

MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for June 16-30, 2017

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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 June 16-30, 2017” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #85 – Celebrating Celebrations of Guelph

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This week’s Guelph Politicast kind of shakes up the format. Typically these are interviews with people, or clips of speeches either partial or whole, but on this pod I wanted to tell you a story, and that story is a tale of Guelph as we start the countdown to the Royal City’s 200th birthday in just 10 years time. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #85 – Celebrating Celebrations of Guelph” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 28, 2017

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Tonight there are two special council meetings, as in shareholder meetings for Guelph Junction Railway and Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc. 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 June 28, 2017” →