GUELPH POLITICAST #82 – Linda Terry, Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries

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“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” John F. Kennedy said that, and it seems a fitting reminder that our tremendous financial inequality in modern society is far from sustainable. Someone said a long time ago that you will always have the poor among you, but that doesn’t mean that we have to prove him right. Though as he sit here in the year 2017, the poor is still among us, and we seem no closer to a solution.  Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #82 – Linda Terry, Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 12, 2017

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Get ready to plan at this month’s planing meeting of council. 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 12, 2017” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 13 Meeting?

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When we last left the council discussion about what to do with Guelph Hydro, the Strategies and Options Committee (SOC) was given permission to pursue the potential of merging with similar sized utilities in our area. This special council-as-shareholders meeting of the Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc. will present the results of that work so far and the potential next phases going forward. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 13 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 12 Meeting?

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There’s more than just planning scheduled for this month’s planning meeting. Motions on fees, and the structure of Heritage Guelph also come forward in this, the first of two city council meetings next week. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 12 Meeting?” →

LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole for June 6, 2017

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Financial statements, splash pads, and the transit realignment are all on the docket for this month’s committee meeting. 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 June 6, 2017” →

10 Interesting Factoids From Guelph150

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There was a bit of controversy today with the Guelph150 banners, one of the entries being labelled taboo because the memory of the crime it references is still fresh in the heads of many Guelphites. But there’s still lots of Guelph History to learn from this interesting and informative Downtown Guelph Business Association promotion, and this is only 10 of them… Continue reading “10 Interesting Factoids From Guelph150” →

Peter Julian the Latest NDP Leadership Candidate to Make Royal City Stop

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About 20 people joined Peter Julian for breakfast, maybe lunch, at Breezy Corners in Downtown Guelph today. Julian follows Charlie Angus and Niki Ashton as the third leadership candidate for the NDP to make a campaign stop in Guelph, and he made a pitch to the city’s strong activist spirit to lend him their support for a grassroots-driven party that hearkens back to the New Democrats own origins. Continue reading “Peter Julian the Latest NDP Leadership Candidate to Make Royal City Stop” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #81 – Kristina Virro, Nutritionist and Psychotherapist-in-Training

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You may recall the this past school year was marked with a particular sadness on the University of Guelph campus. Several students took their own lives over the course of the fall and winter semesters, leaving a campus community in mourning and searching for answers. How could so many, feel so lost and alone, and see no other alternative for themselves but to take their own lives? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #81 – Kristina Virro, Nutritionist and Psychotherapist-in-Training” →

Garden of Grace: A Soft Open With Hard Opinions

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Jakki Jeffs was sweeping grass and dirt off the stone path in the Garden of Grace. Alone. Today was supposed to be the official unveiling of the Garden of Grace, a memorial park on the lands of the Basilica of Our Lady meant for people mourning the loss of a child to abortion or miscarriage, but with a group of over a dozen people demonstrating on the street below, Jeffs cancelled the opening event. Why? The matter’s gotten too political. Continue reading “Garden of Grace: A Soft Open With Hard Opinions” →

MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for May 16-31, 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 May 16-31, 2017” →