MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for October 8, 2025

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It looks like a slow month at the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee with reports concerning finances, an update about progress on Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care System, aka: $10 per day childcare, and a special request from the Mayor of Guelph. Let us now look ahead to another Wednesday afternoon in the Guthrie Room (no relation) at that castle-looking building on Woolwich Street. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for October 8, 2025” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 15, 2025 Meeting?

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Leave some room for a feast at October’s planning meeting because Guelph City Council is going to be served a five course meal of materials with this next agenda. So what’s coming up? Well, there will be a decision on one big project proposal, and there will be some early moves for a new project down the street from it. There will also be heritage district talk, some timeline extensions, some proposed changes to the Official Plan and maybe some surprises(?). Let’s check out the agenda… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 15, 2025 Meeting?” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #488 – Real Audio News (September 2025)

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Sometimes information gathering doesn’t happen in the perfect audio conditions of a studio or the Zoom link, you have to occasionally get out there and find the news. To that end, we will visit a picket line on Speedvale Avenue, attend an annual event that reminds us that there’s still some ways to go when it comes to eliminating gender-based violence, and hear about a program fighting food insecurity in the west end. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #488 – Real Audio News (September 2025)” →

POLICE NOTES: Hammer Man, Five Years of Fraud, and Creeper on a Bike

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There are 145,000 stories in the Royal City, and this is some of them. Looking at a week’s worth of media releases from the Guelph Police Service, there’s a lot going on in our little city crime-wise speaking, so let’s run down some of the charges, issues, and requests for information from the Guelph Police Service over the last seven days. Continue reading “POLICE NOTES: Hammer Man, Five Years of Fraud, and Creeper on a Bike” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for October 2, 2025

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There’s not as much action at October’s Heritage Advisory Committee as you might expect as we’re counting down to the deletion of all properties listed on the heritage registry. Still, one proposed designation has made the cut for discussion while a property owner living in the city’s one current heritage district wants to make some changes. Let’s dig into the brief agenda for this month’s heritage brief. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for October 2, 2025” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 7, 2025 Meeting?

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After a couple of weeks off, council gets back to work in the chambers again for the October Committee of the Whole meeting. This month, there will be some points of interest as more future construction downtown comes up for discussion, and so does a change to how residents are billed for water. There’s also some administrative moves including new names for new parks, and the usual staff recognitions. Check out all the details below… Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 7, 2025 Meeting?” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #487 – Inside the Mind of a CAO (feat. Stacy Hushion)

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StrategyCorp puts out a report every year called the Ontario Municipal Chief Administrative Officer Survey. The CAOs profiled have some strong feelings about Strong Mayor Powers, intergovernmental relations, housing, growth, financing, and and more, but what’s interesting is not what the CAOs had to say, it’s the fact that they said it. What are CAOs thinking when they’re given the cloak of anonymity? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #487 – Inside the Mind of a CAO (feat. Stacy Hushion)” →

This Week at Council: No Salt Added at Regular Meeting

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If you thought last week at Guelph City Council was busy you won’t believe how straightforward everything was this week! At the regular council meeting for September there were some new committee appointments, and there was some appreciation for Guelphites doing great things, but the biggest item had to do with salt, the variety that you use on the road in winter. For all the details, check out the recap below. Continue reading “This Week at Council: No Salt Added at Regular Meeting” →

POLICE NOTES: Distraction Theft, Dump Truck Collision and Baseball Bat Fury

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There are 145,000 stories in the Royal City, and this is some of them. Looking at a week’s worth of media releases from the Guelph Police Service, there’s a lot going on in our little city crime-wise speaking, so let’s run down some of the charges, issues, and requests for information from the Guelph Police Service over the last seven days. Continue reading “POLICE NOTES: Distraction Theft, Dump Truck Collision and Baseball Bat Fury” →

RECAP: Police Chief and Staff Tell Board Investments are Paying Off

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When you invest in the police, you get a return on that investment in increased community safety. To anyone watching Thursday’s Guelph Police Services Board meeting that was the message that Chief Gord Cobey and his staff wanted to send as they look forward to this year’s budget confirmation process and look back at the money spent so far. So there was a lot of money talk, and a few special guests too, but if you missed the meeting, get all the details below… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Chief and Staff Tell Board Investments are Paying Off” →