A late-summer warning to people in the Guelph area that use substances from the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy, there’s been a drastic increase in the number of drug poisonings in the last few weeks. According to the WGDS, there have been 17 drug poisoning in the last two weeks, including four suspected drug-related deaths. The potential cause is the appearance of light purple-coloured fentanyl. Continue reading “Public Health Issues Warning After 17 Drug Poisoning”
It’s August, but summer doesn’t wait for decisions on minor variance applications. There were nine different projects on the agenda for this month’s meeting, and most of them were pretty straightforward with no real concerns from staff, but there were a few controversial applications, and there was one that was particularly problematic for the committee. Let’s recap this August meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of Adjustment Gets Stuck on Controversial Separation”
“Hot enough for ya?” A charming conversation starter in summers past, but here in August 2023 it seems more like a damning curse. Last month was the hottest month on the planet in a few hundred millennia, forest fires rage out of control in several provinces, smog from those fires choke cities in the south, and now there’s the threat that the Gulf Stream may be gone by 2025. What can we do on the local level in the wake of all these developments? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #Repeat – Counting Down to (Net) Zero”
There’s no rest for the Accessibility Advisory Committee this August because they’ve got a lot of accessibility business to take care of. On this agenda there are ongoing matters of interest like the next municipal election, a new splash pad, and several new trails being developed around town. That’s almost literally a lot of ground to cover, so get more informed with the preview of this month’s AAC meeting. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Accessibility Advisory Committee for August 15, 2023”
We interrupt this summer vacation for a Heritage Guelph meeting. The time and day was reserved, though staff weren’t initially sure that there would be a need for this August meeting, but it seems like there’s one thing that they want to get done before September arrives. Put your thinking caps on because we’re going back to the property formally known as the Ontario Reformatory for a look at its future on paper. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for August 14, 2023”
The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: New Staffer, Movie Nights, and Holiday Weekend Hours”
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: Big Drug Bust, Hate Crime Investigation, and Officers Assaulted”
A council meeting in August? It doesn’t usually happen, but if you are a dedicated reader in this space, you have been expecting the announcement. If you’re familiar with the events at the regular council meeting at the end of July, then you will remember that there was one rather big new item on a tight deadline that needs an answer, and in this special August meeting of council, we will get that answer. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on August 16?”
“John Galt, novelist, colonial promoter. Galt was superintendent of the Canada Company, a colonization company created to settle part of Upper Canada. During that time, he founded the town of Guelph (1827); the town of Galt was named after him.” That’s what the Canadian Encyclopedia tells you about Galt, but it doesn’t tell you a lot about who he really was. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #384 – The Immortal John Galt”
Every month, 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 July 16-31, 2023”
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