Every week, the City of Guelph and other groups send out notices to announce new events, imperatives, and information that you need to know. Here is this week in press releases. Continue reading “This Week in Press Releases – September 12-16, 2016”
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City of Guelph Has Official Statement on Nice Attack
Last night’s deadly attack in Nice on revelers celebrated Bastille Day got the whole world’s attention, including members of Guelph’s City Hall. Continue reading “City of Guelph Has Official Statement on Nice Attack”
City of Guelph Issues Statement About Orlando Tragedy
In response to the tragic events in Orlando, FL early Sunday morning, and the death of 49 people with another 53 injured after a gunman with ISIS sympathies opened fire at a queer nightclub, the City of Guelph has lowered its flag to half-mast and released an official statement. Continue reading “City of Guelph Issues Statement About Orlando Tragedy”
City is Out to Collect $14 Million in Outstanding Fines
City Hall is always being criticized for wasting money, but what if there was a big pile of money out there that the City was entitled to and they weren’t chasing it down? As it turns out, the City has $14 million out there from uncollected fees and fines, and their stepping up their collection effort by bring in a third-party agency. Continue reading “City is Out to Collect $14 Million in Outstanding Fines”
RECAP: Mayor Guthrie Delivers Annual State of the City at Chamber Breakfast
An annual event put on by the Chamber of Commerce, this morning it was Mayor Cam Guthrie’s chance to tell us about the State of the City, and to be succinct, the State of the City is strong. Continue reading “RECAP: Mayor Guthrie Delivers Annual State of the City at Chamber Breakfast”
Ceremony Kicks Off 154 Weeks of Renovations Guelph Police Headquarters
Now surrounded by blue construction fencing, the headquarters for the Guelph Police Service looks very different today than it will three years from now. After months, and years, of debate and planning, the $34 million renovation official began with a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony this morning in front of the building. Continue reading “Ceremony Kicks Off 154 Weeks of Renovations Guelph Police Headquarters”
Longfield Says There’s Reason to be Positive About Federal Budget’s Impact on Guelph
On Tuesday, the Federal government dropped the first budget under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The big message from the national coverage has been the nearly $30 billion in deficit spending and the billions of dollars in new spending on infrastructure in the hopes to spur economic growth, but since this is a Guelph-specific political site, the question should be asked: how does the Federal budget impact the Royal City? Continue reading “Longfield Says There’s Reason to be Positive About Federal Budget’s Impact on Guelph”
PRESS RELEASE – Guthrie Gets a Promotion (Sort Of)
Now hold on, you might be saying, Cam Guthrie is the Mayor of Guelph, how can he get promoted any higher than that? How about by being elected to a leadership role in a new consortium of mayors representing cities and towns from across Southwestern Ontario? Continue reading “PRESS RELEASE – Guthrie Gets a Promotion (Sort Of)”
Guthrie Delivers his First State of the City
Earlier today, Mayor Cam Guthrie did what mayors do and delivered a speech. In this instance, the speech was the annual State of the City address at a breakfast get together held by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce. This was Guthrie’s first State of the City, and like the more famous “State of the Union” addresses made by the chief executive of the country immediately to the south of us, it’s filled with fine platitudes and a lot of feather fluffing about the awesomeness of the Royal City (not that it isn’t well deserved of course). Continue reading “Guthrie Delivers his First State of the City”
#AskMayorCam on Upcoming Open Sources
It was a little over six months ago that Cam Guthrie was elected to be Mayor of the City of Guelph, but those first four months on the job haven’t been all getting settled, hand-shaking and memorizing the names of city hall staff. No, Mayor Guthrie had to get right down to work, and work with the new council, to put together a budget for 2015. No easy feat even if everyone on council has experience parsing those huge budget books, and no easy task when you’ve made a lot of promises about changing the way business is done at 1 Carden Street. Continue reading “#AskMayorCam on Upcoming Open Sources”
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