Next week city council gets started again for a whole new term, so why don’t we mark our calendars now for all the important meeting days coming up in the next 13 months. Continue reading “Council and Committee of the Whole Schedule for December and 2019”
The council meeting on December 3 is a special occasion. Only one thing’s on the agenda, and that’s getting the new council to officially take their seats… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 3 Meeting?”
Last night, the 2014-2018 term of Guelph City Council finished, and at the end of the meeting, Mayor Cam Guthrie paid tribute to the two members of City Council who will not be returning for the next term on December 3. Continue reading “Read Mayor Guthrie’s Farewell (Till December 3) Address”
City council returns for the first time since September, and to celebrate they are serving lame duck. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 19, 2018”
Tonight, the 2014-18 council meets for the final time before the turnover on December 3. One of the two people that will not be on the new council is Karl Wettstein, and before departing the council chamber one last time, the outgoing Ward 6 councillor stopped by CFRU!
Before calling it a political career, Wettstein stopped by to chat with the Open Sources Guelph gang to talk about his time on council, what experiences he’s taking with him, and what lessons he hopes to leave behind. That’s in the back half of the show though, for the first half we talk about the latest troubles in the White House and Queen’s Park.
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This week, Open Sources Guelph is awash in galling behaviour. In the United States, the President decided to skip the opportunity to remember veterans so he could pout and rage tweet in his hotel room, and in Ontario’s capital building you still never know who might be a scandal waiting to happen. It’s a bummer to be sure, and one that’s compounded this week as we say goodbye to a regular guest as he retires from the political stage.
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The new city council, which, admittedly, is mostly the old city council, will take their seats around the horseshoe in just a few weeks. As the two new councillors get ready to take up their positions, one of them came by CFRU last Thursday for the first of what will likely be many little chats.
On the last edition of Open Sources Guelph, we were joined in studio by Dominique O’Rourke, the incoming City Councillor for Ward 6. O’Rourke talked about her decisive victory, her plans as a councillor, and how she intends to balance all the prioritites – hers and the City’s – in her first few months of office.
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After taking a couple of weeks off from election talk, we’re back at it this week on Open Sources Guelph! In fact, we’ve missed elections so much, we’re importing coverage. First, we’ll get a delivery from the U.S. as the highly contentious midterm elections have wrapped up for another four years. Meanwhile, people in Calgary are having an election, but in this one you can’t ignore the issues because it’s a plebiscite! Back home, we will welcome to the show our first post-election interview with a new city councillor.
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City Council is getting together one last time before passing the torch to mostly themselves. Welcome to the lame duck session, and the last minute matters before a new city council is joined! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 19 Meeting?”
It’s just two months till the end of the year, but there’s still a lot of stuff left to do in those two months, and here’s a list of some of them. This is the Politico Calendar for the month of November. Continue reading “The Politico Calendar for November 2018”
It’s finally here, Election Night! And Guelph Politico is providing a one-stop shop for all your election returns needs. Continue reading “ELECTION NIGHT LIVE! Stay Up to Date on the Guelph Results”
The podcast version of Open Sources Guelph is usually posted on Monday, but to give you a head start for Election Day, which is also Monday, the decision was made to give it to you Saturday instead.
On Thursday, Mayor Cam Guthrie joined the Open Sources’ hosts in studio to talk about the last four years, and what might be ahead for the next four years.
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Our municipal election is coming to a close, and so is the municipal election coverage on Open Sources Guelph. We know, don’t try and hide your disappointment. In the season finale of our coverage, we will welcome to the show the second of two mayoral candidates in this election, a man who is no stranger to the Open Sources audience or the Open Sources hosts.
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