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This Week at Council: Nightmare on Woodside Road?

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It may be frozen out there, but global climate change was top of mind at this January regular meeting of Guelph city council. The City believes that there’s room to do better on its own climate change goals and presented the  Corporate Climate Action Plan to carve a path forward, and then council considered a rare petition that surfaced to their level for debate. Were some parkland fees changed unfairly or not? Find out what council thought in the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Nightmare on Woodside Road?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 10, 2026 Meeting?

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You better show your love of planning policy at this February planning meeting of city council because it’s going to be a very busy one. There are a couple of new heritage designations on the docket, plus a new development plan for consideration, but mostly this meeting is about approving another heritage conservation district and an update to the Official Plan. Pack your pajamas? Maybe, here’s the preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 10, 2026 Meeting?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 26, 2026

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Let’s meet again, like we did last week, and like we will again next week! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 26, 2026” →

This Week at Council: Permits and Designations Downtown

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In the first regularly scheduled council meeting of the year 2026, downtown was the centre of attention. Again. In this planning meeting council got its first look at the Community Planning Permit System for the core, and they took their last look at the plan and guidelines for the Heritage Conservation District downtown. Along with that, there was a slight diversion to the south end and a major downtown project was approved. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Permits and Designations Downtown” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 3, 2026 Meeting?

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It’s the first Committee of the Whole meeting of the year, and there’s a lot on the plate in a variety of areas. The Chief Administrative Officer will layout here priorities for the year ahead, which presumably includes the launching of the city-wide review of parking that’s on this agenda. Also, a long-awaited policy involving water is here, and the always popular conversation about how much our local politicians should be paid. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 3, 2026 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 4, 2026 Meeting?

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At the end of November when council finished the 2026 City of Guelph budget, it came with a big “To be continued…” sign. (Not literally.) This is the conclusion. At this special meeting of council, they will tackle the third of the budget that is generated, and in part controlled, by the seven local boards and shared services, but will there be the same wheeling and dealing that happened in November with the City portion? Here’s the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 4, 2026 Meeting?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 20, 2026

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Back for the first official meeting of council for the year, and there’s lots of planning to do! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 20, 2026” →

The Week at Council: Two Hours In Camera

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Surprise! It’s a surprise meeting, and that means a surprise meeting recap! Following up the first big political controversy of 2026, a special city council meeting was called to figure out what was to be done about the sudden cancellation of the daytime shelter plan out of Royal City Mission and Stepping Stone. The details were mostly in-camera, but you will learn all about what came out of it in this recap of the meeting… Continue reading “The Week at Council: Two Hours In Camera” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 27, 2026 Meeting?

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The last meeting of the short council calendar this January will be a half-and-half, meaning that half the subjects will be handled in closed session and half the subjects will be in the open. In the open half look for another fun discussion into the ways that the City of Guelph needs to do more on climate action, and a petition from a resident concerning the payment of a specific development fee. Here’s the preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 27, 2026 Meeting?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 13, 2026

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Let us wrap up a very busy, and a very difficult 2025 in the council chambers. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along with the thread below from BlueSky, or you can watch the whole meeting for yourself by watching it on the City’s website here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 13, 2026” →