On Thursday, Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau was met by more than 30 staff and students at the University of Guelph’s W.F. Mitchell Athletics Centre for a town hall discussion. Morneau’s Royal City visit also included a stop at the YMCA on Woodland Glen Dr, and a roundtable with community leaders at Miijidaa. Continue reading “Gryphons Get Their Gripe On During Morneau Visit”
Around 60 people huddled outside the constituency office of MP Lloyd Longfield Friday to demand that all levels of government take more action on climate change, and promising that they’re not going anywhere until it happens. Continue reading “VIDEOS: Local Climate Warriors Renew Call for Action on Saving the Planet”
It’s a little over a year until the next Federal Election, but Guelph’s incumbent Member of Parliament has already secured his place to run for re-election. Though the weather outside was frightful, the local Liberals delightfully endorsed Lloyd Longfield as their candidate for 2019. Continue reading “Longfield Endorsed as the Liberal Candidate for 2019 Election”
Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield works a ways from the Royal City, but he’s still working for the people in his riding. So what has he been up to lately? This is “This Week in Lloyd.” Continue reading “This Week in Lloyd: Energy, Criminal Code, and Nomination”
In April, the City of Guelph and Wellington County revealed their submission for the Federal Government’s Smart City Challenge: the creation of the Canada’s first circular food economy. As luck would have it, the selection committee liked what Guelph and Wellington are offering, and now we’re off to round two. Continue reading “Guelph-Wellington’s a Smart City, as Pitch Passes First Round of Competition”
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 – February 5-9, 2018”
One year after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that electoral reform was not going to happen, despite numerous promises to the contrary, a group of Guelph activists said that they’re still invested in holding the PM to his word. To do this, some concerned Guelphites decided to put on a little show, one that might appeal to the drama teacher background of the present occupant of the PMO. Watch the “zombies” descend on Lloyd Longfield’s constituency office. Continue reading “Zombie Play Tries to Make a Point About Electoral Reform for MP”
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 – January 15-19, 2018”
Travelling down to city council every week to keep tabs on the members of our local government is easy, but what about keeping tabs on Guelph’s Member of Parliament from a few hundred kilometres away? It’s tricky, but not impossible thanks to online tools. So if you feel like keeping tabs on Lloyd, that is to say, if you want to know what our MP, Lloyd Longfield, is up to in the House of Commons, here’s how you can do it. Continue reading “Keeping Tabs on Lloyd”
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 – December 18-22, 2017”
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