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The consultants working on the Heritage District Study of the OR Lands revealed the proposed boundaries for the protected parts of the property. More than 50 people came out to offer notes.
More debates have been announced for the various municipal election campaigns.
The Ontario Appeals Court has ruled that a Guelph man’s rights were not violated when police used the cell phone of a drug dealer he was texting with to lure him into an arrest.
There are a lot of questions about the fate of hundreds of thousands of dollars bequeathed to an Erin youth basketball charity, which doesn’t seem to have spent the money on programming, or even seems to be in business anymore.
Traffic will be rough along Gordon Street south of the river starting today as this portion of the road will be closed for constriction for the next two weeks.
Let’s preface these updates with a general word that the official numbers released do not represent the true number of COVID-19 cases, which are likely higher due to limited testing.
The weekly update to the WDG Public Health COVID-19 dashboard says that cases are going back down again after heading up last week. As of Wednesday, there were 171 confirmed cases in the region after 112 new cases, down from 205 the week before. The 7-day moving rate of confirmed cases is down again, and now sits at 39.4 per 100,000, but the test positivity rate went up half-a-percentage to 12.2. The number of COVID fatalities have jumped up now to 180, from 173 just a couple of weeks ago.
The current vaccination rates (the numbers have been adjusted to reflect that everyone over six months old is now eligible for the vaccine):
Region-wide: 87.1 per cent have one shot, 84.3 per cent have two shots, and 56.6 per cent have had at least one booster.
Guelph: 89.2 per cent have one shot, 86.3 per cent have two shots, and 59.9 per cent have had at least one booster.
In Ontario this week COVID1-9 hospitalizations increased 11 per cent with 1,265 people now in provincial hospitals, which is an increased from 1,141 just one week earlier, the most number of COVID cases in hospital since the last week in August. The number of people in intensive care also increased slightly, from 129 to 133 in one week. However, the provincial test positivity rate is down slightly from 12.42 per cent to 11.98 per cent.
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Here’s last week’s Police Notes entry.
Here’s the latest edition of Mangez!, Guelph Politico’s twice monthly dine safe guide.
Check out the latest submissions to the Guelph Politico candidate questionnaire.
Changes to the City of Guelph’s territorial acknowledgement may be coming as the City’s head of diversity initiatives looks to improve relations with local First Nations people.
Not a good start, Guelph Storm. At home, and away.
The Guelph Hiking Trail Club is two-thirds of the way to making their fundraising goal to build a bridge in Crane Park.
Fusion Homes wants the Committee of Adjustment to approve extra wide driveways for their east end Guelph development.
Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner was among the hundreds who marched Saturday in Brampton to protest the construction of Highway #413, and the loss of valuable farmland.
Things went from bad to worse for Toronto city councillor Michael Thompson, after being charged with sexual assault last week, he’s now been abandoned by his attorney.
Over 131 dead and over 300 injured is the count after a riot broke out following the Arema FC’s loss in Malang, Indonesia. It’s the worst soccer disaster in the last 50 years.
According to researchers, the Arctic Ocean is getting three-to-four times more acidic than other oceans.
Stock up now! Halloween is back so hard this year that decorations and other paraphernalia may be in short supply.
Coming up this week on the Guelph Politicast, we’re talking to Lorelei Root and Mike Greer, the current chair of Guelph’s Accessibility Advisory Committee and the past chair. Together, they will shed some light on the accessibility issues facing Guelph, and the issues that desperately need to be addressed by the next city council, as we call out systemic ableism in what should be an enlightening episode.
Get the latest edition of the Guelph Politicast on Wednesday.
Also on Wednesday, tune in to CFRU at 3 pm for another episode of End Credits. This week, Candice Lepage co-hosts as we head back to a damned farm in Texas and meet a young woman bound for greatness in the field in the serial murder. We’re going to review the slasher prequel Pearl, and in the first part of the show, we’re going to talk about some good prequels, and yes, there are a few.
Listen to all these shows any time by subscribing to the Guelph Politicast channel on your favourite podcast app at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.
The Bookshelf Cinema this week will be playing the musical bio-pic Elvis, and the courtroom drama Where the Crawdads Sing will play on Wednesday and Thursday.
The River Run Centre will be holding a two-day event on October 4 and 5 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the centre’s opening in 1997.
The Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health will meet again on Wednesday October 5 at 2 pm in a virtual format.
A forum for all candidates in Wards 1, 2 and 3 will talk place at 10C Shared Space from 4 to 6 pm on Wednesday October 5. Register for free on Eventbrite here.
The Fall Ward Market will take place at Laza Food & Beverages on Thursday October 6 from 6-10 pm.
Virtual candidate Q&As are taking place for all six wards on Thursday October 6 at 7 pm.
Still open on weekends, the Mustang Drive-In will be playing the horror movie Smile and another movie TBA.
The next virtual meeting of Heritage Guelph is on Tuesday October 11 at 12 pm.
A forum for all candidates in Wards 4, 5 and 6 will talk place at 10C Shared Space from 4 to 6 pm on Wednesday October 12. Register for free on Eventbrite here.
The Friends of the Guelph Public Library are holding their big book sale from October 12 to 16 at 69 Huron Street.
The next virtual meeting of the Committee of Adjustment is Thursday October 13 at 4 pm.
Early in-person voting takes place at City Hall from October 8-10, and from October 14-16.
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