Smoke Gets in Your Skies
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Planning Meeting of City Council – June 13, 2023, 6:30 pm.
It’s a big decision night for this planning meeting with a heritage designation, a heritage un-designation, plus two pending approvals for new multi-unit developments. You can see the complete agenda on the City’s website here, and you have until Friday at 10 am to register with the clerks office as a delegate or to send a correspondence.
Special Meeting of City Council – June 13, 2023, 5:30 pm.
Before getting into the shareholder meetings, council has to look at and approve the consolidated financial statements from 2022. You can see the complete agenda on the City’s website here, and you have until Friday at 10 am to register with the clerks office as a delegate or to send a correspondence.
Shareholder Meeting of City Council – June 14, 2023, 6 pm.
First up is the annual report from Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc, who represent Guelph’s stake in Alectra. You can see the complete agenda on the City’s website here, and you have until Friday at 10 am to register with the clerks office as a delegate or to send a correspondence.
Shareholder Meeting of City Council – June 14, 2023, 6:30 pm.
This meeting will look at the annual report of the Guelph Junction Railway. You can see the complete agenda on the City’s website here, and you have until Friday at 10 am to register with the clerks office as a delegate or to send a correspondence.
For more information on Guelph City Council meetings, from agendas to live-tweets to recaps, you can visit that page on Guelph Politico here.
Although there are no forest fires around here, we’re definitely feeling the effects of forest fires from across the country. Environment Canada says beware of the effects of smoke in Guelph and area for the next few days.
The smoke caused Guelph Soccer to cancel it’s programming on Tuesday night, and it’s been an irritant for the Guelph Fire Department who want you to know that they don’t deal with smoke when there’s no fire.
Cambridge City Council surprisingly came out in favour of violating the code of conduct when they opted not to fire Frances Seward, the chair of the Committee of Adjustment, who decided to keep chairing on the matter of a property severance right across the street from her.
Concerns about contaminates in the soil and groundwater underneath the old Charles Street Terminal in Kitchener is going to require some environmental remediation before its turned into a community hub.
Northern Ontario doctor Patrick Philips was stripped of his licence to practice medicine for “Careless, often offensive and at times possibly harmful” actions where he undermined the effectiveness of COVID vaccines with patients while writing prescriptions for ivermectin.
Speaking of not reading the room, a small group of landlords are lobbying Queen’s Park to make evictions easier.
Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the hate-motivated truck attack that killed four members of the Afzaal family in London.
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Be on the lookout for Guelph’s first electric bus rolling along the streets this Clean Air Day.
Fire & Flower are seeking protection of creditors, and painting an uncertain future for Guelph’s first retail cannabis shop.
An innovative housing solution is on display in Kitchener, an office building at 22 Frederick Street will be turned into 91 new apartments with a restaurant on the ground floor.
Management professional Kelly Steiss is the second candidate in the race for the upcoming Kitchener Centre by-election running for the Liberals.
Dozens of travellers are getting stranded as weekend GO service on the Kitchener line is getting incredibly popular.
It’s Law & Order: Waterloo Region District School Board these days! The court hearing on Mike Ramsay’s court challenge to his suspension last fall was allowed to proceed after someone hacked the Zoom feed; the court’s decision was reserved to a later date. A different panel of judges heard from Carolyn Burjoski who claims the board chair ran roughshod on her freedom of expression when he declared her delegation last year to be borderline homophobic.
Meanwhile, at the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, it’s been decided to offer Julie Molenaar, the runner-up from last October’s election, the seat recently vacated by Wendy Ashby under a cloud of controversy.
In real Law & Order news, a new Canadian spin-off of the venerable TV franchise, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent is coming this fall.
This week on Open Sources Guelph, Scotty Hertz and I will talk about the growing trend of rent strikes to fight big swings in housing prices and the politics of moving Paul Bernardo to medium security prison in Quebec. We will also discuss the rising trend of homophobic threats during this Pride Month including new security funds from the Federal government for Pride events, plus the CBC investigation into the rise of Christian fundamentalism in Canada.
Tune in to Open Sources Guelph later today at 5 pm on CFRU 93.3 fm!
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Guelph Royals (IBL): The Royals tried to break a seven-day losing skid on Tuesday night at home against the Kitchener Panthers, and they succeeded! After nine innings, the Royals beat the Panthers 5-3 and secured a victory that breaks the Royals free from the bottom of the league where they were tied with the Brantford Red Sox at the beginning of Tuesday. Guelph and Brantford will come face-to-face again on Friday in the Telephone City.
Guelph Gryphons (OUA): In his last tour as a Gryphon, Justin Allen finished third out of 105 players at the 2023 Canadian University/College Championship at FireRock Golf Club in Komoka just west of London. Jacqueline Giles, who in 2021 was the first female golfer from the U of G to win an OUA individual title, unfortunately didn’t make the finals despite two strong finishes in the second and third round of the tournament. The golf team ended up finishing ninth overall.
Guelph United FC (League 1 Ontario): It was mixed news last week for soccer fans. On the men’s side, they remained undefeated after forcing a 1-1 tie with North Mississauga SC, but it was the women who had a tough fight with two away games; one at Darby FC that ended in defeat, and one at London where they tied 1-1. The men, who now have a playoff spot just seven games into the season and they will face the St. Catharines Roma Wolves at home on Sunday. The women, who are two points out from playoff contention, will face the Blue Devils FC at Centennial Bowl tonight.
Guelph Jr. Gryphons (OSF): Despite taking an early lead in their game against the Brampton Bulldogs at Alumni Stadium Saturday night, the Jr. Gryphons gave up eight touchdowns before the game was over and ended up taking the loss 52-17.
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