Welcome to the Guelph Politico Tip Sheet, a thrice-a-week newsletter meant to “tip” you off about some of the important stuff going on in the Royal City. It arrives directly in your inbox on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.
Planning Meeting of City Council – Wednesday March 20 at 10 am.
Development charges and Demolition Control are on the agenda. You can see the Politico preview here, and you have until next Friday at 10 am to register with the clerks office as a delegate or to send a correspondence.
Regular Meeting of City Council – Tuesday March 26 at 10 am.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday March 14.
Committee of the Whole Meeting – Wednesday April 3 at 10 am.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday March 21.
For more information on Guelph City Council meetings, from agendas to live-tweets to recaps, you can visit that page on Guelph Politico here.
It’s been a busy start of the week for the Guelph Fire Department after three different serious house fires broke out in a 24-hour period. Two women died in the first fire on Edinburgh Road early Monday morning.
A vigil is planned next week locally in honour of Nex Benedict, a trans teen who was killed last month over their use of a bathroom at an Oklahoma high school.
A Guelph man was arrested for assaulting one of the pro-life demonstrators that you sometimes see at the corner of Woolwich and Eramosa.
Ontario’s housing minister says that he will be unveiling new legislation to accelerate housing development “very soon.”
The City of Hamilton is trying to fix their website and other issues after they became the latest victim of a ransomeware attack two weeks ago.
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You may like this warm weather, but Guelph skiers do not.
The Ignatius Jesuit Centre is offering everyone a chance to unplug from their personal tech next month.
A [Guelph] famous rooster statue that once stood on Elizabeth Street may soon be returning to the city from the Puslinch garden where it currently resides.
Police are looking for help in the case of $10,000 in sound equipment that was stolen from a church in the Onward Willow area.
Caught between gravel and hard place, Puslinch residents hope that safety will outweigh cost when it comes to paving an area road.
Automated speed enforcement cameras are coming to Wellington County later this year.
Registration is now open to attend a symposium for the performing arts in Ontario that will take place in Minto at the end of May.
Residents in Cambridge are asking the municipal government to take a look at how many people are living in some area homes after neighbours of one house that went up in flames allege that between 10 and 15 people lived there before the fire.
A Grand River Hospital nurse thinks her fortunes are turning after a decision late last month that a group of unvaccinated nurses at Quinte Health had their rights violated when they were put on leave.
LCBO workers rallied in 11 different locations Tuesday out of concern that the provincially-owner liquor stores might soon be privatized though the government says that’s *not* part of the plan.
It’s no Shamrock Shake, but now Starbucks has a special St. Patrick’s Day drink.
This week on Open Sources Guelph, Scotty Hertz and I are talking about international affairs, from the violence in Haiti that has now seen the prime minister there announce his resignation, and then to Gaza where they’re still waiting for the attack to begin in Rafah City. Closer to home, we will talk about the federal government’s online harms reduction law, and they we will tackle the mysterious case of the missing princess!
Tune in to Open Sources Guelph later today at 5 pm on CFRU 93.3 fm!
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Guelph Storm (OHL): So the good news first: The Storm were able to squeak out a winner 5-4 last Wednesday night against the division leading London Knights. But then the weekend happened. A road trip lead to less than inspiring results as the Storm first took a ‘L’ in the Soo against the Greyhounds 1-3, and then they left Saginaw thoroughly beaten in a 0-6 shutout against the Spirit. There are six games left in the regular season, but there may still be some playoff hopes alive with two spots left in the Western Conference.
Guelph Gryphons (OUA): The varsity athletics season is coming to a close with the Gryphon swimmers finishing 15th overall at the U SPORTS Swimming Championship at McGill. Meanwhile, the men’s volleyball team will face off against Sherbrooke Vert & Or in the U SPORTS Volleyball quarterfinals this week after walking with the OUA bronze medal against Brock last weekend. But the talk this week was Track & Field because runner Max Davies broke the record for the 1000m dash last weekend at the U SPORTS Track & Field Championships in Winnipeg where Cameron Ormond successfully defended her medal in the 1500m run. That’s why the two of the are the Gryph's Locker Athletes of the Week, which is the third time this year for Davies who was also named the OUA Athlete of the Week, the eighth time this year a Gryphon has won that distinction. Check out the rest of this week’s playoff preview here.
Guelph Royals (IBL): Pitcher Kyle Thomas has re-signed for another season with the Royals after striking out 24 batters in his last 17-and-third innings of his 2023 season.
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