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 now on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.
Premier Doug Ford revealed his new cabinet on Friday, and it looked mostly like his old cabinet albeit with a couple of notable exceptions including one instance of blatant nepotism.
A major recall of baby cloths sold at the Children’s Place is underway after Health Canada reported a potential for choking hazards.
Documents obtained by the National Post show that nearly 60 threats to Justin Trudeau were received during the 2019 Federal election, one of which resulted in Trudeau wearing a bulletproof vest at an October 2019 campaign rally in Mississauga.
Local advocates and women’s healthcare providers are saying the U.S. Supreme Court’s move to end Roe V. Wade, and the right to a safe abortion, should be cause for concern here in Canada as well.
Just in time for Pride, Toronto’s newest city councillor Rosemarie Bryan, resigned just hours after being appointed once the editor of Canadaland dug up Facebook posts as recent as last year where Bryan shared anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments. Bryan’s now former colleague Robin Buxton Potts made news this weekend by sharing her own painful story of overcoming addiction at a Toronto Board of Health meeting.
Both Wellington, Dufferin, and Guelph Public Health and Public Health Ontario are now both updating local COVID-19 cases numbers on a weekly basis. You can get the latest statistics in Friday’s newsletter. You can also check the Public Health site for the latest vaccination rates.
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Here’s last week’s Police Notes entry.
It’s a triple-header in the council chambers this week with the shareholder meetings for GMHI and Guelph Junction Railway (see the Politico preview here), followed by this month’s regular council meeting (and you can see that Politico preview here).
The City of Guelph has moved to Level 1 Yellow for outdoor water use, meaning that lawn watering is restricted to 7 am to 9 am and 7 pm and 9 pm every other day. Houses with odd numbers are allowed to water their lawns on odd numbered days, and evens on the even numbed days.
A victim of human trafficking is hitting road blocks in her efforts to testify anonymously in the court case against her alleged trafficker.
Royal City Science accepted a donation from Sutherland Insurance of $25,000 over the next five years. It’s the first major donation to RCS’ cause to build a science centre in Guelph.
The recent spate of homophobic and racist graffiti at the West End Community Centre Park has people questioning the quality of the park’s amenities.
Just as live music is becoming a more regular thing again, high gas prices might be an impediment to bands and other musicians getting back on the road.
Ottawa Police and Federal officials are counting down to Canada Day, but not in a celebratory way as another Freedom Convoy-style protest is expected in the capital this long weekend.
Coming up this week on the Guelph Politicast, we’re talking to Medical Officer of Health Dr. Nicola Mercer in what we hope will be the final quarterly check in about the COVID-19 pandemic in an ongoing series. Is this end of the pandemic? What comes next, or rather what comes next when fall arrives? And do we really need to worry about them darn monkeypox?! Dr. Mercer with have those answers.
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 joins us to talk about multiverse theory, the value of family and the awesomeness of Michelle Yoeh as we review Everything Everywhere All at Once. And on the topic of many universes, we will discuss other great movies with the themes of alternate realities and parallel universes.
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 will be playing the movie industry comedy Official Competition for the rest of the week, and this weekend they’ll start playing the drama Memoria.
Now open seven days a week, the Mustang Drive-In will play the animated Bad Guys and the action hit Top Gun the rest of the week. This coming weekend, look for a triple-feature including Minions: The Rise of Gru, Jurassic World Dominion and Ambulance, plus there’ll be a fireworks show on Saturday.
The next meeting of the Upper Grand District School Board is on Tuesday June 28 at 7 pm.
Guelph Urbex will be hosting another tour of the ground of the Guelph Correctional Centre on Wednesday June 29 at 7 pm.
Onward Willow is hosting a community dinner at the Shelldale Centre on Thursday June 30 at 5 pm.
The Hamilton Honey Badgers will come to Guelph to play the Nighthawks at the Sleeman Centre on Thursday June 30 at 7 pm.
The Guelph Games unfold over the Canada Day long weekend in Exhibition Park.
Celebrate Canada Day at Riverside Park with fireworks starting around 10 pm.
HOPE House will be holding a volunteer information session at their Cork Street headquarters on Tuesday July 5 at 9:30 am.
The next virtual meeting of the Natural Heritage Advisory Committee is Thursday July 7 at 6:30 pm. (Agenda will be posted soon to the City’s website.)
The next meeting of Heritage Guelph will be virtual on Monday July 11 at 12 pm. (Agenda will be posted soon to the City’s website.)
Committee of Adjustment will meet in-person on Thursday July 14 at 4 pm.
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