Jagmeet Got Kendrick Rolled?!
Plus other important news!
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REMINDER: There will be recap of this week’s city council meeting on Thursday.
Shareholder Meetings of City Council – Tuesday June 24, 2025 at 3:30 pm.
This is the annual shareholder meetings for GMHI and Guelph Junction Railway. You can see the agendas on the City’s website here and here, and you have until Friday at 10 am to register with the clerks’ office as a delegate or to send a correspondence.
Regular Meeting of City Council – Tuesday June 24, 2025 at 6 pm.
Council will revisit the committee agenda, plus council will fill Dominique O’Rourke’s vacant committee appointments and look at the audited financial statements. You can see the 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.
Committee of the Whole Meeting – Tuesday July 8, 2025 at 2 pm.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday June 26.
Planning Meeting of City Council – Tuesday July 15, 2025 at 6 pm.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday July 3.
Orientation Meeting of City Council – Wednesday July 16, 2025 at 6 pm.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday July 3.
For more information on Guelph City Council meetings, from agendas to live-tweets to recaps, you can visit that page on Guelph Politico here.
Three different community mailboxes on Munroe Crescent, Boulder Crescent and Clair Road West were all broken into.
The Matthew’s farmhouse on York Road has been saved after the heritage designation was tweaked in an OLT compromise between city hall and the property owner.
The mother of Nathaniel Schofield, an Arthur man who died of drug toxicity at the Rockwood OPP last summer, has filed a second complaint Ontario’s Law Enforcement Complaints Agency. The SIU investigation is still underway.
A push from residents prompted Kitchener city council to reject the staff recommendation and pursue a renoviction bylaw.
Peel Regional Police took several people into custody Monday for extortion from staged accidents and other crimes that tie back through the tow truck industry. Meanwhile, four people were arrested outside Doug Ford’s house as they plotted to steal his car.
Speaking of Doug Ford, his mid-election sojourn to Washington cost taxpayers $100,000. Also, his government signed a new affordable housing deal with the feds shortly after getting re-elected in March and didn’t tell anyone.
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A Guelph teen was taken advantage of after a minor collision where the driver he bumped into took $1,000 to not report the crash to Guelph Police.
The City of Guelph spent $167,000 on postage last year, most of it to send out property tax bills.
An OPP traffic stop in Centre Wellington resulted in 11 charges including violations of the Highway Traffic Act, Environmental Protection Act, Tobacco Tax Act, and the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act.
It was a good day at Centre Wellington’s first ever Pride event last weekend.
City of Kitchener bylaw has been using artificial intelligence to enhance parking enforcement.
Waterloo city council (barely) voted to defer a motion to lease an old church to ArtsBuild Ontario.
The Canada Strong Pass will allow free access to Canada’s historic sites and national parks plus 25 per cent off Via Rail tickets for young adults aged 18 to 24 from June 20 to September 2.
The Birch Avenue leash-free dog park in Hamilton is now closed after several pet owners raised concerns about whether its soil is safe.
Marineland has started selling all of its rides.
Jagmeet Singh has apologised for doing the worst thing a Canadian can do: Attend a Kendrick Lamar concert.
Canada's privacy commissioner says 23andMe “failed to take basic steps” to protect private information after the data from 7 million people was hacked in 2023.
This week on Open Sources Guelph, Scotty Hertz and I will be talking about what we learned from the G7 meeting hosted in Alberta and what we learned about the Carney Doctrine, plus the danger to world security now that Israel and Iran are launching missiles on each other. For the interview, we will head back to the Quatro with Ward 4 City Councillor Lind Busuttil who will talk about chairing social services and working with new Canadians in the west end.
Tune in to Open Sources Guelph later today at 5 pm on CFRU 93.3 fm!
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Guelph Royals (IBL): It’s been tough, or we should say rough. The four-game slide has now become seven after losses against the Jackfish last Tuesday, the Red Sox on Saturday and then in a trip to Welland Sunday where only one run was scored. The Royals aren’t at the bottom of the IBL yet, but they might be if they don’t change their luck this Saturday when basement dwelling Branford comes back to town.
Guelph United FC (League1 Ontario): They won some and they lose some. The men scored one goal on Friday to successfully take the win from North Mississauga 1-0, but the women couldn’t get passed the Simcoe County Rovers on Sundy and got shutout 0-2. The men are tied for fourth in the League1 Championship division while the women are struggling in sixth place in the League1 Premier Division.
Guelph Storm (OHL): The 2025/26 Guelph Storm season will begin at home against the Erie Otters on Friday September 19 at 7 pm at the Sleeman Centre. It will be the first of 34 games played on home ice. You can see the full schedule here.
Guelph Silvercreeks (OBA): At least the Silvercreeks are keeping baseball dreams alive locally. Last Wednesday at Hastings, the ‘Creeks doubled up on the Ancaster Angels 17-8, which is all the more impressive since Guelph only got nine hit that whole game compared to 16 for the Angels. Still at home, the Silvercreeks play the Welland Jr Jackfish tonight.
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