Labour the Point
Have a nice holiday weekend!
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More than 200 people packed St. George’s Square for Drug Poisoning Awareness Day memorials after a tough couple of weeks in the news.
Wilmot farmers drove their tractors to Waterloo Regional Council Wednesday to protest the possible expropriation of farmland. For their part, council approved a motion to make sure crops aren’t destroyed without an assessment. Again.
A company has apologized after a software glitch that apparently created childcare spaces that didn’t exist in Waterloo Region.
An Etobicoke convenience store jumped the gun selling alcohol this month, so they won’t be able to sell it when it’s made official for other stores next week.
The Ontario PC Party is expected to begin nominating candidates in the coming weeks, which is reigniting speculation that an early election call is coming.
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St. Mary Catholic School in Mount Forest will be open again in time for the new school year, albeit a week later than scheduled.
An 18-year-old driver in Fergus was caught doing 140 kilometres per hour in an 80 Zone.
The conspiracy theories were flying fast and furious at a Halton Hills council meeting about the development of a new transportation policy due to (thunder clap) 15-minute communities!
The Region of Waterloo has pledged to support a bid to bring the BLAST Rocket League North America e-sports tournament to Kitchener Memorial Arena in June 2025.
More cinema damage at the movies, this time in Listowel. A car crashed into the Capitol Twin Cinema on Wednesday afternoon.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland stated the obvious by noting that there’s been abuses of Canada’s international student and temporary foreign workers programs.
Pierre Poilievre held a press conference Thursday asking Jagmeet Singh to pull out of the confidence and supply agreement with the Federal Liberals and trigger a fall election. NDP House Leader Peter Julian said they could do that, but they probably won’t.
Committee of the Whole Meeting – Wednesday September 4 at 2 pm.
This agenda includes the City’s new policy for engagement with Indigenous people, plus a slate of reports about downtown renewal. You can see the Politico preview here, and you have until Friday at 10 am to register with the clerks office as a delegate or to send a correspondence.
Planning Meeting of City Council – Tuesday September 10 at 6 pm.
Another heritage designation, a decision report and a new project downtown are all on the agenda. You can see the agenda on the City’s website here, and you have until next Friday at 10 am to register with the clerks office as a delegate or to send a correspondence.
Committee of the Whole Meeting – Tuesday September 17 at 4 pm.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday September 5.
For more information on Guelph City Council meetings, from agendas to live-tweets to recaps, you can visit that page on Guelph Politico here.
Here are the Civic Holiday weekend hours for the City of Guelph, the Guelph Public Library, the University of Guelph, Wellington-Dufferin-Gulph Public Health, and the YMCA of Three Rivers.
Move-In Weekend at the University of Guelph begins today and continues through Saturday, so expect delays and road closures around the campus area. Orientation Week activities begin on Saturday.
Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis are looking for red dresses for future events around Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirited people.
The Grand River Conservtion Authority is presently gathering input on the draft Conservation Areas Strategy including two information sessions on September 10 and 24.
The annual doggy dip will take place at Lyons Pool on Labour Day.
The pool at the Victoria Road Recreation Centre will be closed between September 2 and 22 for maintenance. The rest of the centre will remain open and operate as usual.
Reminder: School starts on Wednesday in both the Upper Grand District School Board, and the Wellington Catholic Board. And with school starting again next week, the City of Guelph has some tips for driving in schools zones and dropping off the kids for their first day.
There will be two information sessions about the Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan on Thursday September 5 at City Hall.
The annual Safe Semester program begins downtown next weekend and runs every weekend through September.
The deadline to donate to this year’s Big Book Sale is Monday September 9.
Registration for fall recreation programs starts on September 11 at 7:30 am.
There will be virtual open house for the City’s Municipal Service and Financing Agreements policy on Friday September 13 at 1:30 pm.
Guelph Museums is organizing a Liberation and Remembrance Tour of Italy, France, Belgium, and Netherlands for next spring.
The University of Guelph has called for written responses to an expression of concern with respect to the University’s endowment investments. If you’re a U of G student, faculty member, staff member, or alumni send a submission to csar [at] uoguelph.ca by September 20.
The Guelph Youth Music Centre has launched their search for a new executive director.
Check out the latest time lapse video from the in-progress construction of the new main library:
Current “Have Your Say” opportunities: Disc Golf in Margret Greene Park, Downtown Infrastructure Renewal, Finding Your Way, Grove Street Reconstruction, Guelph’s Bicentennial, and Scottsdale Drive Bike Lanes.
Transit Detours/Notices:
Reminder #1: The detours along the #4 York have changed and will remain in effect till December 20.
Reminder #2: The transfer point at the University Centre will be moved to the Movati Athletic south parking lot on Friday August 30 and Saturday August 31 for Move-In Weekend at the University of Guelph. The #1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 15, 17, 18 and 99 will all be affected those days.
Outbound trips on the #2 College Edinburgh will be detoured until December 20 affecting three stops.
See the full list of stops affected by detours here.
Upcoming Construction:
Construction work will resume at the Woolwich Street and Speedvale Avenue intersection on Tuesday September 3. Work will continue until October 15.
James Street West will be closed between McCrae Boulevard to Forest Hill Drive starting on Tuesday September 3 for the installation of the new section of watermain. The work should take 24 hours to complete.
There will be lane reductions at Clair Road West and Southgate Drive for two weeks starting on Tuesday September 3 for the installation of new sewer and water pipes.
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