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.
Lloyd Longfield announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, fortunately, before any handshaking and baby kissing at this past weekend’s events.
Medical Officer of Health Dr. Nicola Mercer says have fun this summer but remember that COVID-19 is still with us.
Guelph’s Zehrs stores will be experimenting with re-usable food containers for the next six months.
A major police response to a bomb threat on Parliament Hill Saturday now appears to have been based on bad information.
The municipal election passed another benchmark on Saturday with the current mayor sponsoring a night at the roller rink.
Let’s preface these updates with a general word that the official numbers released do not represent the true number of COVID-19 cases, which are likely higher due to limited testing.
Wellington, Dufferin, and Guelph Public Health is now updating local COVID-19 case 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.
In terms of the provincial picture, there were 825 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and then 659 new cases on Sunday. Also, there were 11 new COVID deaths on Saturday, but there were just two on Sunday. While there’s still a lot of community spread in the hospital, it seems like there’s less COVID generally in hospital with now just 370 cases in Ontario, the lowest number there’s been since December 20.
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Here’s last week’s Police Notes entry.
The monthly planning meeting of city council is tonight at 6:30 pm You can see the Politico preview here.
Guelph-based Bioenterprise is getting $2 million in Federal funds to connect agri-business needing innovation with clean tech companies developing innovation.
The Landlord Tenant Board is looking to make a permanent move to the virtual hearing format. (This recent episode of the Guelph Politicast helps explain why this might be a bad idea.)
The Guelph Nighthawks beat the Montreal Alliance on Saturday, to bring the back up to .500 for the seasons with three wins and three loses.
Scott Walker will return as the coach of the Guelph Storm next season.
Upper Grand School Board trustee Barbara Lustgarten-Evoy has been named the Canadian coordinator of the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery (RAGAS).
A new book from the curator of Wellington County Museum and Archives features real tales from the County’s actual poor house.
Service on Waterloo Region’s ION light rail system was interrupted for unspecified reasons on Sunday for a period of about an hour.
U.S. lawmakers have reached a deal to pursue tepid gun control legislation, but the agreement was signed by the requisite 10 Republic senators needed to get the bill out of the senate.
Pro-car forces are aligning against ActiveTO, the program that shuts streets along the Toronto waterfront for active transportation connections on the weekend. Mayor John Tory promises to find “balance” between the demands of both sides.
Coming up this week on the Guelph Politicast, we’re talking to Noah Irvine, a mental health advocate who made national news with his letter writing campaign to government members across Canada. Noah has now written his short but eventful life story down in a book called, Learning to Live, and in an extensive interview about his memoir, Noah will tell you about why we need to remember that those suffering with mental health issues are more than just statistics.
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, Peter Salmon returns to co-host as we all return the world of genetically engineer dinosaurs in the sci-fi action-adventure Jurassic World Dominion. For the first half, we go back to the year 1993 - when the original Jurassic Park was released - and we will talk about our other favourite movies from that particular date.
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 next meeting of Heritage Guelph is online today at 12 pm.
The Bookshelf Cinema will be playing the multiversal Everything Everywhere All at Once on Monday, and then the documentary Hello, Bookstore the rest of the week until Saturday when the Viking drama The Northman opens.
“Unreconciled: Jesse Wente in Conversation with Indigenous educator/activist Colinda Clyne!” is the Bookshelf’s first in-person event in the Cinema since 2019, and it’s on Tuesday June 14 at 7 pm. Tickets are $10.
The Transit Advisory Committee meeting is in-person at City Hall on Thursday June 16 at 5:30 pm.
Waste Resource Innovation Centre Public Liaison Committee meets remotely on Thursday June 16 at 6:30 pm.
Now open three days a week, the Mustang Drive-In will have another round of the Jurassic World Dominion and Firestarter double bill next weekend.
The Yorklands Green Hub is hosting weekly walks through the Reformatory lands every Saturday at 9 am until June 25.
The Guelph Black Heritage Society presents “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” at the Heritage Hall, 83 Essex Street, on Saturday June 18 at 7 pm. It’s a Juneteenth celebration!
National Celebration of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples is in-person, in Riverside Park, at 5:30 pm on Tuesday June 21.
The next meeting of the Upper Grand District School Board is Tuesday June 28 at 7 pm.
The Guelph Games unfold over the Canada Day long weekend in Exhibition Park.
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