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Committee of the Whole Meeting – Wednesday September 4 at 2 pm.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday August 22.
Planning Meeting of City Council – Tuesday September 10 at 6 pm.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday August 29.
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.
Regular Meeting of City Council – Tuesday September 24 at 6 pm.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday September 12.
For more information on Guelph City Council meetings, from agendas to live-tweets to recaps, you can visit that page on Guelph Politico here.
The new penalty hearing for Constable Corey McArthur begins today.
Black smoke along the Hanlon in the west end Monday night was due to another encampment fire.
Beware when visiting the Rockwood Conservation Area because they’ve detected high levels of E. coli along the beach.
The Ontario Land Tribunal has given the all-clear for the expropriation of land in Halton Hills that is key to make two-way, all-day GO Train service possible on the Kitchener line (which, as you may know, includes Guelph).
The University of Waterloo campus has been selected as the site for the new K-W hospital, which should be open in [sigh] 2034.
The LCBO is back at work, and Premier Doug Ford is satisfied saying “Don’t mess with people’s booze.”
Stratford city council agreed to ask staff to review the policy that resulted in three delegates getting banned for months, but only two councillors wanted to suspend the policy outright.
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Guelph is uniting under one guy who’s reviewing all the local pizza places on Reddit.
Members of the Bangladesh Association of Guelph showed support for the people in that South Asian country who have been injured or killed protesting the government there.
The Ontario Provincial Police Association have ratified new uniform and civilian collective agreements.
The search for unmarked graves at the former residential school at the Mohawk Institute is in doubt after a steep loss in funding from the federal government.
The race to succeed Jaye Robinson as Toronto city councillor of Ward 15 Don Valley West has begun. Former Toronto Sun columnist Anthony Furey, who only secured five per cent of the vote in last year’s mayoral race, was the first in line.
Two men from Alberta have been arrested and charged with making death threats against Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland and Jagmeet Singh.
Four deaths in New Zealand have been connected to Kenneth Law, the Ontario man facing 14 counts of first-degree murder and other charges for selling chemicals online that people used to die by suicide.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says that he skipped this year’s Halifax Pride due to “safety concerns.”
Duke Fakir, the last surviving member of the Four Tops, has passed away at the age of 88.
This week on Open Sources Guelph, Scotty Hertz and I are talking about President Biden’s decision to end his campaign and the ascension of Vice-President Harris as the Democratic nominee, plus we will talk about the struggle to bolster Canada’s national defence. For the interview this week, we’re talking to Colleen MacLeod, the bargaining team chair for OPSEU workers at the LCBO, who will tell us how the deal was done.
Tune in to Open Sources Guelph later today at 5 pm on CFRU 93.3 fm!
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Guelph Royals (IBL): The Royals were back in fine form this past weekend, and they did it all on the road starting on Thursday with a 5-0 routing of the Barrie Baycats, an 8-1 hammering of the Hamilton Cardinals on Sunday, and then another 7-0 dunking of the Cardinals on Monday. Despite the hattrick, the Royals remain stuck in fourth place in the IBL standings, but they remain two games ahead of the surging Chatham-Kent Barnstormers, who will be here in Guelph this coming Saturday after the Royals make another stop in Barrie. In other news, catcher Franklin Torres has been signed to the team.
Guelph United FC (League1 Ontario): It was another rough weekend for the men’s team, who took a 0-3 L against the Vaughan Azzurri at home at the Centennial Bowl. The game left the men lingering in second-to-last place in the league, but they will next face Bulington who are in the midst of a five-game losing streak. Things worked out better for the women who held Vaughan to scoreless game, which places them one point closer to confirming a spot in the Premier Division for next season.
Guelph Gryphons (OUA): When you’re watching the Olympics and the Paralympics over the next few weeks, keep tabs on former U of G students including runners Zoe Sherar, Jacqueline Madogo, and Craig Thorne, plus sailor Sarah Douglas and Paralympian Jesse Zesseu.
Guelph Silvercreeks (OBA): The Silvercreeks secured the ICBA 22U Division Pennant after defeating the Brantford JR Redsox 9-6 at home. This victory punched the Creeks’ ticket to the Provincial Eliminations Tournament on Friday where they did end up eliminated in a tough 4-5 loss against the East York Bulldogs
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