School's Out!
(But the news is not.)
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 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
A third incident of hate graffiti at the Chabad of Guelph pop-up has prompted Guelph Police to release a photo of the suspect.
Guelph Wellington Paramedics are at an impasse on contract negotiations with the City of Guelph. At issue is wages that might encourage better retention.
Former Conestoga vice president of finance and chief financial officer Eric Johnstone has been re-hired to fill that role as the college continues to rebuild.
Waterloo Region has formally taken over A Better Tent City, but there are some concerns about the new rules that comes with the changing of the guard.
New documents reveal that when sending each other memos, the Ford government knows that they will not reach their 1.5 million new homes by 2031 goal.
Several animal rescue groups are rallying to care for 25 Shih Tzus who believed to have been abandoned by a puppy mill that dumped them on several different fields around southern Ontario.
Ottawa’s police chief is warning officers to stop using police databases to look up details about women they spot out in public and might have some romantic or sexual interest in.
The federal government may start looking at possible actions against so-called “incel” ideology following a shooting in Montreal Monday that seems tied to those ideas in the shooter’s manifesto.
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Hot meals are back on the menu after The Bench made a deal to prepare its food at Royal City Mission.
The Guelph Royals have a new ownership group!
New and returning international students will only pay a five per cent tuition increase at the University of Guelph next year, compared to 22 per cent last year.
Work on the Morriston bypass at Highway 6 and the 401 is expected to begin next year, and the Ministry of Transportation is starting public consultations today.
A new book chronicles Elora residents’ struggle to protect their water from a big bottler.
This year’s annual vintage tractor show in Palmerston has been cancelled due to “forces outside of [the organizer’s] control.” Fortunately, the annual Canada Day soapbox derby race in Elora continues.
With Canada Day approaching, the City of Kitchener is reminding people that you might get a fine for firing off fireworks in Victoria Park.
GO Train service on the Kitchener Line will start heading back and forth to Stratford on July 6.
In the wake of #ItalianArtTripgate, Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board has opted to rename two new schools in order to overcome the controversy.
Speed limits will be increased on provincial highways by the end of summer. On local Toronto streets though, the removal of speed enforcement cameras has led to a predictable increase in speeding.
With six by-elections to call, Mark Carney says he will not drop them all at once.
A Northwest Territories highway, an Arctic deepwater port and a nuclear waste storage facility in northwestern Ontario are now projects of national interest.
Michigan senator, and U.S. senate candidate Mallory McMorrow is demanding that Donald Trump “open this damn bridge” and blaming favours to campaign donors for the still unopened Gordie Howe Bridge.
School’s out, but there will some changes to the system when the kids go back in September.
Committee of the Whole Meeting –Tuesday July 7, 2026 at 2 pm.
At this meeting, council will check out finance policy updates, the enterprise risk management update, and the asset management plan. They will also examine the 2026-2029 Guelph Community Safety and Well-being Plan. You can see the agenda on the City’s website here, and you have until next Friday at 10 am to delegate or write a correspondence on any of those agenda items.
Planning Meeting of City Council – Tuesday July 14, 2026 at 4 pm.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday July 2.
For more information on Guelph City Council meetings, from agendas to live-tweets to recaps, you can visit that page on Guelph Politico here.
A watermain break along Woodlawn Road between Victoria and Iverness was repaired yesterday and the road was re-opened.
Here are the Canada Day holiday hours for City of Guelph services and facilities.
Reminder: There are Canada Day festivities in Riverside Park on Wednesday from 3 pm till the fireworks are done at night fall.
Free fishing in Ontario is also back for Canada Day.
Starting on Canada Day, you will temporarily be unable to drop off tires at Wellington County waste facilities.
The Big Book Sale by Friends of the Guelph Public Library will be back again this fall from October 22-25 at the Bamco warehouse.
10C is hosting a Summer Solstice Night Market at the Guelph Farmers’ Market on Saturday June 27 from 6 to 10 pm.
Maude Barlow is the featured guest in a Water Watchers Webinar called “Keeping Water Public” on Tuesday June 30 at 7 pm.
Check out the winners from the Chamber of Commerce’s Guelph Awards of Excellence.
The Guelph General Hospital has released it’s 2026/2026 annual report.
The Guelph Community Health Centre has launched a new website.
Look out for the Jakarto cars driving around Guelph using mobile LiDAR cameras to capture detailed street-level data and create a 3D map of the city’s tree inventory.
The Luckevich Pinchin Honey Bee Research Centre is now open to further support the University of Guelph’s honey bee research and education.
Starting today, you can tube in the Elora Gorge.
Metrolinx is sharing information about expansion of infrastructure along the Kitchener Line between Georgetown and Brampton, which you can find here.
Wellington-Guelph Housing Services has been recognized by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) and Built for Zero Canada for achieving three significant milestones that strengthen the community’s ability to prevent and reduce homelessness.
Alectra Utilities has been named one of Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens for 2026 by Corporate Knights.
Current “Have Your Say” opportunities: Downtown Infrastructure Renewal Program; Guelph Transit Future Ready Action Plan Update; Naming Places; Outdoor Sports Facility Strategy; Parkland Dedication Bylaw Update and Parkland Acquisition Strategy; and Victoria Road, Stone Road and McQuillan’s Bridge EA Study.
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