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REMINDER: There will be a recap of this week’s council meetings in your email this time tomorrow!
Special Meeting of City Council – Tuesday July 16 at 6 pm.
Council will decide whether or not to proceed with the Gulph Tiny Homes Coalition project. You can see the agenda for this meeting 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.
Regular Meeting of City Council* – Tuesday July 23 at 6 pm.
The agenda for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website on Thursday July 11.
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.
*Last council meeting before summer break!
For more information on Guelph City Council meetings, from agendas to live-tweets to recaps, you can visit that page on Guelph Politico here.
Expect torrential downpours today as southern Ontario feels the lingering effects of Hurricane Beryl. The GRCA is getting ahead of it by telling people to watch water levels and flows in the Grand River watershed.
In the wake of the threat of legal action, the organizers of the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Guelph have said that it will be dismantled by Monday.
June saw the biggest month-to-month decline in the cost of rent in over three years.
If you’ve bought tickets through Ticketmaster lately your financial information may be affected after the company announced that they experienced a "data security incident" earlier this year.
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St. George’s Church downtown finally has the parts it needs in order to get their chimes back!
The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington and Food4Kids have merged into a new entity to better serve people in need across Guelph, Wellington and Dufferin.
Guelph was a new cardiac diagnostic clinic dedicated to comprehensive cardiac care.
An electrical fire on the weekend is the latest hiccup for residents at a rent-controlled Kitchener apartment building where the landlord really, really wants to get rid of them.
Plans to open up select LCBO outlets today for bars and restaurants was cancelled after OPSEU promised to concentrate their efforts there as the strike nears the one-week mark. No plans for a new round of negotiations have been announced.
Jonathan Pedneault has announced that he’s stepping away from his chance to be Elizabeth May’s co-leader of the Green Party of Canada for personal reasons.
This week on Open Sources Guelph, Scotty Hertz and I are talking about the left-wing victories in the U.K. and France and what that means for the fight against the far-right global hegemony, and speaking of that fight, we will look at the Diagalon group’s cross-Canada tour and whether there’s enough awareness in our political world to combat them. Also, we will have an interview with the editor of Canadian Architect magazine Elsa Lam about everything that’s wrong – and fixable – at the Ontario Science Centre.
Tune in to Open Sources Guelph later today at 5 pm on CFRU 93.3 fm!
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Guelph Royals (IBL): It got better for the Royals last weekend with back-to-back victories at home. First, the Cardinals were sent back to Hamilton on Saturday after being defeated 5-4, and then the Baycats came down from Barrie to get doubled up on by the Royals 8-4 on Sunday. There was also a Tuesday game at Hastings, Welland came to town and were winning 0-2 at press time. The weekend victories launched the Royals to second place overall in the IBL standings, 4.5 points behind none other than the Welland Jackfish.
Guelph Storm (OHL): Rob Davison has been named associate coach of the Storm. He comes to Guelph after spending five seasons as an assistant coach for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies. Meanwhile, Storm forward Braeden Bowman is on his way to the AHL after signing with the Henderson Silver Knights for the 2024-2025 season.
Guelph Gryphons (OUA): New schedules have dropped for the 2024-2025 varsity men’s & women’s volleyball teams and for the men's and women's varsity hockey teams.
Guelph Silvercreeks (OBA): A double-header against the Waterloo Tigers last Friday ended up being a double hater. The Tigers took game one 3-9 and then shut out the Silvercreeks 0-6 in game two. This game after going to Stratford and handing the Nationals a massive defeat 14-1 last Wednesday.
Guelph Cyclones: Seven members of the Cyclones helped take Team Canada to victory at the ISBHF U16 junior boys world ball hockey championship.
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