Guelph Pollinator Park

A group of residents with an interest in developing pollination habitats is working to create the world’s first Pollinator Park at the Eastview landfill site. The Guelph Pollinator Park initiative intends to create a full lifecycle habitat to support native pollinators.
Volunteers are needed to assist with fundraising, public education and awareness of the need for [...]

The value of Guelph Hydro

In January of 1957, our then mayor Harold Suitter, came to council with a deal to good
to be true. He had an offer of $400,000 to buy the underground gas lines and the distribution rights of the natural gas that the city of Guelph owned. He told councillors that most cities, except for Kitchener and [...]

Guelph Hydro/Horizon Utilities merger

The present strike affecting Horizon Utilities should be seen as a warning to Guelph city council about the wisdom of entering into a merger with them.Most of the issues of the strike centre around the discontent of , and disrespect shown to employees as a result of the Hamilton/ St. Catharines merger as well as [...]

Budget Input

I’d like to offer some input for the budgetting process. There are a lot of controversial and important projects being proposed and I’d like to see the triple-bottom-line approach taken to all of them.
First, what I support:
- The convent as a museum. Congrats on the success here.
- A new library.
- A quick return to leading-edge [...]

Proposed Merger of Guelph Hydro and Horizon Utilities

Several months ago Guelph Hydro employees were told by Paul Truex that a labour dispute at Horizon Utilities would be a merger deal breaker.
Now that Horizon is on strike Guelph Hydro employees are being told that they need to look at this merger as a “long term strategy for the community” and that this is [...]