MoE withdraws 7 of 8 charges related to City’s compost facility

Seven charges against the City of Guelph for alleged contravention of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) related to Guelph’s compost facility were withdrawn by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) in court today. On the eighth charge related to odour, the City pled guilty and will pay a fine of $40,000.
“Both the City and the [...]

24/7 Public washrooms in Downtown Guelph

One of the problems in having a vibrant entertainment scene in Downtown Guelph, is the lack of public washrooms. When you gotta go, you gotta go. This has been expressed by many customers, merchants and visitors to Downtown over the years.
Two solutions to this problem are being considered:

Confused columnist

The Mercury: 
I have just recently reviewed Saturday’s column by Mr. Gerry Barker.
Mr. Barker appears to be offering an interpretation of the events relating to the contested council seat in Ward 1 that differs from the facts reported in your newspaper.
Perhaps you could offer a clarification as to the Mercury’s position of the facts?
Ian Findlay

SUBBOR decision in City of Guelph’s favour!

16 Million reasons to celebrate! The SUBBOR decision has been issued and the City of Guelph was successful in it’s position.
Despite desperate proclamations during the dying days of the recent municipal election and the current editorial ramblings of the casualties of 13/11, the City of Guelph was indeed correct in it’s dealings with SUBBOR.
To review full details [...]

Friends of Guelph

Warning: The following letter contains spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors and is very difficult to read. It is one of 18 letters received by this office from the letter writer in the last month. It appears unedited.
Reference:Report.Governance & Economic Development Committee,12JUL07,”Proposed Twinning Relationship with Province of Treviso”
Mayor and Councillors:Once again the Subject organization is/has been [...]