City looks for public input into rezoning efforts for Niska lands
27The housing we need is affordable housing. There is no way that homes built on this location will be remotely affordable for those in greatest need. The land was originally gifted to the GRCA as parkland, it should remain so to respect the wishes of the donor(s).
4- Arthur K
City looks for public input into rezoning efforts for Niska lands
25We'll never get parkland this cheap again. We need it to add a missing connection to our trail system. And with it we can start correcting our longstanding shortage of sports fields.Every single councillor needs to support this purchase.
5- Matt Saunders
City looks for public input into rezoning efforts for Niska lands
25It's a no brainer in my opinion. Buy and designate. Keep home expansion going east and south of Guelph.
5- Chuck C
City approves Burger King for Eramosa Road
5Another example of under and illeducated, 3000 +/- vote getting councillors making decisions without consequences to themselves. What an absolutely stunningly stupid decision.
20- B Be
OPINION: Construction is lifeline to downtown, not a death sentence
15Where have you been for the past 40 years?? Multiple attempts to "revitalize" the downtown have failed. Every new one is promised to be the magic bullet.No amount of aesthetics will resurrect the downtown. Rather actual living customers and merchants who are open when customers want...NOT the other way around.
9- Doug Frank
Heat warning issued as temperatures expected to near 30 C
10Heat warnings are being issued for lower temperatures every year. Used to be 40+c with humidex before it was issued. Only going to be 36c, what are people going to do when Summer actually gets here? No one had A/C back when we were kids, we survived.
11- Steve Spyderman
OPINION: Construction is lifeline to downtown, not a death sentence
6I would like to see what will happen to MacDonell Street next year during the Memorial cup. How embarrassing for our city. It should have been given to Kitchener for this reason! Our taxes will go through the roof!
15- Kara Beitz
City looks for public input into rezoning efforts for Niska lands
17Leave it alone.
3- Wildwill
57 per cent of pothole damage claims denied by Guelph in last two years
18A lot of the roads in Guelph were brutal this winter. I feel the City is skipping out on their responsibility.
2- Reasonable Person
City approves Burger King for Eramosa Road
19The item was not a City Council decision.The site is zoned for permitted uses of restaurant and drive-thrus. It was in front of the Committee of Adjustment, an advisory committee of council mandated by the province. The restaurant needs to have a smaller setback than was allowed by the zoning laws. Setback changes are most often "minor in nature" and don't go to City Council.If this restaurant with drive-thru were fully within zoning requirements, it would just go straight to site plan with no public input.
- Morgan Dandie-Hannah
Heat warning issued as temperatures expected to near 30 C
11Maybe they figured out that if you warn people earlier they do a better job of taking precautions and fewer people get sick. " Survived" isn't a very high bar for a public safety goal.
7- DR64
City of Guelph distributes $543,500 in community grants to 76 organizations
8You can count the organizations that need and deserve this money on ONE HAND , the rest is nothing short of wasted tax dollars . Thanks for nothing again on next years taxes.
10- M.R.W
OPINION: Construction is lifeline to downtown, not a death sentence
14Few bother to take a long view of the rise and fall of successive multiple downtowns. Demolition by fire and iffy construction historically removed dozens of buildings along Cork, Macdonell and Quebec. City maps from the mid-19thC on graphically show this decay/rejuvenation process. Alarmists pay no attention to this and cling to a static view of an "old" downtown that ignores both its past and possible futures. "Downtown 2026" is painfully shorton "destination" value. Any improvement depends on the "new bones" the holes, trenches and closed streets require.Current inconvenience is just a down payment on a far better downtown.
2- Splurfy
Heat warning issued as temperatures expected to near 30 C
8Yup. And we walked to school, uphill both ways, during frightful blizzards in July
7- Non partisan
57 per cent of pothole damage claims denied by Guelph in last two years
11I would not trust the city’s log of repairs, mostly they would be fudged. Guelph has some of the worst roads and they just ignore them ! Hope Mr Croft takes this further. Good luck !
4- Margaret Alexander
City of Guelph distributes $543,500 in community grants to 76 organizations
8I think all property owners should read this list. and decide if this is where you want your money going. What on earth is "UNITED KERALA SPORTS" and why do they need $5,000? Another $5,000 for a Guelph Comedy Festival? Why aren't their any grants for groups dealing with Guelph's homeless crisis, or other issues that homeowners are concerned with?
6- Curtis Maranda
Guelph teen launches bike trailer outings for senior dogs with mobility issues
14I love this !!! Great work Ben !!
- DB73
Food for the soul: A behind the scenes look at Royal City Mission
13Thank you for providing meals, shelter, friendship and services to our Guelph citizens. I hope our community can reach a place some day when everyone has a home and enough food.
1- Wendy (ex- nurse)
OPINION: Construction is lifeline to downtown, not a death sentence
10Agree. Making it worth going to is the grail. Patios smell of utter desperation. Beer, burgers and pizza? Enough already.
4- Splurfy
OPINION: Construction is lifeline to downtown, not a death sentence
9The work must be done. But not at the expense of foreclosures and job losses. Stay close to the owners, employee, and customers throughout the project. Implement tactics to improve before it’s too late. Track anticipated / actual job losses and revenue changes on a weekly basis. Adjust and aid as possible.
5- Lee No
