Meet the person who pulled a Guelph man out of a car overturned in Guelph Lake
22What an incredible act of courage and selflessness. We hear so much about the bad things happening in the world, but stories like this remind us of the goodness in people and the difference one person can make in a moment that matters most.
- Christine1122
Schreiner calls for moratorium on AI data centres
9Anything AI is terrible.
10- You Who
Meet the person who pulled a Guelph man out of a car overturned in Guelph Lake
19Thank you for being a great person.Good karma comeing your eay
- usr_684341
Schreiner calls for moratorium on AI data centres
11How about we demand that these centres use only piped-sewage polluted waters , which they are responsible to “UnPolute”, clean to point of drinkable, and, when that is not enough water, their systems must be forced to shut-down until sewage systems allow more polluted water. If they cannot manage that way, it should remain a flat and outright NO! They are not to directly use any well, spring, or natural water source, only ever sewage water. I can see something skin to that being beneficial on many levels and aspects for many people and places.
4- Mare Sepers
Can you fix the city budget with Queen's Park in the way?
11We are still the only city that is proposing 9% tax hikes per year. over the next 4 years. Can't blame that on the province.
4- Runningrebel
Meet the person who pulled a Guelph man out of a car overturned in Guelph Lake
14The right person at the right time - he deserves a lifesaving medal!
- Wendy (ex- nurse)
Contract talks with Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service move to arbitration
10Paramedics are exposed to extremely dangerous situations. Death and suffering are also daily exposures with massives rates if burnout, physical and mental injuries as well as being solely responsible for making life-saving decisions for their patients. They require exponentially more training than their police and fire counterparts.
3- usr_724771
Schreiner calls for moratorium on AI data centres
11I think this comment illustrates what Mike and many others are getting at: greater understanding of the impact of data centres is needed before they're "let loose" across the province. Once the impacts are better understood, then realistic options for reducing negative impacts can be developed and turned into policy/regulations. People will shout "red tape"...but the precautionary principle should apply.
2- Sue in Guelph
Meet the person who pulled a Guelph man out of a car overturned in Guelph Lake
13What a great story! Im glad everyone is alright!
- Bonnie Mochrie
Can you fix the city budget with Queen's Park in the way?
12So Ken Yee chews platform is to use Strong Mayor Powers to tell staff to make the cuts they chose? Wow. That’s leadership. What will they cut? Where’s the public voice in that approach. Lord help us. Most of what cities do is deliver mandatory regulated services. And the province keeps adding more and changing the rules.
- RaineyS
Schreiner calls for moratorium on AI data centres
5Stop the job killing madness!
7- D Far
Can you fix the city budget with Queen's Park in the way?
10Timely article reminding us all that when we hear candidates proposals for how they’d attack Guelph’s problems, an important question for all of them must be, how would they propose the city deal with provincial government and its consistent underfunding of municipalities and even more consistent practice of downloading(dumping) responsibilities on them. The fiction that municipalities are somehow magically able to take on more provincial responsibilities without receiving any increase in funding is insidious and leads to citizens criticizing the city for an issue the province has irresponsibly gifted downwards!Let’s ask candidates how they think they can ensure critical services will be funded and how they would think pressure can effectively be applied to the province to improve funding formulas to ensure cities can properly deliver necessary service including those the province has dropped downwards!
1- Coach_1
Can you fix the city budget with Queen's Park in the way?
3The best point this article makes is stating the students pay for the majority of our transit system. The rest is simply the weekly socialist rambling complaining we don’t have enough moneyWe have lots of money. We simply choose to spend it on silly things.The university of Guelph gives our city a massive economic boost. We should be thanking them and asking them how we can help them expand.We are pushing property taxes to the limit. It use to be rare when someone was paying $1,000 per month. It’s not rare anymore. The majority of our efforts should be focussing on how to become more efficient and reduce costs. Please remember this when you vote. One candidate for mayor spoke early on about taking an extended leave from their current job while running for and perhaps being employed as mayor. Do you think this person will be focussed on reducing costs?
8- JK19
Can you fix the city budget with Queen's Park in the way?
8More than once I've asked those running for office "OK, what are you going to cut??" or "What would you change about the policy you're speaking out against?" in response to the usual political slogans... Usually there's little substance or just crickets.. But calling Chew's proposal "populist" feels more dismissive than engaging... Cities 100% have more than just 1 lever to pull (staffing, service levels, capital spending/sequencing)... It doesn't have to be either/or.. You can push Queen's park for fair funding AND demand city hall control what it can... without singling out old Dougie while glossing over decades of previous prov governments...The better question to those running is "What can Guelph fix itself, what requires Queen's Park, and what specifically will you do about both?" And don't let "I'll advocate" substitute for tough answers they either don't know - or don't want to give...
2- Adam Cloet
Can you fix the city budget with Queen's Park in the way?
9If someone wants to run on the promise that there’s a hidden pot of money waiting to be discovered, fine. It's a surefire vote getter. Just ask Cam Guthrie. But voters deserve to know that’s fantasy budgeting. The column’s argument is simple: until Queen’s Park fixes the outdated rules municipalities operate under, local politicians can’t pretend they can solve the budget with
1- David Gibson
Contract talks with Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service move to arbitration
8I stand 100% behind our firefighters, police, paramedics, and healthcare workers. They earn every dollar—no question.But City Councillors voting themselves a massive pay raise while frontline workers fight for 2–3%—and paramedics stuck with a wage freeze since April 2025—is out of touch. That’s self‑serving.At this rate, maybe we should move paramedics, firefighters, and police desks into City Hall—if that’s what it takes for them to be paid properly, especially when other municipal emergency services in Guelph are already earning notably more per hour.If you’re willing to give yourself that kind of increase, you should be ready to justify it to every frontline worker and every taxpayer footing the bill.This isn’t leadership. It’s entitlement.
2- Alec Purves
Schreiner calls for moratorium on AI data centres
I would have at least expected the MPP to know that the new technology has recirculating water systems so they use very little. We really need to stop this anti-progress since we live in a global world, if we are under the dirt of those that are victorious that will not Inspire change nor will we have a voice of inspiration
10- nic k
Meet the person who pulled a Guelph man out of a car overturned in Guelph Lake
9Not every hero wears a cape. Great job Matt.👍
- Roger Allison
Meet the person who pulled a Guelph man out of a car overturned in Guelph Lake
8Beautiful story. Made me teary. Thank you.
- Ms. Staci M. Barron
Can you fix the city budget with Queen's Park in the way?
5I say cities should cut non essential services that are seldomly used , and get rid of positions that are redundant ,
3- truthteller2026
