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Council agrees to craft Guelph’s first city-wide parking strategy

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@Matt Saunders - we already have such spaces; they're called "parks". How do you think people will travel to downtown? You're living in a fantasy if you think people with disposable income (i.e., those who can support downtown businesses) are going to take public transit downtown and add 2 hours of travel time to their day.

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Todd Bertuzzi signs on to play senior hockey in Cambridge

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That was more than 20 years ago. Yes, it was a brutal incident but he doesn't have to wear it forever. Reparations were made AND accepted. You are too hot about this matter for no apparent reason.

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Guelph's 12 automated speed cameras to be shut off Friday

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You shouldn't have to worry about getting a massive fine for going 38 km an hour at 10 pm at night, anywhere, period

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Favouritism? An oversight? Arthur Street parking leads to heated council debate

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What about the winter street parking issue? I thought this was to be addressed for winter 2026 after discussions started 3 years ago. Why has winter parking not been addressed for years?

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ICYMI: After 170 years, Bank of Montreal is moving out of Downtown Guelph

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Business people don't want to wade through the loiterers around that branch - happy to drive to the periphery of the city to avoid them

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Councillor who voted against plowing bike lanes wants it restored

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There IS on-street parking for 20 of 24 hours. No parking 2 am to 6 am in the winter

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A budget fought on the margins has no good decisions

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@Tay Caton Did you even read the article you posted? "According to the local advocacy group Safe Parkside, a driver was turning at the intersection of Parkside and Howard Park Avenue around 6 p.m. last night when they hit a pedestrian, who was taken to hospital"The vehicle was turning. Do you think the vehicle was going above posted limit while turning? That's the problem with junk stats and activist posturing. Brampton camera caught over 71000 speeding vehicles. What is speeding? 2 kilometers over?? What time of day? I'd argue if 71000 vehicles triggered the camera in that short of a period the speed limit is likely ridiculously low. 71000 drivers don't know a reasonable speed to travel at for the time and conditions??? Zealots!!

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Developer's appeal results in order to give tenants free transit passes

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It is so risky buying a pre-construction home (condo especially) - I wouldn't do it. It's bad enough going through this type of hassle but imagine a developer going bankrupt before finishing! There are a few reasons developers create a company specifically for one project.

No attendee parking at Guelph Ribfest this year

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For folks predicting doom for the event you likely haven't been for awhile. Most attendees gave up parking inside the park long ago. By the time staff and volunteer parking were accounted for there were only about 50 spots left for attendees and it was a nightmare to navigate. Attendees found other solutions that won't be much more intrusive than previous years because so few parked in-park anyway.

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Guelph's 12 automated speed cameras to be shut off Friday

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"Save lives" is a bogus argument. Lives weren't being lost in low-speed school zones before cameras were introduced. Studies showing speed reductions used data from 24hrs a day, including when all children were safe and sound in their beds. During school arrival and departure people drive responsibly and the volume of traffic around schools during these times are natural cues to reduce speeds. You likely can't find one fatality in Guelph in a school zone attributable to a speeding driver in decades

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Guelph driving school labelled 'bad actor,' licence revoked by MTO

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It would appear you have an axe to grind

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Council agrees to craft Guelph’s first city-wide parking strategy

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Winter parking was supposed to be considered 3 years ago. Now it'll be another 3 years. It's ridiculous that it will take 6 years to see any change

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OPINION: The daytime shelter debacle was always going to end like this

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This is nonsense. What do these activities have in common? The City is spending 65 million on a library for those that "read books" and supports restaurants downtown with altered infrastructure and business friendly policies for those that "eat out". Many people think the City bends over backwards for cyclists

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Todd Bertuzzi signs on to play senior hockey in Cambridge

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You want the article to be more forthcoming about his long ago mistake but maybe you should be more forthcoming about how you know "the type of person he is". Again, it sounds like you have something under your collar

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OPINION: The daytime shelter debacle was always going to end like this

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Great question. What was once done without huge City money can't be done for $650,000? I'm missing something

Mayor warns tax increase could rise above eight per cent

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@Splurfy....that's an absurd request to make. Look up the average residential property tax and do the math of adding 8.5% to get a sense of what an average homeowner faces. It will easily amount to over $400 more per year. That is substantial to those on fixed income and/or those struggling to make ends meet and stay in their homes. I'm sure you didn't mean to trivialize the impact of an 8.5% increase but it is hard not to have that uptake from your comment

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Mayor warns tax increase could rise above eight per cent

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@Sue in Guelph...your calculations are much further off than Let's based on your fantasy figures of $4000 in 2022 becoming only $4300 in 2025. 2025 property taxes increased 6.78% in one year alone 6.78% of your original $4000 is $271. So for 2022, 2023, 2024 there was only $29 additional increases to make your math work. Clearly not accurate at all.Here's the real math on your $4000 example:2022 - $4000x1.0421= $4168.402023 - $4168.40×1.0446 = $4354.312024 - $4354.31×1.0452 = $4725.292025 - $4725.29×1.0678 = $5045.67Difference between $4000 and $5045.67 = $1045.67 and that is 26.13% increase

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Downtown Guelph to host first-ever community garage sale

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The objective is to actually get people downtown and the event is being put on by the Downtown Business Association. Where else would the downtown businesses host an event, the mall?

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Guelph’s multicultural festival to highlight global food, music and art

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Like Canada Day?

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Guelph's 12 automated speed cameras to be shut off Friday

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@Matt Saunders- speed was not a factor in that tragic incident. The vehicle was turning at the intersection

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