Daryl Eves

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VIDEO: Ontario cities have a plan to end homelessness, but it won't be cheap

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I have a bit of a problem with the phrase 'hard-earned tax dollars' being used by people who got their wealth off the backs of poverty-wage workers who get thrown out on the streets like trash when they are no longer useful to the materialistic money hoarders.

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Violence against teachers, staff the ‘new normal’ in classrooms across Ontario

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So Trump should have no rights after he incites to violence? It is not the kids who should have their rights questioned, it is the supposed role models, that society has lost all rights to control.

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Violence against teachers, staff the ‘new normal’ in classrooms across Ontario

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When the President of the United States incites people to violence, and our kids see it. they completely lose their moral compass. Children follow by example.And don't get me started on Rap celebrities.Our society has completely lost focus on what a good role model should look like.This is not a problem with our schools, our teachers, or our children.It is a problem with our entire Western society, and a problem with the leaders that we have allowed to lead our society. And I don't mean the politicians, I mean ALL of the leaders, including media, corporate, and financial. It is, for them, all about money and profit, not about good societal functioning.The adults are now all about making money, and are longer adulting.

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Violence against teachers, staff the ‘new normal’ in classrooms across Ontario

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And, it is also about the lack of mental health services for children. Children who hate continue to hate, instead of getting the services they need when they need them. They only get the services when they are severely disturbed, AFTER the damage is done.

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Downtown parking enforcement frustrates poverty relief groups

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I am very glad you posted this. You have identified, yourself, what the major issue is. Not parking, not traffic flow, but the clientele this operation serves.Those in line are absolutely respectful, orderly, non-violent, and courteous to others and passersby. The site is kept clean, liter-free, and all food is dispensed in a hygienic, orderly, organized fashion. There are very clear rules about behavior, no drugs (legal or otherwise) or alcohol allowed in the line, strictly enforced by the servers (all volunteers). And after it is over, the site is completely cleaned up, all refuse disposed of properly, no signs it was there just an hour ago. No loitering, either before or after the food is dispensed.The on-street patios that the City seems to be encouraging present more of a loitering, rowdiness, littering problem, I posit. If citizens are welcome to these open-air eating places, why not at The Bench?Wait, businesses make MONEY on these patio ventures.

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Ending Wastewater Surveillance Initiative a mistake, says local expert

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Oh, come ON, the message is clear.If the wastewater surveillance publicly indicates there is a problem, the Ford government has to deal with it. Dealing with it costs money.The best way to not have to spend this money is to not be aware of the problem.Hence, address the issue at source - eliminate the early warning system, so there is absolutely no indication of a problem in the first place.

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Downtown parking enforcement frustrates poverty relief groups

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Make no mistake, the complaint appears to be entirely directed at the operation of The Bench and the clientele it serves, nothing to do with parking or traffic flow. This has all of the makings of a deliberate attempt (Backed by policy) by City Hall to force the homeless and food insecure out of the downtown area by restricting their access to food and nutrition.It seems directly related to a recent discussion at a public meeting at the City Hall that had as its essence "Get these people out of the Downtown Core". Can it be a co-incidence that the signage was changed just after this meeting?

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

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The City tried to shut down the informal organization called The Bench from serving meals pop-up style at the corner of Woolwitch and Wyndham by posting a 'No Stopping' sign (possibly illegally, since there does not appear to be a bylaw that allows the sign to be posted) where the volunteers stopped to drop off the food, but to absolutely no avail. The Downtown Bench continues to operate at his location, distributing a meal to those in need. The catch is, absolutely NO City money goes into this operation, so the City can not play 'cut off the funding' or 'switch the shells around and guess where the money is' games with this organization.

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Fusion Homes allowed to continue cash crop farming on GID lands

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And not a single mention of the fact that 'farming' these areas makes them 'agricultural' and thus they are taxed at a much lower rate.

Violence against teachers, staff the ‘new normal’ in classrooms across Ontario

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Is Trump the 'new normal', or the 'old abnormal'?

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

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The problem has been ongoing for decades. The clients are coming from Guelph, long-term 'residents' who found themselves on disability, chronic health issues, lack of affordable housing, just plain 'getting old and can't work, with no pension', each one has a different life story that is summarized by the term 'falling through the cracks' and 'the wrong side of the system'.To directly address your implied accusation, no they are NOT for the most part recent immigrants. They are born Canadian citizens.

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Tiny homes coalition member blames county for stalling project

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Really? $28,000 for THAT? You could buy a prefab garden shed from Habitat for Humanity for a lot, lot less. Get the price down to $10,000 and that would be reasonable.It is basically nothing more than a solid-wall tent.

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Downtown parking enforcement frustrates poverty relief groups

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Or more likely a complaint by a business just across the street from it that objects to the clientele this operation serves from being anywhere near his business..

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Tiny home housing homeless man in the woods torn down

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Shirley, if you are going to make these spurious comments, at least have the courtesy to read the linked article, posted last year. Or are you hoping that your 'one-sided' accusation would go unchallenged? It is your comment that, in fact, is 'one sided'.

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Council designates downtown as heritage conservation district

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The downtown section has zero tourist appeal, and the only thing that will save downtown Guelph is a major tourist attraction.All this does is solidify the continued deterioration of the viability of downtown Guelph.

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

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In the meantime, the organization informally called The Bench and Rachel's Saturday Table continues on a completely voluntary basis to do their best, with limited resources and volunteers, to deliver meals at the corner of Wyndham and Woolwich pop-up style from 1:30 to 2:30 to provide much needed substance to the food insecure, and this will continue.Everything points to this being a planned, intentional ploy to create as much chaos and disruption in the service delivery model as possible.

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U of G approves next year’s budget, anticipates further deficits

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Someone should tell Guelph Today that forcing people to disable add blockers is counter-productive. Readers who use add blockers are the LEAST likely to pay any attention to adds in the first place. Advertisers only want to reach an audience willing to buy or use their product in the first place.

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Downtown parking enforcement frustrates poverty relief groups

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To be clear, bylaw (2022)-20698, that regulates on-street parking, has a section that governs 'no stopping' zones and '15 minute loading zones'. This is readily available on line on the City of Guelph web site.In the section that regulates 'No Stopping', the entry for Wyndham states:"Wyndham Street North; West Side, Woolwich Street to 47 meters south thereof" which agrees with the original sign, and the 15 Minute Public Loading Zones states:"Wyndham Street North; West Side; 80 meters south of Woollwich Street to 6 meters south thereof"Providing for the gap that was previously used for parking.City Hall needs to provide a much clearer and more specific answer as to why stopping in this zone is legally restricted by a valid relevant section of the Parking Bylaw (2022)-20698, other than the generic statement "the signage was incorrect". The signage is governed by the Bylaw. and the Bylaw determines what is correct and not correct, not Doug Godfrey.

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Planned south end high school gets new provincial funding

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Because every site and location are different. Different footprint, different service locations, different access, different elevations, different soil conditions.

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Three strikes at city hall this week

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The graphic does not match the tone of the content o the article. In bowling, three strikes in a row is a GOO thing. It is baseball that you do not want three strikes.

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