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Poll: Most wouldn't pay for a national-scale H5N1 vaccination

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Where is there ANY mention of paying for this outside of the health care you already(ungratefully)receive, 'Nuff??? "Living your life" as an excuse for avoiding vaxbetrays a painful ignorance you plainly never suffered from during the pandemic. Lucky you!

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Poll: Liberals would likely gain support with a new leader

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Curious how many Liberal haters here took and repaid their CERB loans? Just askin'.

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Poll: Home ownership becoming only for the rich, 4 of 5 readers fear

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Polls are opinion only, not analysis based on what social scientists call "research."

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Poll: Home ownership becoming only for the rich, 4 of 5 readers fear

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If potential buyers can't bear the reality check of upmarket unaffordability, then they're delusional, simply put. Home ownership isn't written into the Charter, is it? Bad advice from family and friends too often prompts costly mistakes. Only a few younger associates bought affordable fixer-uppers--whose parents didn't?--that weren't exactly Architectural Digest material. Others assumed way too much debt whose service depended on steady raises in two incomes from "secure"(sic) employment. Money isn't cheap now. CERB loan issues? Bought too much car? Pricey consumer habits? Too many splurge vacations? Little sympathy for self-inflicted wounds. But that's bank-talk, right?

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Guelph drivers should be getting their automated speed camera tickets quicker

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Signs everywhere. Had a recent eye exam?

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Unfortunately, new hospitals don't just happen

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Suspect the Baker St. library will become a low-traffic, echoing hangar. That site needed something like a killer supermarket/food hall to draw bodies into downtown whose businesses are starving for customers.City Hall is numb to Guelph's development trends--present and future.

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Family in tears after family pet killed by loose dog while out for walk

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Symptomatic of people with "entitlement issues" who ignore rules, laws, civility. Dogs aren't "honorary humans." A few in my 'hood walk large aggressive dogs off-leash along sidewalks with impunity. Don't like it? Tough! is their response. Tiresome.

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Preservation Park sees uptick in off-leash dog reports

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A widespread problem in most city parks despite obvious signage. Really just an attitude issue among some owners who see their dogs as "honorary humans." Tiresome. And no, they're not all "friendly." Same goes for the owners...

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Number of electric vehicles in Guelph surpasses 2,

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Bring back the rebate program!Keep hoping for a minimal, cheap(er) EV, something as functional as a VW Beetle.

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Guelph library giving out naloxone spray kits at main branch

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Suppose there will be the usual uninformed and unsympathetic outrage over this.Too bad people can't grasp that the real world simply doesn't work for everyone the way they want it to.Seems a compassionate and realistic program.

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Public services take a hit as draft 2025 budget targets increase below 4%

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City's new motto: "Pay More, Get Less"

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Downtown patio season returns, with half the interest

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Eyesores. Were the patios really just sop to downtown landlords to keep tenants afloat? Ambiance of the tacky old CNE midway had more charm. Over-priced beer, burgers and pizza aren't the stuff of a culinary adventure and hardly make downtown a destination.Maybe a patio for the Royal City Mission? Just asking...

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'Ask For Angela:' New partnership provides crisis support for victims of gender-based violence

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All this hinges on successfully training and tasking store staff with discretion and privacy they weren't hired to deliver. As usual, it's virtual signaling for the Westons and uncompensated work and stress for part-time employees.

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Guelph to get 8 more speed enforcement cameras, making it 12 in all

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Nah, it's really about obeying the law.

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Long-dormant brownfield lot on Woolwich Street getting cleaned up

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Anyone in the "business" with professional and due care obligations wouldn't be pontificating here about a site they likely know nothing about beyond the public record. Tell me I'm wrong?

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Loblaw boycott had 'minor' impact as company says lawsuit settlement hit profits

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Would Galen truthfully admit otherwise? Happily shop elsewhere. Who needs extortionate pricing and horrid CRM?

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Enhanced, expedited downtown improvements get initial council approval

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An embalmed downtown with even less parking? The thin fiscal plausibility of these schemes makes a case for new ideas and staff at Heritage Guelph and City Hall.

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We need to talk about Guelph's driving

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Typical response from an entitled driver who blames injured/killed pedestrians/cyclists for their misfortune. Seriously?

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27 Guelph convenience stores (so far) approved to sell booze in September

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Never mind that LCBO workers drop as much of their paycheck locally as you do. Cut them and you defund the Guelph economy. Not such a deep concept for most to grasp...

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Council approves heritage designation despite owner’s objection

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Out-of-the-way, ghastly old pile. Requires huge imagination to see it today as anything but a homely, reno-ed brick box painted and extensively modified for apts. Perhaps the owner was keen for a demo but will be allowed further changes. Always find amusing the fancifiul findings of Heritage Guelph regarding heritage attributes.

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