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Air Canada flight attendants on strike, airline's flights cancelled

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I rode the Greyhound bus for years. Never saw a flight attendant. One time the bus caught fire. We exited the door. In a crash the windows with emergency exits were well-marked. I know I would pay more attention to the safety video on the plane if there were no flight attendants. There’s even room in the back for a vending machine with snacks.

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Ontario public servants required to go back to office five days a week by January

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Go to work. Do your job.

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Mayor warns tax increase could rise above eight per cent

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Ontario legislation (Bill 212) gives the province the power to review and remove existing bike lanes on any "prescribed municipality" roads in the province. All the Mayor or the councillors need to do is ask for a provincial review to remove bike lanes. They may have already — note the disappearance of bike lanes on Woodlawn from Hwy 6 to Victoria. I implore Council not to spend our money plowing bike lanes that may cease to exist. How many citizens use the bike lanes in Jan/Feb? A hundred? Out of 140,000. Come on! Your common sense is lost in your granola.

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BREAKING: Mayor Cam Guthrie won't be seeking re-election

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Cam tried his best but he was always a light-weight, and his legacy is higher taxes than other similar communities.

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With apparently no new ideas, the mayor is raising the dead

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I don’t go downtown any more.

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Council backs St. George's Square design with Munsch tribute

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$161.2 million would build some helpful public housing for the homeless. By creating a public space instead, it will just be filled with more of the unhoused. A lot of money to pretty things up and ignore those who need it the most.

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Conservation authorities to be consolidated under new provincial agency

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“Reducing administrative overlap and duplication” — please have the courageous conversation about a new school board organization that includes the previous Catholic and Public Boards.

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Unions representing laid off Conestoga College staff demand province intervene

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The provincial government intervened long ago by encouraging colleges to pay their way with international student fees. The issue was masked then and it still is now — colleges and universities have been underfunded in Ontario for a long time.

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Council approves altered concept for St. George’s Square, wants final approval

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Council missed the mark. The Center of Guelph is now at Gordon St and Clair Rd.

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Mayor hires former city councillor as his communications advisor

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This kind of behaviour will get the Mayor unelected.

Council has introduced concierge service for parking concerns

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People have always had access to politicians. Sometimes the politicians respond to the concerns. That’s how they get re-elected.

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Accessibility advocates quit committee in protest, cite 'illusion of engagement'

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The real illusion is that an advisory committee thinks it has any decision-making power. Advisory is defined as giving advice. The city can take or ignore the advice. If you want a vote, run for council.

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Demolition of Ignatius Jesuit Centre's Orchard Park building likely

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It is a lovely setting, but the building resonates with the legacy of Catholic Residential Schools and the pervasive nature of priests preying on young victims across the provinces and the arctic. It will be good to have it demolished.

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All area school buses cancelled today

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Teachers still have to go to school. Millions in teacher salaries spent today, but no kids and no learning. What a waste.

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Ontario auditor general warns special education is failing many students

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Growing levels of violence toward school staff is well-documented. Schools are not hospitals or pediatric psychiatric institutions. All the EAs in the world cannot solve this. EA absenteeism is often because of being hit, bit, head-butted, hair pulled, etc. Many of these children need intensive treatment, not just hopeful thoughts about a few more EAs and inclusion. Where are the treatment programs for these children? How many child and adolescent psych beds does the Guelph Hospital have? The answer is zero.

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VIDEO: Is the Ford government actually going to scrap school trustees?

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Let’s remember why we got EQAO standardized testing in the first place — kids were graduating Grade 12 and could not read or write. Accountability is needed. I support democracy, but unfortunately trustees have shown they cannot provide school board accountability. School Board Directors and Superintendents have been free to operate on a whim — go to Italy, run a “meeting” at a resort, hire their relatives, etc. What is inspected is what is respected.

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New homeowners cautioned their children may be bussed to other schools

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The school boards are hamstrung by the Ministry of Education. Funds to build a new school are not released until there are portables on portables, and every school in the area packed like sardines.

Council puts $1.7M back into 2026 budget; increase hovers at just over 8%

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Every year since 2019 the city has spent over 20 million dollars on outside consultants. That’s a whopping $120 million over six years (Report to Council March 28, 2025 p.3) This has to stop. If there is too much work for staff to do, reduce the work, don’t add outside consultants to increase capacity. Freeze consultant hiring for a year and save $20 million. You could buy each cyclist their own little snow plow!

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VIDEO: School board chair booted by Ford government has warning for province

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There needs to be accountability. Trustees do not provide it as we see various school Board directors and Superintendents take off to Italy on a whim, divert tax dollars for personal use, hire their relatives, etc. Historically, trustees had a manageable job, and oversight of local tax funding. Today, for example, the Ottawa School Board budget is over a billion dollars a year. Well-meaning, community-minded trustees are not up for this task, nor do they have any control over funding as that is managed by the province. The province needs to provide the accountability and oversight. What is inspected, is what is respected.

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OPINION: A late night at council leads nowhere on affordable housing

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As Canadians we’ve always been stuck somewhere between the values of the welfare states of Europe, and the free enterprise of the U.S. As long as we keep peeing down both legs, so to speak, it will remain messy. Still, helping others is a root Canadian value. Legislate affordable housing as 30% of all builds. Developers, it is simply the cost of doing business in Canada.

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