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Community rallies around downtown business ravaged by flood
GuelphToday
32Your anger is misguided @123abc - this small business owner has property insurance but insurance companies typically don't replace any lost income - and I know of a number of small business owners that are either going hungry or are in serious debt in order to keep their businesses afloat.
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Guelph man builds tiny home in woods for his homeless father-in-law
GuelphToday 24Let's hope that the non-elected leadership at Wellington County are reading this article - there is absolutely no reason for an unsanctioned tiny home to exist in the woods in the City of Guelph. So many communities throughout Ontario are rapidly rolling out tiny homes with appropriate supports. Will the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come visit Wellington County over the holidays?
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Enbridge asks to shut out local environmental advocates from hearing
GuelphToday 15The natural gas ratepayer is in for a serious storm - with Enbridge proposing to hike natural gas between 21% and 47% (as per their current application to the OEB) and with folks choosing to leave the system, the death spiral for this utility has started. And no, leaving natural gas doesn't leave us open to blackmail by Trump - in fact it would have the opposite effect as over 80% of natural gas consumed in Ontario is US fracked gas from Appalachia/Pennsylvania. Challenging Enbridge's hidden subsidies and moving to electrify our homes is the way to go - thanks for showing leadership on this Emerge and the City of Guelph!
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This election is about Doug Ford, not Donald Trump
GuelphToday 15@Doug Frank, as you're aware there will be at least three to four alternatives on the ballot. But then again, that isn't the point of the article.
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City staff crafting strategy to grow Guelph's park spaces
GuelphToday 15Agreed - the low hanging fruit right now is for the City of Guelph to secure the Kortright Waterfowl Park land before the Grand River Conservation Authority (which currently mismanages the property) is amalgamated with 9 other Conservation Authorities. Time to act Guelph City Council!
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Community clean-up event happening this weekend
GuelphToday 15Some 15 to 20 years ago this used to be a community wide event with hundreds of folks pitching in (typically in late May). Please forgive me for the unsolicited advice but please hold this event in the spring (when it's cooler and one can more easily see the garbage before the plant growth) or the fall when students are back. And definitely avoid the Hillside weekend!
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Ford government changes course, opens massive energy procurement to natural gas
GuelphToday 8Once you get past the Enbridge marketing, you may find that:Some 90 per cent of the gas used in Ontario is fracked gas, imported from the U.S. and Western Canada. Fracking is harmful to human health, linked to respiratory disease, endocrine disruption, leukemia and other cancers. In the process of fracking, a lot of methane gas escapes into the atmosphere. Methane is over 80 times more potent than CO2 over a 20 year period. These fugitive methane emissions are supercharging climate warming. - From Environmental Defence Website.
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CPHA accuses Ontario government of misleading public on crime to shut down safe consumption site
GuelphToday 10You missed the point Steve - loitering may annoying or threatening to you but what safe supply does is it means the marginalized aren't breaking in or stealing for their next hit (hence crime goes down) while not consuming poisoned drugs. Safe supply isn't a panacea but leaving addicted and marginalized folks to the mercy of a dirty drug supply that requires them to steal or prostitute themselves is a heartless and cruel strategy.
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Guelph city councillor didn't violate code of conduct: integrity commissioner
GuelphToday 6Agreed - sounds like a frivolous and vexatious complaint to try to intimidate Cllr. Caton. If a councillor is deemed NOT to be in violation of the Code of Conduct - shouldn't the complainant bear the cost of the investigation and report?
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City council approves only half the funding for proposed downtown drop-in centre
GuelphToday 6The Downtown Guelph Business Association which I understand has over $1M in reserves currrently. Time to step up - show some heart folks.
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Work at Rockwood's Hidden Quarry to begin next year
GuelphToday 2Sure, dive into the sentiment of "it takes too long to build in Ontario and Canada" but please dig into the issue: At the current average annual consumption rate, aggregate reserves are projected to last for 38 years without needing new pits or quarries in Ontario.
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Seven more properties slated for heritage designation
GuelphToday 3You both make a good point. The City to Guelph could recognize the additonal burden of maintaining heritage attributes on private property by defraying those costs through the little know provincially administered Heritage Property Tax Relief program: https://www.ontario.ca/page/heritage-property-tax-reliefSome 40 municipalities in Ontario have implemented the tax relief program and it speaks to an understanding of the give and take in preserving heritage in private hands: while the property and its uses belongs to the private owner, it's beauty belongs to all of us .
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Guelph teen launches folk festival by youth, for youth
GuelphToday 1Go Annie McCarthy - well done and an inspiration!
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