Last one but an important one…. See previous posts: Basic Building Blocks, Basic Building Blocks – Roles and Responsibilities, Basic Building Blocks – Roles and Responsibilities) on this topic. The Community elects Council.  The Community provides taxes to City Hall to deliver services.  Does it end there?               Guelph is [...]

Every spring when the conditions are just right, toads wake up from hibernating on the drumlin across the river from the Sleeman Centre and River Run and make their way down to the river to spawn.  Residents can be found on Arthur Street in the evening helping them cross the street.

Winner of  “Funny Rumour of the Week” is that fire trucks cannot travel under the new Wyndham Street bridge.  Runner up is that the fountains and water feature in Market Square do not work. Knowing some people need to “see it to believe it”, I offer the following photos to quell any concerns.

Read more in The Fountain Pen.

One of the challenges of growth is how to avoid, what has been in the past, an inevitable increase in traffic congestion. I have been reminded by the discussions in Arlington of the importance of approving the downtown secondary plan this week. Guelph is approximately 8,800 hectares with a population of 125,000.  Arlington is 6,734 [...]