Last night, the Guelph Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Guelph Awards of Excellence gala. It was a beautiful evening for celebrating business and community leaders. As part of the event I presented Mayor’s Awards to four local “difference makers.” You can read about this year’s Mayor’s Award winners here. Thank you Andrew, Charles, Alina, […]

Congratulations to the Tim Hortons in Bullfrog Plaza for being recognized as the fastest and friendliest Tim Horton’s in Ontario! Read more by clicking here.

Congratulations to St. John School for winning $45,000 from AVIVA for their school greening project. Fantastic! Their amazing spirit was recognized by AVIVA and they were chosen to host Canada AM for the announcement of the awards. Parents, teachers and students were at school before 6:30 am to get ready for the live television show.  […]

The results are in for the Clean and Green Community Clean Up. More than 1000 volunteers came out to clean up our city More than 1000 bags of waste were collected (5.4 metric tonnes) Both numbers are up from last years. Thanks to all our staff who were part of the co-ordination of the event. Sponsors […]

Lots of fundraising charity work in our city over the weekend.  I was able to flip some burgers for the 20th Anniversy of M & M Meat Shops Charity BBQ Day for colitis and Crohn’s Disease. I also joined walkers raising awareness and funds for Lupus.