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Majestic part of our history
Guelph Matters column by Chris Clark: We recently spent a weekend at Niagara- on-the-Lake and Queenston Heights
Mural, mural on the wall
Up for Debate column by Jessica Lovell: It’s a situation that no reporter wants to be faced with.
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Monday, May, 06, 2013 - 6:06:34 AM
Keep bicycles off sidewalks "I disagree a bylaw fining pedestrians is archaic and regressive. Why wouldn't runners be allowed in bike lanes? It's safer and easier on my old bones to run on blacktop than it is on concrete. Learning to share resources is the key. john"
Comment by liljohnny
Friday, May, 03, 2013 - 9:09:07 PM
Taxpayers take hit for industrial and multi-residential properties "These jobs created pay about $12 per hour. While the tax for home owners are compounded the industries tax is reduced along with multi residential complexes.More jobs.Low wages.Multi complex living.Sounds like a recipe for future slums to me.Next ele"
Comment by 11brian
Tuesday, April, 30, 2013 - 6:06:56 PM
Bike lanes not for runners, says city "If you cant run in the bike lane then get the bikes off the sidewalk and walk bikes at crosswalks. Not the mention the ebike riders who travel anywhere they chose.I guess pointing finger at joggers is easier??"
Comment by greatday
Salvaging votes using your money
Dalton McGuinty sure does have a cynical approach to politics. He is always willing to spend truckloads of our money getting his favourite candidates elected.
Pensions protection from a life of poverty
The View from Here column by Alan Pickersgill: What is a gold-plated pension?
Pooling my resources
Guelph Matters column by Chris Clark: It won’t go down as a particularly momentous or great moment in my life, but I still remember it as if it was yesterday.
Council optics not good
Guelph Matters column by Chris Clark: City council’s recent decision not to consider the repercussions of a zero, one and two per cent tax hike leaves me perplexed. It also leaves me wondering if their air is so rarified they’re lacking oxygen.
Ending tax drought takes political courage
The View from Here column by Alan Pickersgill: We should think about taxes the way we do about water. Wait!
Turning 30, in Hillside I still trust
Column by the Guelph Tribune's Doug Hallett: Next year Hillside turns 30, an age that has a “stigma” attached to it, according to a message from Hillside organizers in this year’s festival program.
Grants to businesses can be a tricky business
Alan Pickersgill, The View From Here: Tony DiBattista controls a lot of bar stools in downtown Guelph.
Integrity commissioner is council referee
Alan Pickersgill, The View From Here: An integrity commissioner is a good thing to have. The Ontario Municipality Act requires Toronto to have one and empowers every other city and town to appoint one. Guelph is one of a dozen or so to have done so. It would be a mistake for the city to turn back now just because the experience is off to a bumpy beginning.
There's something in the air
Guelph Matters column by Chris Clark: Despite my bonny public persona, there lurks a dark underside that manifests itself at its worst during the waning days of summer.
We can all relate to Wodehouse's golf yarns
The View from Here column by Alan Pickersgill: I am looking for a book.
Case of post-holiday blues
Up for Debate column by Jessical Lovell: I always return from a beach vacation suntanned and a little bit sad.
Program cancellation nullifies sense of fairness
The View from Here column by Alan Pickersgill: I met an old friend downtown a couple of weeks ago.
Trip to Euro 2012 tourney a hoot
Ned's Head column by Ned Bekavac: Soccer violence gets a lot of press.
Public spaces do not exist to serve business
The View from Here column by Alan Pickersgill: When we were down in Knoxville a couple of weeks ago, we saw two separate splash pads in the centre of town. One was in their Market Square.
Taste of Hudak's plans for labour legislation
The View from Here column by Alan Pickersgill: We just got back from a week in Tennessee to find that Tim Hudak wants to bring us all down there.
Not so happy holiday
Guelph Matters column by Chris Clark: There oughta be a law.
 
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