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Posted by Phil Andrews A Guelph chef is a key player in the restaurant at the new Trump Hotel property in Toronto.
Posted by Phil Andrews I'm continually amazed at the tendency for Guelph and Wellington County to have a connection to huge stories that unfold in the world. It seems only a matter of time before we're chasing a local connection to some incredible seemingly distant news story such as the explosion that killed tourists at a resort in Mexico or the mysterious crash of the Air France jet off the coast of Brazil. We're now exploring the story of the Mount Forest resident Cynthia Vanier. We've had a reporter in Mount Forest and we'll soon be filing a report from our digging in the community.
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Some people don’t have homes. Some people’s home are not safe. Many are fortunate to have homes that are their personal sanctuary – a place to restore balance in a fast-paced world and to raise families. So when the sanctity of your home is destroyed by the actions of someone else, you feel threatened, violated and angry. This is the experience of some residents in our community, a consequence of the behaviour exhibited by some of the people who live in shared rental housing in their neighbourhood. This is not a new experience but it has been growing in recent years with increasing demand for shared rental housing in our community and a decline in respect shown by some members of our community for the impact of their behaviour on others. Shared rental housing, which includes...
I regret that I am unable to attend tonight’s meeting due to a prior commitment. Well here we are. Many months have passed since this proposal to develop the old gas station site at 180 Gordon Street was brought forward. … Continue reading →
How many times have you just sat down for dinner and the phone rings? You jump up to answer only to find it’s one of those annoying sales calls – how do they get your number anyway? I was speaking with Meg Penstone, FCSS Manager of Credit and Debt Counselling the other day and she asked me if any of our clients had mentioned receiving cold calls from these so called Debt Counselling companies that we have been hearing on the radio lately. Funny thing is ,we have begun to hear people talking about it. Meg prepared an article about his topic for the Guelph Mercury in December and I asked her if I could share it here with you. So, with Meg’s permission here it is. Meg Penstone, FCSS Manager of Credit & Debt Counselling’s latest column in the Guelph Mercury htt...
This is how much of a sugar addict I am. I drove an hour on a dark, cold, rainy January night just so I could sample smoked sugar. What’s smoked sugar you ask? It’s sugar. That’s been smoked* As eager as I am to try new sweets, I am equally entrenched in my culinary dislikes. Without hesitating, I will tell you I don’t like custard, I don’t like caviar and I don’t like chives. And it’s not just things that start with the letter c, either. Foie gras, beets, parsnips, liver, and truffles (the fungus, not the chocolate) don’t make it into my kitchen. But I was so eag...
Re the proposed development at 180 Gordon Street, the development proposal serves two useful purposes – it makes use of a vacant lot in a highly visible location, and it helps to increase density in an area near the downtown. However, the … Continue reading →
TORONTO, February 6, 2012 /Canada NewsWire/ - In a lab somewhere in Canada, the next breakthrough in the fight against liver disease is waiting to be found. The Canadian Liver Foundation (CLF) wil...
Re the proposed development at 180 Gordon Street, the development proposal serves two useful purposes – it makes use of a vacant lot in a highly visible location, and it helps to increase density in an area near the downtown. However, the … Continue reading →
The following article appeared in the February 3 edition of the Guelph Mercury: The workforce at Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing Ltd. of Guelph may more than double within the next six years. In a Jan. 26 letter to Guelph city council, the … Continue reading →
I'm going to step back in time with today's photo selection - and pay tribute to the Guelphites that helped create this fine city that we call home.
It's easy to forget about the folks that came before us - the pioneering types that set about building Guelph from a vision and little more. Sure, we have a few historic plaques sprinkled about the city and an annual John Galt Day to honour our ancestors. But on a daily basis, does anyone appreciate the sweat it took to ge...
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I am just back from Brothers' weekend - an Estill brother tradition for 20 plus years. It was a great weekend (although we still miss my brother Mark ).
I find on brothers' weekends I often laugh more in a short weekend than I do in a month....
Looking for candidate names and voting recommendations for the 2012 PCPO Convention in Niagara Falls? Look no further, I got ya covered right here!
It's been a while since I spent any time blogging, and this week I was semi-publicly repremanded by a prominent Canadian for taking a hiatus. (you know who you are, Sir... thanks for the kick in the pants!) So I thought with the Bi-Annual PCPO Convention coming up next weekend in Niagara Falls, maybe it was time to put fingers to keyboard. (as opposed to pen to paper... this is the 21st Century after all!)
I've been spending some time thinking about who to support and why, so I decided to check online for more info about some of the candidates. So I punched in some search terms into good old Google,...
Sadly yes. It might be entertaining to observe one's mind respond to interpersonal nastiness, if only it weren't so distressing. It's easier these days to wait patiently for the terror to pass, having so much cause for happiness and satisfying activities to occupy my time.
Attached are my submission to Council and comments on the planning analysis for 180 Gordon Street, in case you have any time to look at them . As noted I think there are three main points that Council Members should … Continue reading →
The following article appeared in the February 4 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Guelph’s unemployment rate continues to creep up. But the city’s job situation remained among the most positive in Canada, according to the latest Stats Can figures. Guelph’s unemployment moved to 5.5 per … Continue reading →
The following article appeared in the February 4 edition of the Guelph Mercury: The three city councillors rejoining Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health are expected to continue to lobby for changes in the health unit’s disputed governance structure, Councillor Ian Findlay said Friday. The city’s ongoing … Continue reading →
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The Mayor responds to a planning procedural concern. I have been made aware of a procedural concern regarding Council’s consideration of the 180 Gordon application on Monday Feb. 6. As explained to staff, the concern is that Council is holding … Continue reading →
As you are aware, in the absence of a City of Guelph landfill, our waste is being disposed of at the City of Toronto Green Lane landfill site located in St. Thomas Ontario. Also, as you may be aware, the … Continue reading →
An update from planning staff. The following recommended change to the process at Planning meetings of Council came out of our recent meeting with the Guelph Wellington Developers Association and subsequent discussions with our Planning staff regarding improvements. This change … Continue reading →
Greetings Water Watchers! For all those members or interested parties living in Guelph/Eramosa/Erin township areas, you may be interested in catching the film outlined below: Water On The Table. This woman wants Water On The Table! Water, the essence of all life, is the subject of FAST FORWARD 2012’s next eco-film on February 15 in Erin – and everyone in this neck of the woods would surely agree it’s a vital issue. Between heated debates about mandatory water hook-ups in the Town of Erin, concern about Nestlé’s upcoming permit renewal seeking hundreds… Read the rest
Two stories in the Mercury yesterday show how jobs in Guelph directly link to world...
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Awful first period by everyone, including the usually-reliable Garret Sparks, who let in three softies. Saginaw didn't dominate this game but Guelph just couldn't get it going offensively, including missing a penalty shot (Tanner Richard) and not scoring during a full two-minute five-on-three in the third period. Very soft game by most of the forwards. No hitting. No cycling. No sacrifice. ...
Spinning did not originally appeal to me but where knitting could not inspire, weaving did. The loom asks me to feed it something original. Today was my first time: on Danny's lovely Lendrum spinning wheel with a passionate teacher at hand. From some indifferent Briggs and Little pencil roving came this bulky, cushy, two-ply yarn I actually like.
Danny tends to make fine yarn but I like funky. Spinners tell me it's hard to relear...
Please find the attached letter from The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care regarding Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health. Letter to Mayor Farbridge – 1 Feb 2012
Received this email from the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union. Investment in ambulances and paramedics is essential to preserving quality delivery of emergency services. Duplication of services in medical emergencies is unnecessary and costly to our municipalities. A communication from … Continue reading →
The following article appeared in the February 2 edition of the Guelph Tribune: City council is seeking major changes in the way the public health unit is run, possibly including creation of a new position to take over non-medical management duties from the … Continue reading →
Today would have been my Dad's 60th birthday. We had been planning to hold a huge celebration, because making it to sixty years old was going to be a really big deal. His father (Ron), my Grandpa, had died at age 54, and his younger brother, my Uncle Wayne, had also passed away quite young, at 51. Dad used to joke that with every day he lived, he was setting records as the longest-lived...
Lately I have been using a slightly different time management technique which I call the "See Do" method. As the word implies, I see it and I do it.
This method works great for keeping things clean and tidy. See a spot, wipe it. See something out of place, put it away.
In email. I get an email and deal with it. Previously I had often used a 2 minute rule. If I could deal with it in less than 2 minutes I would but leave the longer ones. And during busy times, I would reduce that to a minute or less.
The see do method helps reduce stress and that nagging feeling there is something still ahead to do. Essentially, all tasks are fully completed.
Where the system has flaws and things required to make it effective:
1 - All other time manageme...
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We still don’t really understand Muslims very well. Nor do we seem to understand domestic violence. Both have been around long enough, so we should have gotten to know them by now. Last Sunday’s verdict in a Kingston murder trial focused on the religion of the accused. It sparked a lot of talking head television commentary. A lot of it wondered if the murders were a normal part of Muslim culture. It was domestic violence, no different from the brand practised by Catholics, Presbyterians, Sikhs, Hindi and every other sect of the God-fearing population. Atheists as well. When a Catholic man murders his wife and children, the news channels don’t rush out to interview priests and bishops to see if there is a connection between the papacy and the crime. When Edward Dakin burned his former...
Posted by Phil Andrews I noted with some appreciation the sign posted for weeks outside the Gordon Street McDonald's restaurant site that stated it would be serving customers in another six weeks. The signage was brilliant because it never was fixed to a start date and six weeks was a nice time range to roll out there for the reno project to end. Six weeks just sounded both not-today and also not-so-far-off. Well, the six weeks sign that amused me is down. Another is up calling for applicants to work at the new extremely madeover eatery. I wonder which restaurants benefitted during the down time at that McDonalds.
TORONTO, February 1, 2012 /Canada NewsWire/ - After a disaster or burglary would you be able to replace everything, all at once? Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reminds homeowners and tenants to make sure their insurance policies are up to date.
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TORONTO, January 30, 2012 /Canada NewsWire/ - A meta-analysis done by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) into the relationship between...
Who will you believe?Groundhog Day 2012: Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam predict early spring; Punxsutawney Phil calls for more winter. HERE
This years Winterfest will be even bigger and better that last, which is saying something because I personally think last years was amazing. We have secured a corporate sponsor this year with Linamar, and we have partnered with the staff … Continue reading →
Downtown Guelph is seeking submissions from musicians and entertainers interested in performing for our 2012 Noon Hour Concert Series, staged every Friday from end-May to mid-September in St George’s Square. We welcome interest from groups and individuals from all genres … Continue reading →
Please be advised that Rogers will not be covering our Feb. 6 Council meeting due to their coverage of the Ontario Men’s Curling Championship. Staff
With the year end fundraising figures out for all the parties, encouraging signs for the Liberal Party in particular. The Conservatives still FAR outpace everyone, but the gap is narrowing and the Liberals are showing peculiar resilience, given recent electoral manifestations. As an aside, those scoffing at any fundraising "uptick" would be the same people jumping all over any "setback" as evidence of looming death, a revealing reality. There is something to be said for a third party easily besting the Official Opposition, as well as increasing donors, given perceptions.
It wasn't that long ago that the Conservatives regularly had 4X the fundraising of the Liberals, ditto for the amount of donors. This latest quarter shows the closest comparison to date, Liberals actually raised...
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