We wish to see all plastic bags banned from Guelph as they have done in San Francisco, India and China. Please let me now how we can proceed on this issue. We have started a facebook group so we will see how many people sign up overtime and let you know the results. DD
Category: Retail
Ward 2 Town Hall Meeting Update
Councillor Beard and myself would like to thank all of those who attended our first Ward 2 Town Hall meeting. It was a great success with approximately 80 people in attendance. We would also like to thank our valued staff for their participation. Martin Lavictoire and Wayne Galliher presented an overview on Guelph’s water conservation […]
Guelph Nightlife Task Force
Much talk has been made of Guelph’s late night entertainment scene and it’s associated problems. Concern has been raised over excessive litter and debris(mainly fast food containers), noise, vandalism (broken store front windows) and occasional violence. The stick: A motion (moved by myself) passed at the Finance and Corporate Services Committee (FACS) directing staff to […]
DC’s and the South End Recreational Centre
There is a growing and very vocal number of residents living in the south end of Guelph advocating for a new recreational centre to be built as soon as possible. Currently, the City of Guelph has in it’s capital budget, construction of a new south end rec centre sometime in 2014. The projected cost of the rec centre […]
Maybe we should add ‘refuse’ to list of Rs
I wish to congratulate Vicki Beard for her suggestions to alleviate garbage by bringing the problem of overpackaging to the retail stores. There is no other way the severity of this problem can be illustrated more graphically than by leaving the trash with the store. The store, and pretty soon the manufacturer, will get the […]
‘Package in a package’ doesn’t make sense…
This letter to the editor appeared in the December 10 edition of the Guelph Mercury followed by Councillor Vicki Beard’s response: Dear Editor – Re: “Environmental activists vow to convert others to cause” (Guelph Mercury, Dec. 10).When Mike Nagy says “understanding the impact each of us has on the environment is the first step to […]
Douglas Street for foot traffic only?
The following article appeared in the September 18 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Café tables spill out onto cobblestones. Waiters deliver meals by the light of street lamps. People casually hang out on benches and art installations occasionally fill the street. It might sound like Europe, or at least Quebec City. But if Councillor Ian […]
Councillors Straddle Conflicts of Interest
The following article appeared in the September 11 edition of the Guelph Tribune: At least a couple of Guelph’s new city councillors are finding the city hall terrain to be tricky when it comes to conflict-of-interest concerns. Ward 2 councillor Ian Findlay, a longtime downtown business owner, and Ward 4 councillor Mike Salisbury, whose wife […]
Exciting eats for the street
The following editorial appeared in the June 8 edition of the Guelph Mercury: If you think ketchup, mustard and relish represents choice when it comes to street meat, you’re probably content to eat a hotdog from the same street vendor over and over. But if you want more, say a gyro, dumplings or some soup […]
One-way street meat
The following article appeared in the June 7 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Health rules restrict sidewalk vendors to selling hotdogs and sausages on a bun, but maybe it’s time to have another look at what’s safe to eat on the street Beat from summer job hunting downtown, Colin Winters grabs lunch at Moe Ghonhah’s […]