Three sitting Guelph councillors running in the 2026 municipal election supported councillor pay raises approved in both 2022 and 2026. Over the broader period shown in the accompanying graphic, the City’s published annual property tax levy increases compounded to approximately 48% from a 2018 baseline through 2026. Phil Allt, Cathy Downer and Leanne Caron voted …
Steve Zago, an airline pilot and co-founder of Guelph’s Lost Aviator Coffee Company, was one of two people killed in a plane crash north of Fergus on Friday, October 9. In a notice announcing his death, Lost Aviator said Steve died in a flying accident while doing something he loved. His fellow co-founder and business …
In a recent campaign video, Leanne Caron presents herself as a “change maker,” telling voters that Guelph is ready for a different direction. But there is an interesting question raised by that argument, particularly when we consider something Caron herself once said about how City Hall works. Following the 2014 municipal election, when Cam Guthrie …
A Friday morning collision investigation prompted police to ask drivers to avoid part of Willow Road. Two people were taken to a hospital outside the region with serious injuries following a collision on Willow Road early Friday. Police responded shortly after 1 a.m. after a westbound vehicle near Imperial Road North went off the road …
Ward 2 resident and Ward 1 Councillor Erin Caton was the subject of Guelph’s only formal Code of Conduct complaint received in 2025. The Integrity Commissioner criticized Caton’s judgment but found no Code violation and recommended no penalty. Caton has also publicly criticized mayoral candidate Ken Yee Chew in the same Facebook group and recommended …
Police say an officer spotted the Hyundai using the centre left-turn lane to pass a slower vehicle on Woodlawn Road West. The traffic stop resulted in a 30-day licence suspension and the vehicle being impounded for 14 days. A Kitchener man had some explaining to do after getting his wife’s car impounded for two weeks …
A Guelph high school principal contacted police Tuesday after students reported threats posted in an online chat. Police say the threats targeted two students and the broader school community, leading to an arrest that night. A 13-year-old student has been arrested after threats were made in an online forum to shoot a number of other …
A call near Victoria Road South and Decorso Drive brought police to an apparent vehicle theft attempt shortly after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Toyota’s sunroof had been smashed, and investigators are seeking information about two suspects and a loud, possibly modified sedan. The Guelph Police Service is investigating after an apparent vehicle theft attempt early …
A September 28 altercation inside a bus shelter near Stone Road Mall escalated when two more people joined in assaulting a teenager. Three accused have since been arrested and released with upcoming court dates. A third person has been arrested after a Guelph teenager suffered facial injuries in a group assault last month. The evening …
Waterloo Regional Police responded to a shopping centre on Hespeler Road around 7:50 p.m. on October 2 after receiving reports of a man with what appeared to be a handgun. Officers arrested him outside the shopping centre and seized a BB gun. Waterloo Regional Police have arrested a male after responding to a report of …
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