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Sleeman commercial hits national airwaves 23 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm
Posted by Phil Andrews A Sleeman TV commercial that led to Guelph traffic jams while it was being shot this spring has come to air. I saw a spot on Sportsnet this week. In-Guelph footage showed a m...
Credit Ray Mitchell, I guess 23 Aug 2013 | 05:10 pm
Posted by Phil Andrews Downtown businessman and previous Guelph mayoral candidate Ray Mitchell called the newsroom Wednesday evening to urge us to look into a decision to have work done on Wilson Str...
In defence of a university degree 23 Aug 2013 | 12:57 am
Posted by Phil Andrews University of Guelph VP Academic Maureen Mancuso has written a column ostensibly to respond to the argument that a college degree is allegedly a surer pathway to a good job and...
East Indian suspects 23 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
Posted by Phil Andrews I was surprised to see break and enter suspects described in a city police news release this week as "east indian." If this crime comes to be solved, it will be interesting to...
Ash tree stumps yielding suckers 22 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
Posted by Phil Andrews I biked around the streets where the City of Guelph recently cut down and removed several trees damaged by the emerald ash borer. A few of the stumps left behind are now sport...
No 'fat letters' being mailed out in Guelph area 21 Aug 2013 | 07:43 pm
Posted by Phil Andrews We checked in with Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health about whether it had plans to emulate a controversial program running in other public health jurisdictions to try to...
Game day food trucks in Guelph 20 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm
Posted by Phil Andrews There has been some conversation in the community about how there are multiple food trucks at Alumni Stadium during Hamilton Ticats games -- but seemingly none of the trucks pe...
Stand up and paddle -- with a PFD! 20 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
Posted by Phil Andrews We're had an interesting bit of reader feedback on our coverage of the stand-up paddle cruising in Guelph. An emailer queried where the paddlers PFDs were. It turns out, at l...
Vegan response to Guelph's ribfest 19 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
Posted by Phil Andrews The activists behind the Guelph Pig Save movement are going to stage a meat-free alternative event to RibFest in Guelph this weekend. We're developing a story about the "Pigfe...
Confused about being "pear-shaped" 16 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
Posted by Phil Andrews I learned a new-to-me idiom a few days ago. It happened in a conversation with a dear old friend I haven't seen in a few months. He was describing how one of his siblings is s...
