GUELPH POLITICAST #522 – The Year at Council... So Far (January to April)

About this episode

This episode recaps the significant events and decisions made by the Guelph city council from January to April 2026.

Sure, it's an election year, but that doesn't mean that the current city council is coasting in their last year in office. The council calendar has been pretty busy these first four months of 2026, and some of the things that have kept them busy might surprise you. This week, if you don't follow the news, or subscribe to this website, or have heard about it somewhere else, you will get your chance to catch-up on all the latest council business here. In January, the council year got started early with an emergency meeting to respond to the sudden cancellation of a daytime shelter program. No one saw it coming, but that was the case with a lot of the most difficult issues at the council table. From the plan to speed up development downtown, to the crunch over ice time at rec facilities, to the options for traffic calming around town, council had some tough debates and made some tougher decisions. So let's recap the events at council so far this year on this edition of the Guelph Politicast! Stay on top of council coverage every week by following @adamadonaldson on Blue Sky and by subscribing to the Guelph Politico Tip Sheet newsletter. The Thursday edition is the recap of that…

People in this episode

Host: Adam A. Donaldson

Topics covered

• city council
• local politics
• community issues
• development
• traffic calming
• recreation facilities

Keywords

• Guelph
• city council
• politics
• development
• traffic calming
• recreation
• emergency meeting

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Places: Guelph

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