Get To Know Your Candidates…A Day Late

Carin just brought to my attention a boneheaded bit of election scheduling. I sent her a quick note to let her know that our local all candidates debatewill be on Rogers Television Tuesday October 7th at 7 PM.She’s got a better memory than I do and she kind of serves as my pocket organizer, so …

Ryan’s Quality Pet Food Is A Quality Store

I’ve been full of negativity and criticism today, and already have a post waiting in the wings where I completely rip apart what a hotel calls service, so I felt like some positivity would be nice. Hey everybody in Guelph and the surrounding area. If you have a pet, if you can, get your food …

Help With Suicide-Prevention By Commiting Legal Suicide

Wow. This is nuts. I know people are sue-happy, but now the waivers are swinging over to the other extreme. I wanted to go out and participate in The Walk, an event that’s supposed to raise money for the local Distress Centre, and other suicide-prevention initiatives. I guess, since walking involves physical exercise as well …

The English Language Was Also Killed

Hello, Guelph Mercury? Are you there? Yes, I’m talking to you. Is everybody there who knows what they’re doing on a long vacation, or does nobody give a shit anymore? I ask because I’m curious as to how garbage likethis makes it through your editing process, if you still have one that is. I’ll forgive …

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others…

One of these things just doesn’t belong. Four Guelph organizations have been awarded grants totalling about $290,000 to promote health and community involvement. The Ontario Trillium Foundation, a government agency, Tuesday announced grants to the following groups: Family Counselling and Support Services for Guelph-Wellington: $108,100 to improve services for child victims of sexual abuse. Volunteer …

Dear Owners Of Ferocious Dog:

Do you think, if you have a dog so ferocious that it attacks anyone who comes near it, that it’s a good idea to bring the savage thing to the middle of downtown and then leave it in a parked car? Do you? Trixie and I think otherwise…well at least Trixie should think otherwise if …

Serving Our Community, One Voice Track At A Time

All the snow we’ve been getting and our building’s power transformer blowing up the other night got me thinking again about how much commercial radio sucks these days. That might sound strange, but hear me out. When something disruptive happens, something like…let’s say a snow storm or a power outage, what’s one of the first …