Richard Vivian

Guelph

Assistant Editor and Senior Reporter at Guelph Today

Assistant Editor / Senior Reporter at GuelphToday, covering municipal matters. Opinions are my own. Father of two. Longtime Guelph resident.

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Keeping items out of Guelph's landfill courtesy of a repair cafe

4 days ago | guelphtoday.com | Richard Vivian

1 / 8 Guelph Tool Library hosted a repair cafe Saturday at Old Quebec Street Shoppes, in partnership with the City of Guelph. These events see people bring in items for repair, in order to keep them out of the landfill. Brian Pickles, left, and Paddy Fitzgerald work to repair this lamp.Richard Vivian/GuelphToday Advertisement
Family fun takes over at Guelph police headquarters

5 days ago | guelphtoday.com | Richard Vivian

About the Author: Richard Vivian Richard Vivian is an award-winning journalist and longtime Guelph resident. He joined the GuelphToday team as assistant editor in 2020, largely covering municipal matters and general assignment duties Read more
Add Guelph to cities that don't want homeless shelters downtown

6 days ago | baytoday.ca | Richard Vivian

Faced with gaps in daytime shelter services, city council is looking to create more space for programming to help unhoused individuals. But if Mayor Cam Guthrie gets his way, it won’t be going downtown. “What are our downtowns supposed to be for? For me, it is supposed to be an economic driver for our community. It’s supposed to be a thriving, business, entrepreneurial centre, a public space and tourism,” said Guthrie.
A new focus coming to Ignatius Jesuit Centre

6 days ago | guelphtoday.com | Richard Vivian

Retreat programming will cease at the end of 2025, with expanded focus on ecological justice and ‘reconciliation with creation’ A shift is coming to the Ignatius Jesuit Centre (IJC) where retreat services will cease at the end of this year. Instead the centre will focus on ecological justice and what they are calling “reconciliation with creation.”Though many details still have to be worked out, spiritual centre officials announced the pending transition of Loyola House on Thursday.
New speed cameras coming to these 8 Guelph school zones Aug. 1

1 week ago | guelphtoday.com | Richard Vivian

Schedule for moving the school zone cameras to change, with some permanent locations to come next year With an eye on curbing school zone speeders, the city is set to add eight automated speed enforcement cameras this summer, bringing the total to 12, with adjustments made to the rotation schedule. The additional cameras, which take photos of vehicles going above the posted speed limit and generate tickets for the registered owner (without demerit points), will come online on Aug. 1.
As city eyes daytime shelter, mayor doesn't want it downtown

1 week ago | thetrillium.ca | Richard Vivian

Faced with gaps in daytime shelter services, city council is looking to create more space for programming to help unhoused individuals. But if Mayor Cam Guthrie gets his way, it won’t be going downtown. “What are our downtowns supposed to be for? For me, it is supposed to be an economic driver for our community. It’s supposed to be a thriving, business, entrepreneurial centre, a public space and tourism,” said Guthrie.
City faces challenges trying to reach its greenhouse gas emissions targets

1 week ago | guelphtoday.com | Richard Vivian

Plan calls for 40,000 heat pumps to replace traditional home heating systems, taking 60,000 internal combustion engines off the road, and more Guelphites have a whole lot of work to do if the community is going to get anywhere close to city council’s stated greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions targets. That’s the thrust of Guelph’s Community Call to Climate Action, a report which received the initial backing of city council when it met Tuesday as the committee of the whole.
Guelph finished 2024 with $63,790 operating deficit

1 week ago | guelphtoday.com | Richard Vivian

Tax supported operating deficit of $397,604 is largely balanced out by $333,814 non-tax operating surplus City coffers were in the red by the end of last year, but not by much … about 0.01 per cent. There was a tax supported operating deficit of $397,604 at the close of 2024, along with a $333,814 surplus in non-tax supported operating. Collectively, they equate to a $63,790 funding shortfall.
As city eyes daytime shelter, mayor doesn't want it downtown

1 week ago | guelphtoday.com | Richard Vivian

Committee of the whole unanimously supports motion soliciting daytime shelter proposals Faced with gaps in daytime shelter services, city council is looking to create more space for programming to help unhoused individuals. But if Mayor Cam Guthrie gets his way, it won’t be going downtown. “What are our downtowns supposed to be for? For me, it is supposed to be an economic driver for our community.
Record turnout across country for advance voting

2 weeks ago | guelphtoday.com | Richard Vivian

Editor's note: this article has been adjusted from an earlier version. During advance voting in the Guelph riding, which ran throughout the Easter long weekend, there were 21,137 votes cast. That’s down from 22,778 during the 2021 federal election. The Guelph riding has been changed since the last election and there are considerably fewer voters living in the new Guelph riding. On a percentage basis, the turnout was actually greater.