Guelph News

“Even relative to our closest neighbour in the United States, food prices have been remarkably tame in the last year”

Canadians can be excused for wondering at the turmoil around the world over exploding food prices that threaten to starve some of the poorer parts of the developing world. via Times-Transcript

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“I certainly will be very interested in what the house does”

A largely symbolic gesture supporting compensation for Steven Truscott will play out Thursday through a private member's motion in the Ontario legislature as the government sits on formal recommendations on the ... via CFRB

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“If we don't build this centre, guys are still going to get in their cars and go to Eglinton or go to North York. Folks are resistant to change. But we're not telling them they have to shop here.”

Chris Young for National Post Twelve-year-old Camille Audette holds up her placard during a rally held yesterday to urge Queen's Park not to allow a retail development in Leslieville. via National Post

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- Peel Public Health is reporting a case of measles linked to a recent cluster of cases in Toronto.

Toronto Public Health officials have been monitoring nine cases of measles since March 11. Although officials called it an outbreak, the risk of infection is considered low because of high immunization rates.

Meanwhile, Guelph, Ont., has 12 confirmed cases.

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health says three other suspected cases in the area are under investigation.

Measles began spreading in Guelph last month after a man caught the disease in Toronto and returned home. Read more

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“This will allow us to find information not only on the Guelph population, but Ontario and Canada”

Today: H 13 /L 6 What's being described as Canada's first large-scale consumer panel dedicated to food and research has been formed locally by researchers at the U of G. The 2,000-person Guelph Food Panel is ... via Guelph Tribune

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“I hope eventually to be in Toronto. I am a Torontonian.”

Brenda Martin heading to mother's house after ordeal in Mexican jail Brenda Martin, who spent two years in a Mexican jail on fraud charges, enjoys a coffee yesterday after being released on parole from a ... via Ottawa Sun

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“Our past open houses have been well attended”

' Ever wondered how your drinking water gets from the ground and into your glass? Or what you can do to reduce your indoor and outdoor water use? The City of Guelph Waterworks Division will answer these ... via City Of Guelph

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Domestic Violence Puslinch Twp On Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 6:57pm, officers from the County of Wellington O.P.P. responded to a report of a domestic incident at a residence in Puslinch Township. via The Fountain Pen

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“We too have a number of concerns about this project”

Today: H 7 /L 0 Officials with the Grand River Conservation Authority will be teaming up to compare notes concerning Ministry of Transportation plans for Highway 24. via Cambridge Times

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Drunk Driver Arrested Guelph-Eramosa Twp On Thursday April 17th, 2008 at about 2:40am County of Wellington OPP officers responded to a single vehicle rollover collision on Wellington Road 22 near the fourth ... via The Fountain Pen

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