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Richard Vivian

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

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Recent Work by Richard

City asks province to let them collect fees from Enbridge gas

City asks province to let them collect fees from Enbridge gas

Motion calls on the province to change what municipalities can charge for the use of publicly owned lands
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Mayor inadvertently violated code of conduct: integrity commissioner

Mayor inadvertently violated code of conduct: integrity commissioner

Mayor brought the matter to the city's integrity commissioner himself
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Council hears pitches to restore transit, arts and environment funding

Council hears pitches to restore transit, arts and environment funding

'I hope we can all agree that good decision-making in this realm must consider what the impact on the entire Guelph community will be,' council told
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Map showing where encampments might be allowed taken down by city

Map showing where encampments might be allowed taken down by city

No longer available after ‘confusion’ and several concerns from citizens
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Council looks to defer discussing a 'renoviction’ bylaw

Council looks to defer discussing a 'renoviction’ bylaw

Committee of the whole wants tenants to know their rights
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Local developers respond to city's 'rhetoric'

Local developers respond to city's 'rhetoric'

'The provincial definition of short-term supply, it creates a false narrative,' Guelph Wellington Developers Association tells council
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Influencers put on notice, Guelph lobbyist registry moves forward

Influencers put on notice, Guelph lobbyist registry moves forward

List of people attempting to sway city decision-makers, and about what, to be posted on city's website
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Guelph is getting a light pollution bylaw

Guelph is getting a light pollution bylaw

Staff told to craft bylaw that restricts flow of man-made light from one property to the next
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Influencers put on notice, Guelph lobbyist registry moves forward

Influencers put on notice, Guelph lobbyist registry moves forward

List of people attempting to sway city decision-makers, and about what, to be posted on city's website
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City council supports structure encampments ‘in principle’

City council supports structure encampments ‘in principle’

Motion calls on the federal government to provide immediate funding to address homelessness issues
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