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2022 Municipal Election News

City could do more to help struggling residents, candidates say

City could do more to help struggling residents, candidates say

Candidate forum for wards one, two and three hears a variety of ideas to ease the situation
Candidates behaving badly? Some would say so

Candidates behaving badly? Some would say so

School board and council candidates have been coming under attack for some of their views
Advance polls start Saturday

Advance polls start Saturday

Advanced voting available Oct. 8-10 and 14-16, with the election set for Oct. 24
Guthrie calls for pro-development council

Guthrie calls for pro-development council

Hosted by Guelph & District Association of Realtors, candidate forum focused on housing-related issues
Guelph mayoral hopefuls to debate Oct. 11

Guelph mayoral hopefuls to debate Oct. 11

The Guelph/Wellington Coalition for Social Justice is hosting council candidates virtually Oct. 6, ahead of a live mayoral candidates debate the following week
Cost of living the top issue at mayoral, Ward 5 debate

Cost of living the top issue at mayoral, Ward 5 debate

Event hosted by residents of Village by the Arboretum saw half of invited candidates participate
Discrimination rears its head on campaign trail, say candidates

Discrimination rears its head on campaign trail, say candidates

Several candidates for city council report incidents of discrimination based on race, gender and more, though most say it's not been an issue
Council candidate goes to police with harassment complaint

Council candidate goes to police with harassment complaint

The accused, a fellow candidate, says racist comments and threats made against him and family
Council candidate trying to organize boycott of election forum

Council candidate trying to organize boycott of election forum

Ward 6 candidate Craig DiSero has emailed most of those running for council asking for them to boycott public forums planned for 10C next month because Ward 1 candidate Thai Mac is invited
Out on The Shelf chair happy to talk, but didn't endorse Thai Mac (Correction)

Out on The Shelf chair happy to talk, but didn't endorse Thai Mac (Correction)

Barry Moore offered returning candidate 'recommendations I would give anyone' but did not encourage Ward 1 candidate to re-enter the race