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Four phase plan would include the introduction of limited bike service appointments fter being closed for over a year, the Central Student Association’s (CSA) Bike Centre is set to reopen in phases. According to the Bike Centre Reopening Plan written by the Bike Centre Reopening Working Group, health and safety […]
Enrolment capping and increased wastewater testing join list of new measures to be taken he University of Guelph has released new details concerning its plan to have an in-person fall 2021 semester. On June 3, the university posted a news release and an infographic outlining information related to vaccination, safe […]
Locals to honour the children with flag-lowering, orange shirts, and vigil ver the May long weekend, the remains of 215 children were confirmed to have been buried at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. According to CBC, the discovery was made during a survey of the grounds by a specialist […]
From technical advances in the kitchen to the perseverance of family traditions, cookbooks of the past show that food culture does not have an expiration date special collaboration between students in a third-year University of Guelph food history course and the university’s Archival and Special Collections team has yielded an […]
Southern Ontario will go into lockdown from Dec. 26 to at least Jan. 23, 2021 On Monday Premier Doug Ford announced that all of Ontario will be going into lockdown on Boxing Day. For southern Ontario, this will see all 27 public health units beginning lockdown on 12:01 a.m. Dec. […]
A member of the U of G community has passed away. Dale Murray, who was a chef in the University’s Hospitality Services department, died on Oct. 8 after a battle with cancer. He was 52. According to his obituary, he cooked for the U of G community for 33 years. […]
U of G students now have access to COVID-19 testing right on campus. As of this past Monday, U of G students can get tested for COVID-19 at the J.T. Powell Building through Student Health Services during the hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, […]
UPDATE: The Gryphon Center Arena will be closed until Oct. 13, 2020 to repair damage caused by the explosion. n explosion occurred this morning inside the Gryphon Center Arena, and people are being encouraged to avoid the building for the time being. U of G Alert, the University of Guelph’s […]
This past Saturday was the Guelph Solidarity Protest to Support Black Lives Matter. Thousands of people gathered in downtown Guelph, myself included. I participated in the protest, not as a reporter or a journalist, but as an individual. I am a white person and I understand that I am inherently […]
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