Independent News for the University of Guelph Community
Picklefest at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener has been running for four years and shows no signs of stopping. People come from wide and far to attend and after going, we can see why people return year after year. Dave Moore and Erin Ackersviller, from Kitchener, attend PickleFest every year. It’s important […]
GETTING HER START ON Soundcloud and Bandcamp, Massachusetts singer-songwriter Claire Cottrill, known as Clairo, played a sold-out show at Danforth Music Hall on Nov. 16, just two years after her first officially released song. Clairo is, by definition, a viral star. She rose to fame in 2017 with lo-fi, […]
Guelphites filled the Sleeman Centre downtown the morning of Nov. 11 for the city’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Public figures such as Mayor Cam Guthrie and MP Lloyd Longfield spoke during the ceremony while the John F. Ross C.V.I. Concert Choir and Guelph Concert Band provided music.
Celebrating Guelph’s musicians and doing so in a way that allows women to take centre stage Holy Smokes Music Festival is about celebrating Guelph’s musicians and doing so in a way that allows women to take centre stage. All the acts included in the festival identify as women or […]
Why you shouldn’t buy from StubHub Buying tickets for events isn’t how it used to be. There’s special presale codes, verified fan tickets, exclusive mailing list access, and the list goes on. Even if you wake up early to buy tickets right when they go on sale, it’s not guaranteed […]
Some elements still under construction After many years of planning and construction, the first phase of the new Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre will be open to students and members on Sat., September 3, 2016. Though the building may still feel like it is under construction, the new fitness centre, studios, […]
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The Ontarion is the University of Guelph’s independent student newspaper. It began in 1951 as part of the Ontario Agricultural College and then began to represent the entire University of Guelph once it amalgamated in 1964. The Ontarion incorporated in May 1970 as The Ontarion, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation registered with the province of Ontario.