/r/Guelph

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A subreddit for Guelph, Ontario!

Welcome to /r/Guelph, a reddit for Guelph, Ontario!

A vibrant community of 118,000 people, Guelph is ranked among the top ten places to live in Canada. The city is located in one of the strongest economic regions in the country - 100 kilometres west of Toronto, just east of Kitchener-Waterloo. Guelph is rich in culture, architecture, parks and riverside green spaces. In 2009 Guelph was also named one of the country's smartest communities, its safest city, and Canada's volunteer capital. - Guelph.ca


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  • We want /r/Guelph to be a welcoming, friendly and safe environment. Please treat your fellow Guelphites with respect, and don't be a jerk.
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Large furniture

I’m trying to get rid of furniture in my garage like old mattresses and couches. I was wondering if anyone knows cheap services to haul these out and dispose of them? On a pretty low budget

1 Comment
2024/11/09
20:07 UTC

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Birthday Party Ideas

I have a child turning 11 soon. Over the years we've done lots of different types of parties... horseback riding, bowling, Play With Clay, going to a movie, etc.

I'm looking for some interesting party inspiration for a child this age. Anyone have anything unique or that they found really good in the area? We're probably going to have no more than 6 kids in total.

7 Comments
2024/11/09
18:04 UTC

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Gym Memberships

So after all this pizza I went to check out some gym memberships and when did we start paying $100 a month for memberships? This is insane. I guess I'll just keep eating pizza...

17 Comments
2024/11/09
17:46 UTC

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Wtf Costco - Transphobic Much??

My brother was at Costco this morning to pick up his prescription of T - and the pharmacy 1. Refused to give him the needles for his injectable hormones and 2. Refused to have a pharmacist explain the process to him even though it's a new medication he is just starting. Absolutely cannot believe that we're still doing this in 2024.

32 Comments
2024/11/09
17:34 UTC

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'How is this legal?' Meet the king of Ontario renovictions

Michael Klein may be 'a ghost,' as one angry tenant calls him, but a large group of people in Ontario have had their lives thrown into turmoil by renovictions tied to the Toronto businessman
https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/how-is-this-legal-meet-the-king-of-ontario-renovictions-9776680

7 Comments
2024/11/09
14:03 UTC

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In Harvard Plaza, yet another new eatery. Never heard of them before.

16 Comments
2024/11/09
10:31 UTC

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any good bakeries

hi! im looking for a good place to get a cake for my 16th birthday(my party is next week) , id like a chocolate cake. if anyone could give any recommendations it’d be great!! im not looking for anything too fancy, just a good place with decent prices! thank you!

12 Comments
2024/11/09
06:48 UTC

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Random girl showing up midnight asking for help to call her mom

An incident happened with us around 12:30 am. We live on Gordon st near Downtown. I was sitting in the hall and heard knocking at door and a girl was standing there and I asked her without opening the door what's up. She said if she can call her mom. My mind couldn't process so I asked my friends to come with me before opening the door but before we open the door she disappeared. I am not sure if she was genuinely asking for help or it was a scam kind of thing. What if she genuinely needed help ? Or what I did was a right thing.

55 Comments
2024/11/09
06:01 UTC

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Snow tires and rims

I've never had to buy snow tires and rims before - what can I expect to spend if I'm buying very average snow tires and rims and what is a good place in town to purchase? I don't know if it makes a difference, but I drive a Subaru Outback.

14 Comments
2024/11/09
02:11 UTC

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Mcdonalds - entitled couriers-FREE Drinks

Before explaining today’s incident I will say that I work at Mcdonalds from last 4 years as a crew. I love my job and like to serve people. This is not my first incident, there are hundreds.

The activity of couriers (SKIP, doordash, ubereats) have been very rude and entitled since past months. So what happened today was it was going very busy as usual, and a courier showed up, grabbed their food and ordered a small coffee and tea, both with 5 milk and 10 sugars, yes 10 sugars, and the audacity that he had when saying “Stir it properly the sugar sticks to the bottom, otherwise I will have to talk to your manager”.

The rush was so much that I didn’t get time to complain it to my manager but what in the hell was that tone to talk to crew ? You are getting a FREE coffee and tea, you are adding a fuck ton of toppings there, we are doing a kind courtesy to give it to you FOR FREE.

I have worked for all couriers but there are no rules of getting a free drink anywhere as far as I know. To all the couriers out there please act like you are getting free food, don’t abuse it.

I am not being a prick here but free food anywhere should be respected and only be ordered if you really need it. We have a lot to manage please. I apologize if there are any errors Thank you

48 Comments
2024/11/09
02:09 UTC

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How the hell does one find work?

I'm a student trying to find part-time work. I've applied to dozens and dozens of jobs, and after countless followups emails, I got a grand total of one reply! (It was a rejection, but that goes without saying).

Am I doing something wrong or is there a serious problem with the job market in this city? What's everyone else doing for money?

14 Comments
2024/11/09
00:41 UTC

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Window Blinds

Hi all,

Any recommendations for a place to buy reasonable window blinds that also will do installation? Thanks!

1 Comment
2024/11/08
23:28 UTC

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Where to put up posters for/advertise pwyc counselling services?

Hello,

As the title had mentioned I am looking for some places to hang some advertisement posters. The posters are to advertise the counselling business that I am currently interning at, and to let people know that we are offering subsidized/‘pay what you can’ counselling sessions.

My supervisor has stated that if we get busy/enough interest that we may be able to start offering free walk-in counselling times as well! Which is something that I don’t see often, especially in Guelph.

I am thinking of trying to reach out to some downtown coffee shops/businesses but I wanted to know if anyone has had luck anywhere specifically with anything similar?

Thanks so much in advance!

4 Comments
2024/11/08
22:27 UTC

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Does anyone know what happened at St. George’s Square?

There’s a deceased person covered with a blanket and police seem to be speaking to witnesses around the encampment. Very sad to see.

66 Comments
2024/11/08
21:22 UTC

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Heat pumps

Has anybody had a new heat pump installed. I was just quoted $15000 for 30 yrs and paying $88.23 inc. tax monthly but with rebates from union gas & hydro if $40.00 each per month I'm only paying $8.23. Currently I have ductless energy efficient boiler system for heat and has been advised that my basement will still have to use the boiler system for heat and the use the heat pump on main and upper. I'm not sure what to do.

11 Comments
2024/11/08
21:16 UTC

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Please watch for pedestrians

Yesterday walking to my gym in the Pergola Commons plaza, 2 separate cars at 2 separate crossings nearly hit me, whoever was in the Jeep Grand Cherokee in Brown, you’re lucky I didn’t kick in your lights when you literally tapped me with your bumper as you tried to follow the guy who sped off as I was just about to get to the sidewalk, and flipped me off lol.

Is it that serious to make a right hand turn while a pedestrian is crossing?

I’m not trying to be entitled, I’ve been walking to my gym for 3 years without issues till this year, and it wasn’t just like “oh didn’t see you” they clearly see me in a red hoodie with high vis on my bag with the sun still up.

35 Comments
2024/11/08
20:44 UTC

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Mental health help?

Trying to figure this out for someone close to me.

Is it possible to get to a psychiatrist in…a couple days? Or would it require waiting weeks for appointment/referral stuff?

Or I also need to learn about a hospital program? Don’t need to be in-patient held but do they have an outpatient program? I would love to hear anyones experience and advice on this.

Figuring this out for a man so would also appreciate general recommendations for a person you’d recommend going to that’s affordable and accessible by bus??

Edit: can the university’s mental health support help? can they help speed things up?

25 Comments
2024/11/08
19:00 UTC

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Family Doctors Accepting New Patients?

Just wondering if anyone knows of any family doctors that are currently accepting new patients?

6 Comments
2024/11/08
18:00 UTC

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Psych/Jam Band Live at Which Craft November 9th

Hello!

Made a fancy new Reddit account to let you all know that my band is playing Which Craft in Guelph tomorrow evening, Saturday November 9th at around 9:30pm. We play 3 sets; two song based sets of mostly original music and one entirely improvised set at the end of the night.

For fans of the Grateful Dead (or maybe more specifically Jerry Garcia Band), Third Eye Blind, Neil Young, Wilco and Built to Spill. Also known to throw in some novelty pop covers.

We play all night and it’s free so drop in and check it out if it interests you at all :)

1 Comment
2024/11/08
17:51 UTC

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Kid getting arrested on scottsdale drive

me and my girlfriend were driving around at around 12:15 and we noticed there were probably 7-8 cop cars moving as a group from parking lot to parking lot. obviously trying to look for someone. me being me i trailed the cop for a little bit behind a couple cars and he led us to this kid was getting arrested. he is probably in grade 10 of highschool and there again 7-8 cop cars surrounding him and he was beat red. i’ve never seen anything like it. anyone know what happened?

this all happened basically right near priory Park and those elementary schools

28 Comments
2024/11/08
13:56 UTC

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Best Indian Restaurant in Guelph?

Having a girls weekend in Guelph to visit my niece at the University this weekend and looking for the best Indian restaurants in the Guelph area - if not Indian, what are the best eateries we should go to?

73 Comments
2024/11/07
23:28 UTC

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Best Fish Tacos in Guelph

Serious question: Where can I find the best fish tacos in Guelph? Leave me all of your recommendations and reviews.

12 Comments
2024/11/07
21:30 UTC

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