Royal City Stories

Your FEEL GOOD moment of the day Brought to you by the Guelph Sikh Society. They donated $11,000 to The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital to help with COVID-19 efforts in our city. The donations were collected during Sikh Heritage Month. Courtesy: https://twitter.com/GuelphSikhSoc/status/1260708839831285760

Royal City Stories Podcast | CJ Cooper In this episode the inaugural episode of the podcast Andrew in Guelph interviews local musician CJ Cooper. CJ used quarantine as a time to serenade the people on Guelph on a local community page, Guelph This & That. She also has a new single coming out THIS SUNDAY!

May 2-9 is the Canadian Children's Book Week and it's loaded with local talent! Read the blog | bit.ly/2WoVw9v Most of the books listed in Lisa Browning's blog can be purchased online through The Bookshelf. There'll also be YouTube videos from the authors and downloadable activities. Share the joy of reading with children and support local writers!

This Day In Guelph Sports History 2019: The Guelph Storm Hockey Club come back from being down 3-1 in the OHL West Final to the Saginaw Spirit to defeat their Michigan rivals in game 7 and win the Wayne Gretzky Trophy. Full story | bit.ly/guelph-sports-history-1

Guelph Gratitude: To Our Rock Painters Full article | bit.ly/rock-painters By: Lisa Browning One of the things that I love about Guelph is the abundance of wetlands and nature trails. We are so fortunate to have so much widespread natural abundance!... I am especially grateful for this, ever since the COVID-19 situation has descended upon us. It is amazing to me how much we take for granted. Seeing our loved ones, meeting a friend for coffee, going out for lunch or dinnernone of that is possible at this time. I live alone. It is me, and my dog. This makes walking crucial. I took one of those walks about a week ago, on a trail that surrounds my subdivision, and is part of the Ellis Creek wetlands. Imagine my astonishment as I saw this [Click the link above to continue reading!]

Today is #NationalTakeoutDay! 2 lucky winners are each walking away with a $50 gift card for helping make this map of Guelph restaurants possible! Over the past 3 weeks, nearly 45 people commented and messaged us about their favourite places to eat in Guelph. Abhilash Kantamneni & team turned this list into an interactive map of 120+ local restaurants that are still open for takeout and delivery. So the #NationalTakeoutDay winners today picked at random are ....... drumrol...l ......... Jennifer Moore and Jennifer Lynn . Jens, please send us a message so we can arrange for a contact-less transfer of your Downtown Guelph giftcards https://public.tableau.com//GuelphRestaurantsO/Dashboard1

We're proud to present, in partnership with Guelph This & That, our first editorial! [Full blog: https://bit.ly/swedish-martini] The Quarantine Cocktail: Silvercreek Swedish Martini made with Guelph's Dixon's Distilled Spirits. You won't find a simpler cocktail!... 2 parts vodka 1 part martini glass 1 (really small) ice cube Written by: Travis Oke

Our favourite Royal City dogooder, Abhi, is working to create a map of all the restaurants offers takeaway/delivery during COVID-19. We're offering Downtown Guelph dollars ($100 of them!) to one lucky person who helps him out by adding restaurant info here https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSd2WMs2zadcQvW1et/viewform

Excited to be starting production on Season 2 of Royal City Stories today! We’re on site at the Habitat for Humanity build with special guest John Sleeman!

Excited that we’ve started production on Season 2 of Royal City Stories today! Filming on site at the Habitat for Humanity build with special guest John Sleeman!

Happy Family Day, Guelph. We hope your day is spent with loved ones both two and four-legged.

It's National Flag of Canada Day! Isn't she a beauty? Johnston Hall, University of Guelph