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A change in the citys Animal Control Bylaw will soon make it easier for Guelph homeowners to keep backyard chickens.By the end of June the updated bylaw is expected t
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Before all this, every Canadian had their own version of Canada Day. Maybe it was a barbecue, a fair, a parade. Maybe it was just a day off, finally. Maybe it was on Parliament Hill, or in your backyard, unless you didnt have a backyard; then maybe you could join the crowd, all carrying little Canadian flags, to see the fireworks.But this is the pandemic year, and our collective experiences have been atomized as we were kept apart, together. So now our most common Canada Day experience may be this: how much can you pretend that everythings the same ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Unlike everything else, the pandemic ha
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