Mayor Wants ‘Do Over’ Vote on Wal-Mart Superstore Rejection
July 13, 2008
What part of “No” don’t they understand in Canada? On July 7, 2008, the city council in Guelph, Ontario rejected Wal-Mart’s proposal to increase by
Guelph, Ontario
After 10 Year Battle, Wal-Mart Wants To Get Bigger
July 7, 2008
Wal-Mart is making a major superstore push in Canada, including the community of Guelph, Ontario, where the retailer had to battle for more than ten
Religious Groups Settle Lawsuit In Return for a ‘Living Wall’ to Separate Wal-Mart
July 18, 2006
Good fences don’t really make good neighbors, they just defuse the tension. This is certainly true in Guelph, Ontario, where a coalition of religious groups
Religious Groups Pursue Court Case Against Wal-Mart Location
March 19, 2006
Wal-Mart has already started building a store three times the size of a football field in Guelph, Ontario, in Canada. But a multi-faith religious group
Decade-Long Battle Against Wal-Mart Continues
February 11, 2006
Citizens in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, have been engaged in their own Olympic endurance battle against Wal-Mart for roughly ten years. On January 20th,2006, city officials
Citizens Continue Ten Year Battle Against Wal-Mart
April 18, 2005
Sam Walton boasted that if a community didn’t want Wal-Mart, they wouldn’t “create a fuss”, but simply move on to other communities that did want
Wal-Mart’s Seven Year Itch
December 28, 2001
In my book, Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart, I list Guelph, Ontario as a Canadian community that defeated Wal-Mart. It turns out that Wal-Mart’s “itch” to get into