The Guelph Mercury was then published six days a week by Metroland Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation.

In February 2009, Torstar announced layoffs across the chain, including 13 newsroom staff at the Guelph Mercury.

The Guelph Mercury's Goss Urbanite Press was shut down on February 7, 2014, at which time printing moved to the Hamilton Spectator.

[5] Metroland Media Group confirmed that it would continue publishing news and "unique local content" through its twice-weekly Guelph Tribune which is distributed free of charge.

As well, the Mercury's real estate section, Guelph and District Homes, would continue to be printed and distributed.

At the same time, the Guelph Mercury Tribune started using the website www.guelphmercury.com as its main location for online local news, information and advertising.