The Auroran

Lowell McClenny is not one to watch from the sidelines

It’s a story anyone with kids in organized sports is all too familiar with – a parent sits on the sidelines watching their son or daughter hit the field, and then sitting on their hands and trying not to grind their teeth when they disagree with a play by a coach or ref.

Breakfast of Champions Spotlight: Ryan Baudin

All-star twelve-year-old Ryan Baudin started gymnastics when he was six years old. Why? “It looked like a lot of fun!”

Council nixes review of meeting times

If you were hoping for something concrete for shorter municipal meetings, you might have to wait another day. Council put the brakes on a recommendation last week which would have launched a study...

Council keeps the door open for future accessibility renos

Town Hall will keep the Council chamber as it is for now, while looking for ways to improve accessibility in the future. Aurora Councillors voted last week to keep the status quo when it comes to accessibility for people using mobility...

Noise bylaws could be tightened up to reflect “lifestyles”

By Brock Weir Have you been part of Aurora’s “mass civil disobedience”? If so, changes at Town Hall could mean you’ll no longer have to ...

Growing Together: Oliver Heating and Cooling

By Brock Weir The Auroran continues our series on Aurora’s oldest businesses this week with a business which marks its 90th anniversary in 2014, and ...

Cadets rise through the ranks ahead of weekend open house

The latest crop of the Queen’s York Rangers Army Cadets has risen through the ranks. Cadets held their annual parade and promotions before their Commanding Officer...

Legal advice over King cell phone tower cost over $9,000

By Brock Weir Previous reports said trying to fight the cell phone tower looming over a stretch of west Aurora from its perch on the ...

Meeting a Heroine on the path to Global Citizenship

The face of astronaut Roberta Bondar smiling down at people from the mural at Yonge and Wellington left an indelible impression on young Allison Kondal when she and her family first moved to Aurora.