August 2016 Archive

Aurora United has winning weekend

One of the most impressive teenagers in Canadian football put in a hat trick effort on Saturday to secure a whopping 9 – 2 win for Aurora United FC.

Legion, Town honour veterans with banner program

The Royal Canadian Legion and the Town of Aurora are coming together this fall to honour the Town’s veterans with a six-week long flag campaign ...

Council doesn’t look at the Greater Good of Commuting: reader

(Re: Commuter Parking Moving Northward concerns Council, neighbours, July 14) I thought Ms. Moore’s position was admirable. This was a letter from someone who does ...

BROCK’S BANTER: Right Here in River City

By Brock Weir Outside of one instance surreptitiously recorded on an iPhone at a Los Angeles karaoke bar of me belting out the Sonny Bono ...

FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE: This and That

By Stephen Somerville Before this column returns to the local themes of people, politics and public affairs, below are some unconnected, stream-of-conscious and (most likely) ...

VIEW FROM QUEEN’S PARK: Blackdown, Treasure Mills, Daycare Waitlist Fees, Hospital Funding and more

By Chris Ballard, MPP Newmarket-Aurora Blackdown Cadent Training Centre I spent a good part of last Friday at the Blackdown Cadet Training Centre on Canadian ...

IN GOOD COMPANY: Summer is coming to a close

By Mayor Geoff Dawe The summer is almost coming to an end, but we still have many fun and exciting events in store over the ...

Auroran cycling across Canada for Special Olympics Canada

By Jake Courtepatte A two-man team has been cycling across Canada for just over a month now, and the 50-day, 4,500-kilometre journey takes Aurora’s Trevor ...

Tragically Hip screening leaves organizers “Up to Here” in Council debate

This Saturday’s Town Park simulcast of the Tragically Hip’s farewell concert became bogged down in Council debate last week amid accusations of “roadblocks” being put in the way of the event.

Open a door on forgotten chapters of Aurora’s history

As people with any living memory of it dwindle to a precious few, the First World War is quickly becoming a forgotten chapter of Canada’s past, but the Aurora Historical Society aims to make this history come alive again this Saturday at Doors Open Aurora.

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