June 2018 Archive

Baseball, soccer to split Hallmark lands

The soccer community wanted two soccer fields to meet their growing needs, the baseball community wanted two diamonds to address the same issue, but will a compromise reached Tuesday over the future use of Aurora’s Hallmark lands make everyone happy?

Property owner could appeal designation of Aurora’s historic business core

Over the last few years, Benny Soscia has been buying up buildings in what is seen by many to be Aurora’s historic downtown business core – but now that Council has begun the process of designating six of his buildings under the Ontario Heritage Act, he could move to appeal the decision.

Aurora’s Vierling signs with OHL Firebirds

Not yet old enough to drive himself to practice, Evan Vierling is already thinking big in his plans for his future hockey career.

Ontario Votes 2018: “We have returned Ontario to the people,” says Elliott

Voters have returned Ontario to the people. This was the message delivered by Newmarket-Aurora’s MPP-elect Christine Elliott to a jubilant group of supporters at her Newmarket campaign office as the numbers rolled in on Thursday night.

Ontario Votes 2018: “Canada will allow every single one of us to live the dream,” says Parsa

The first Member of Provincial Parliament for the newly-created Ontario riding of Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill will be Progressive Conservative Michael Parsa.

ONTARIO VOTES 2018: “I’m not going anywhere,” says defeated Ballard, predicting “a very interesting next few years”

Chris Ballard is predicting “a very interesting next few years” for Newmarket-Aurora as he looks to life away from Queen’s Park.

Aurora students raise thousands in Relay for Life triple

Like beacons through the night, the yellow shirts of survivors led the way for hundreds of students under cloudy skies on Friday morning as they walked in solidarity to make a difference.

A stroll through old downtown

Sunday morning? A summer evening? A good time to have a look at the town’s old Yonge Street business block and the fifteen buildings which ...

BROCK’S BANTER: The Game Plan

By Brock Weir If we’re talking about “special places in hell” this week – and, sadly, we are, apparently – I think at least one ...

INSIDE AURORA: Field of Dreams

By Scott Johnston Now that the election’s over (insert collective sigh of relief here) one of the big topics of conversation in Town is what ...

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