August 2018 Archive

Seven priests named in Pennsylvania report received treatment in Aurora

An explosive Grand Jury report on clergy sexual abuse in Pennsylvania dating back to 1947 released last week reveals that seven of more than 300 “predator priests” within the Catholic church received treatment

Suspect nabbed following sexual assault on Stone Road

A 23-year-old Aurora man is facing sexual assault charges after an attack on a 47-year-old local woman was caught on camera.

Blue Rodeo to headline 2018 Hoedown

The eagerly-anticipated announcement for the Saturday, September 15 headliner was made Monday.

2018’s Student Athletes of the Year honoured at Council

They’re now in the final weeks of a well-earned summer of rest and relaxation after pushing themselves to be the best on the baseball diamond, on the soccer pitch, on ice, and in the pool, but Aurora’s 2018 Student Athletes put on their best and headed to Town Hall where they were celebrated for their achievements.

Emotion vs. Logic

(Re: Ford “blowing up traditional norms”, August 2) Mr. Doughty does not offer any evidence to support his emotional rhetoric that “Destructive, anti-democratic impulses are ...

Has the “greasing” time come?

Yesterday, August 9, Brock Weir soberly ruminated on the healing power of laughter. Exactly forty-four years before Richard Nixon somberly resigned as President of the ...

BROCK’S BANTER: A Trip Down Yondr

By Brock Weir There once was a time when the very idea of claustrophobia was confined to, well, the confined – those tight spaces ranging ...

FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE: Statistics that sing

By Stephen Somerville When a new administration takes over invariably it seems the first thing they do is claim that the government cupboard is bare. ...

MP’s REPORT: What Are Your Federal Priorities?

By Leona Alleslev, MP Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill August is the time when you invite me into your businesses, your homes, you stop me in the ...

TIME TRAVELLER’S DIARY: “All the Gaudy Paraphernalia”

By Jacqueline Stuart Back in August of 1856 the Time Traveller decided to mosey along Mosley Street to have a look at the piece of ...

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