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GETTING THINGS DONE: A Rebuttal

April 18, 2019   ·   0 Comments

By Mayor Tom Mrakas I read a recent op-ed piece in a national newspaper about the need for more housing in Ontario and what’s holding ...

FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE: My Aurora Budget Speech

By Stephen Somerville The Federal Minister of Finance, the Honourable Bill Morneau gave his Budget Speech a few weeks ago and his Ontario Counterpart, the ...

Homeless But Happy

Part 8 Surrounded by volumes of every topic imaginable, I’m here in the central hub of our library researching and working through my various thoughts ...

BROCK’S BANTER: Master class in out-of-touch

By Brock Weir In the United States’ Presidential Election in 2000, where Vice President Al Gore faced off against former Texas Governor George W. Bush ...

INSIDE AURORA: Showtime

By Scott Johnston There’s nothing like a visit to the Aurora Home Show to demonstrate how inadequate your home really is. You may walk into ...

TIME TRAVELLER’S DIARY: “Black Hand” grips Aurora

By Jacqueline Stuart In the very early morning of an April day in 1909 fire broke out in one of Aurora’s oldest houses. Later that ...

SENIOR SCAPE

By Christina Doyle Welcome, long-awaited April! Are you smiling right now? You should be: it’s April, beautiful April, in all its glory and sunshine. I ...

MP’s REPORT: March in Review

By Leona Alleslev, MPAurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill Spring feels like it is a long time coming, but my team and I were busy both in Ottawa ...

GETTING THINGS DONE: Budget 2019

By Mayor Tom Mrakas After months of hard work by Staff and Council, the final 2019 Budget was approved at the March 26th Council meeting. ...

BROCK’S BANTER: Lighting a Spark

By Brock Weir My parents can never be criticized for their lack of persistence. When they set their minds to do something, they were – ...

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