MARKET MUSINGS

December 7, 2016 · 0 Comments

By Jan Freedman It has been a long time since the beginning of May and now the Aurora Farmers’ Market and Artisan Fair is about ...

FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE: Bidding on the Olympics

By Stephen Somerville Canada has bid to host both the summer and winter Olympics a number of times, holding the 1976 summer games in Montreal ...

VIEW FROM QUEEN’S PARK: Loyalty points protection, Southlake and more…..

By Chris Ballard, MPP Newmarket-Aurora If you collect loyalty points, with plans such as Air Miles, you’ll be pleased to know you’ve got greater protection ...

BROCK’S BANTER: The Power of Knowledge

By Brock Weir Nobody wants to be a captive audience, but sometimes it is just easier – and more fruitful – to simply go with ...

INSIDE AURORA: Christmas Spirit

By Scott Johnston If you’re a Grinchy soul, who mutters a “bah, humbug” at the thought of Christmas, then you may want to get out ...

POLITICS AS USUAL: Troller-in-Chief

By Alison Collins-Mrakas As the world prepares for a Trump Presidency, there are fraught and fevered conversations in the punditocracy about what to call him. ...

MP’S REPORT: A Month to Honour and Remember

By Kyle Peterson, MP Newmarket-Aurora This month, as always, has been busy both in Aurora and on Parliament Hill. This past weekend, I was proud ...

BROCK’S BANTER: Buffering… Buffering…

By Brock Weir On Thursday night, local Progressive Conservatives gathered at Aw, Shucks’ Pearl Room, the popular restaurant’s reception facility, to acclaim Richmond Hill businessman ...

FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE: Initial thoughts on President Elect Trump

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) ...