BROCK’S BANTER: Spring fever in full swing

April 12, 2017 · 0 Comments

By Brock Weir We all know the old joke of the ignorant tourist – usually, in fine Canadian tradition, an American in most retellings – ...

INSIDE AURORA: T-shirt Town – Part 2

By Scott Johnston Last year at this time, I posed the question; why we don’t see more Aurora-based captions on T-shirts? This followed a column ...

VIEW FROM QUEEN’S PARK: The 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge

By Chris Ballard, MPP Newmarket-Aurora This past Sunday was the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. One hundred years ago, more than 17,000 ...

SENIOR SCAPE

By Christina Doyle The dazzling sunlight, the garden filled with daffodils and lilacs bursting with colour. Spring, it makes one’s spirit come alive, welcoming the ...

BROCK’S BANTER: Get off my lawn?

By Brock Weir Homer: I have to have a gun. It’s in the Constitution. Lisa: Dad, the second amendment is just a remnant from revolutionary ...

POLITICS AS USUAL: It’s Our Money

By Alison Collins-Mrakas I have always found big cheque presentations to be a somewhat curious thing: giant cheques presented with much fanfare by an MP ...

MP’s REPORT: The Other 33 Per Cent

By Leona Alleslev, MP Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill March 8 was international Women’s Day and, in light of that, my team and I chose to focus ...

FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE: 2017 Spring Trip to Florida

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

NEXT GEN VIEWS: If I Had A Million Dollars

By Wyatt Savage Okay, first of all I want to get things straight: a house in Aurora currently costs way too much! All because of ...

BROCK’S BANTER: …and the rest

By Brock Weir Last week, The Auroran brought you the double-header of Conservative leadership candidates Lisa Raitt, who visited the riding of Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill ...

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