Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 honours stars of the rink, field, and track

Future of windrow program to be considered by Council this week

The future of windrow clearing in Aurora will be considered this week by Council as municipal staff recommend the pilot program be discontinued this winter. ...

Walking Through the Fire highlights Truth & Reconciliation through collaboration

Collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to light a path forward together was one of the 94 Calls to Action in the final report of ...

Indigenous History Month event will feature storytelling, water walk talk

National Indigenous History Month will be marked with a special community gathering on Saturday, June 21, featuring traditional storytelling and a celebration of the sacredness ...

Have your say on Aurora’s 2026 Budget – no matter how you slice it

The Town of Aurora is looking for your feedback as the 2026 Municipal Budget takes shape. A survey on the Town’s Engage Aurora platform wants ...

Aurora Town Square is the place to be on Friday the 13th to watch Nembhard’s Pacers take on OKC in NBA Finals

Auroran Andrew Nembhard’s quest for the Larry O’Brien Championship trophy has begun in earnest and local residents have been gifted with an opportunity to support ...

Community organizations, Police present Black Community Barbecue

Panel discussion will include discussion on “meaningful engagement”

Italicized showcases Italian-Canadian experience through art

What does your culture mean to you? Is it a celebration of historic glories and the promise of the future? Perhaps it’s something closer to ...

Citizen of the Year’s passion for giving back was instilled at young age

Giving back is not something new for Sandy Bundy; in fact, it’s always been a way of life. The long-time community volunteer, whose work ranges ...

Planned six-storey retirement home at Mavrinac and Wellington could get extra floor

A planned six-storey retirement home for the northeast corner of Mavrinac Boulevard and Wellington Street East could rise to seven storeys, should a revised application ...

Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 honours stars of the rink, field, and track

Indigenous History Month event will feature storytelling, water walk talk

National Indigenous History Month will be marked with a special community gathering on Saturday, June 21, featuring traditional storytelling and a celebration of the sacredness ...

Walking Through the Fire highlights Truth & Reconciliation through collaboration

Collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to light a path forward together was one of the 94 Calls to Action in the final report of ...

Future of windrow program to be considered by Council this week

The future of windrow clearing in Aurora will be considered this week by Council as municipal staff recommend the pilot program be discontinued this winter. ...

Have your say on Aurora’s 2026 Budget – no matter how you slice it

The Town of Aurora is looking for your feedback as the 2026 Municipal Budget takes shape. A survey on the Town’s Engage Aurora platform wants ...

Aurora Town Square is the place to be on Friday the 13th to watch Nembhard’s Pacers take on OKC in NBA Finals

Auroran Andrew Nembhard’s quest for the Larry O’Brien Championship trophy has begun in earnest and local residents have been gifted with an opportunity to support ...

Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 honours stars of the rink, field, and track

Nearly 700 youth rugby players compete in Aurora Barbarians’ annual Mini Youth Festival

670 rugby players braved windy and cool conditions at Sheppard’s Bush and St. Maximilian Kolbe CHS to compete ardently in the Aurora Barbarians’ annual Mini ...

Shaolin’s Hanna Yousefi, Agrin Mousavian, Chelsea Masucci, and Albert Wu win Kung-Fu gold at Martial Arts Championships at SARC

In addition to Shaolin’s seven Sanda gold medalists at the Ontario Martial Arts Championships, the host club also ascended the podium nine times in Taolu ...

Shaolin earns 7 gold medals while hosting Martial Arts Provincial Championships at SARC’s Desjardins Gym

Jessie Ke Xin Yuan, Aggam Bawa, Tyrus Liu, Casey Bynoe, Gwyn Skjonsby, Ron Piklas, and Daniel Wakefield of Aurora’s Shaolin Martial Arts club used their ...

Aurora’s Adam Khan and the UBC Thunderbirds advance to the 2025 NAIA World Series in Idaho

Aurora resident Adam Khan will be finishing his four-year career at UBC on a very high note this week. On Tuesday, Khan and his Thunderbird ...

An Evening with Jim Lang generates much timely talk about the rise and fall of the Maple Leafs

Host Andrew Applebaum and Special Guest Jim Lang entertained an appreciative crowd at Richmond Hill’s Central Branch Library on Thursday night. “An Evening with Jim ...

Aurora’s Nembhard stars in Indiana Pacers’ 129-109 Game 4 win over Cleveland to take a 3-1 semifinal series lead

Aurora’s Andrew Nembhard and his Indiana Pacers are one win away from a trip to the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals. The 25-year-old Nembhard logged the ...

Sport Aurora’s All-Sport, One Day event rolls out at McMahon Park on June 21

Sport Aurora, celebrating its 20th anniversary of service to the Town, is re-launching one of its most popular annual initiatives. Laurie Mueller, Executive Director of ...

Team Canada Dragon Boat paddler Dave Hunt is bound for Brandenburg in quest of World Championship gold

After supervising St. Anne’s School’s inaugural “Flight Club Classic” track meet and putting the SAC Track and Field squad through its paces on a busy ...

Kaleidoscope in the Schools program brings arts to classrooms – but needs your support

Exposing youngsters to arts and culture at an early age can reap powerful dividends down the road, opening their minds to new ideas, cultures, and ...

The WoxBox is heartwarming way to express yourself to loved ones

Love them or hate them, we’ve all had to deal with ice breakers. It can be a great way to get to know someone, but ...

Vallières creates world of wonder through discarded cardboard – and an artist’s approach

It’s often said that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure – and, through the eyes of Quebec artist Laurence Vallières, they can create worlds of ...

CONTACT Photography Festival returns to Aurora for second year

Small details can paint a vivid picture, and the Aurora Museum and Archives is turning a magnifying glass to more than a century’s worth of ...

Local musician jazzes up Town Square, fosters youth talent

For many seasons, local music lovers flocked to the home of James Brown in Aurora’s historic downtown core for a series of house concerts with ...

Aurora set to have its first Pride Festival, kickoff

Aurorans celebrate Pride Month in various ways, but for the first time this year, the community will have a Pride Festival to call its own. ...

Theatre Aurora’s Noises Off: A Review

By Scott Johnston Ever have one of those days where nothing goes right? Well, that’s what the director of the fictional play “Nothing On” has ...

Fifth-annual Black History Gala celebrates Unity, Culture, and Legacy

Earth Month programs celebrate seeds, pollinators, reuse and landmark trees

April is Earth Month and the Aurora Public Library has grown a full crop of activities to help sow the seeds of a greener future ...

Royal Three-Peat? Sugaring Aurora Project vies for third consecutive maple syrup Gold Medal at 2025 Winter Fair

Dave Hunt and Rob Gaby’s Rite of Spring commences when daily temperatures stay between -5 to +5 – the ideal range that initiates the sweet ...

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