May 2018 Archive
Reader calls for proportional representation, nonhereditary head of state
(Re: Brock’s Banter, May 17) Having read Brock Weir’s lament about missing big moments in royal history, I propose we switch places. I vividly recall ...
A younger perspective on the election
The then First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama said during an election speech in 2016, “When they go low, we go high.” At ...
BROCK’S BANTER: Critical care for “critical thought”
By Brock Weir It’s not a new concept. From the dawn of our school system, educators have been looking for ways to drive home a ...
INSIDE AURORA: Don’ts, if you do
By Scott Johnston Last week in this space, my colleague Stephen Somerville provided a number of excellent suggestions for those first timers wishing to enter ...
TIME TRAVELLER’S DIARY: Mother Nature’s Fury
By Shawna White All of the wild weather that we have been witnessing over the past few weeks has us at the Museum reminiscing about ...
MARKET MUSINGS: Gorgeous opening day
By Jan Freedman What a gorgeous day it was on Saturday for our Grand Opening of the Aurora Farmers’ Market and Artisan Fair. We enjoyed ...
Businesses and party-goers gearing up for Sunday’s Aurora Street Festival
Local businesses are loading up and getting ready to take over Yonge Street this Sunday for the Annual Aurora Chamber Street Festival and tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on the main street for a day of good shopping, great food, and fun entertainment.
Decision on Hallmark lands delayed until June 12
Two baseball diamonds, two soccer fields or a combination thereof – whichever way the wind blows on what will be built on Aurora’s Hallmark lands, local sports groups will have to wait a little bit longer to find out.
Council rejects Abel’s call for Armoury business case
A case stating the economic benefits of converting the historic Aurora Armoury into a campus of Niagara College’s Canadian Food & Wine Institute has one again been rejected by Council.
Get a virtual tour of new Aurora United Church at Sunday’s Street Fest
The empty plot of land at the corner of Yonge and Tyler Streets has been raising questions about its future since the spring of 2014 – but that will change this Sunday as members of the Aurora United Church will be stationed outside their former home to provide Aurorans with a sneak peek of what’s to come.
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