June 2018 Archive
Plans for new Aurora United Church set to take a step forward
In its 200th anniversary year, the next chapter of Aurora United Church congregation is set to flip a page forward this week. Council is set to ratify a newly amended site plan this week that includes designs for the rebuilt Aurora United Church (AUC) at its historic site at Yonge and Tyler Streets and an adjacent seven storey retirement residence that will be built in conjunction with the church.
“It was truly an honour to serve,” says Chris Ballard
I am grateful to the residents of Aurora and Newmarket for giving me the privilege to serve as your Member of Provincial Parliament. A special ...
BROCK’S BANTER: A celebration of who we are
By Brock Weir A passport can only guarantee so much these days. It promises safe passage, sure, but that is not entirely in your hands. ...
INSIDE AURORA: Ghost Town
By Scott Johnston In only a few days I’ll practically have the Town to myself. At least, it will seem that way. It’s never ceases ...
MARKET MUSINGS: A very wet Strawberry Festival
By Jan Freedman Our second Special Event of the season, Strawberry Fest, took place on Saturday in the rain which caused us some problems. Some ...
TIME TRAVELLER’S DIARY: Canada’s Birthday Town
By Michelle Johnson You may have heard that Aurora is Canada’s Birthday Town, but do you know how that came to be? Let’s travel back ...
Mindfulness helps tackle cognitive bias: experts
How many of you are aware of how your body is positioned while reading this? Are you aware of the contact between your fingers and this newspaper page, your computer keyboard, phone or tablet? How many of you paused just now to double check? If so, you’re following the advice of Yuk-Lin Renita Wong, Associate Professor of the School of Social Work at York University.
As new Provincial government prepares to take office, Council delivers message on Greenbelt
It was one of the most heated issues to dog Premier-designate Doug Ford on the 2018 campaign trail, but once he takes office this week, the Progressive Conservative leader will receive a pointed message from Council on the preservation of Ontario’s Greenbelt.
Summer won’t be a time of rest and relaxation for some Wellington students
It’s the end of June and students have excitedly made a break for summer – but, for some Grade 5 students at Wellington Public School, the excitement is spending the summer following through on the work they started this year.
Tough questions expected this week before Library Square decision
Local lawmakers may have tentatively approved a three-story addition to the Church Street School as a centrepiece to Library Square last week, but planners and staff will face tough questions this week before – and if – this decision is ratified.
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