The Auroran

Local golfer qualifies for National Championship

Aurora’s Angelina Chang smashed the MJT Girls 8U qualifier at Sawmill Golf Course on July 3, receiving an invitation to the MJT Mini Tour National ...

COVID’s seventh wave comes as hospitals continue to struggle with capacity

Ontario is settling into its seventh wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Numbers are rising along with hospital admissions, says Dr. Barry Pakes, York Region’s Medical ...

Food insecurity, homeless and youth to benefit from Hoedown foundation

It might be another year before York Region residents can let out their “yee-haw” once again at the Magna Hoedown, but more than 30 community ...

Aurora’s Deputy Mayor position will be taken in turns, Council agrees

In the new term of Council, the position of Aurora’s Deputy Mayor will be taken in turn by the six Council members elected by the ...

New Regional Official Plan raises environmental concerns

York Regional Council last week adopted its proposed new Regional Plan, a blueprint for area growth through 2051. Designed to meet growth targets set by ...

Hybrid Council meetings will continue post-pandemic

The global pandemic changed our world as people found new and creative ways to maintain a business-as-usual mentality. Programs once held in-person shifted to virtual ...

Invasive plants impacting wetlands will be treated with herbicides: Council

Phragmites, a plant recognizable by its pale brown stalks topped by a plume, can be found in damp soils throughout Aurora. The plants are an ...

Henderson area residents worried over new LCBO location

Plans to re-locate downtown Aurora’s LCBO location from its long-tome home at Yonge and Brookland to the Metro plaza at the southwest corner of Yonge ...

Forge FC defeat York United 2-0

Tass Mourdoukoutas’ own goal and Woobens Pacius’ 77-minute goal proved to be the difference as Forge FC defeated York United 2-0 Friday night. Under the ...