March 28, 2024

Polar Plunge raises more than $40K for Special Olympics Athletes

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CMHA’s Gender-Affirming Care Clinic receives boost from Province

Truly living in an inclusive society means fostering an environment where everyone feels they belong – and providing supports that enable people to “live their ...

Easter Bunny set for Aurora return to welcome Spring

The Easter Bunny is set for an egg-citing return to Aurora on Saturday, March 30, as the Town hosts its annual Hello Spring event at ...

Williams’ four-goal weekend paces Junior Panthers to a pair of shutout wins

It was the kind of weekend that Central York Panthers U22 Head Coach Steve Dempsey has been looking forward to for quite some time. His ...

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New art exhibition explores Survival – of culture and the individual

Karim Abed grew up in North Africa, an area with strong Amazigh (Berber) culture. These traditions were an integral part of his everyday life, but ...

Give Back Award applications due Friday

Graduating high school students in York Region’s “Northern Six” communities have until this Friday, March 22 to apply for the 2024 Give Back Awards. An ...

Wedding bells could ring within historic Petch House

Petch House, the oldest house in Aurora still standing, could see a new lease on life as a wedding chapel. The historic log house, which ...

Council explores “feasibility” of Digital Data Charter

Aurora will soon explore the feasibility of developing a Digital Data charter that would protect residents’ privacy in an increasingly digital world. Sitting at Council’s ...

Electric Zambonis join municipal fleet at local arenas

The sight of the Zamboni coming onto the ice is a familiar spectacle at hockey games and public skates – but while the process of ...

Enhanced pedestrian crossing approved for Aurora Heights Drive

A signalled pedestrian crosswalk is coming to Aurora Heights Drive near the end of Machell Park and Fleury Park Trails. Council approved a Level 2 ...

Polar Plunge raises more than $40K for Special Olympics Athletes

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CMHA’s Gender-Affirming Care Clinic receives boost from Province

Truly living in an inclusive society means fostering an environment where everyone feels they belong – and providing supports that enable people to “live their ...

Easter Bunny set for Aurora return to welcome Spring

The Easter Bunny is set for an egg-citing return to Aurora on Saturday, March 30, as the Town hosts its annual Hello Spring event at ...

Newmarket-Aurora’s Van Bynen won’t seek re-election as MP

Newmarket-Aurora MP Tony Van Bynen will not seek re-election in the next Federal election. The two-term Member of Parliament, who served as Mayor of Newmarket ...

Sports

Qureshi leads Wildcats to 4 wins in 5 games at OFSAA to capture AAA consolation championship

Co-Captain Rehan Qureshi and the Dr. G.W. Williams Wildcats had much to celebrate over the March Break after their memorable Senior Boys Basketball season ended ...

Williams’ four-goal weekend paces Junior Panthers to a pair of shutout wins

It was the kind of weekend that Central York Panthers U22 Head Coach Steve Dempsey has been looking forward to for quite some time. His ...

Central York Junior Panthers beat Barracudas 3-1 in Burlington

Amber Esterbrooks fired the game-winning goal and Izzy Whynot kicked out 27 of 28 shots to lead the U22 Central York Panthers to a crucial ...

Whitby Wolves wreck Central York Panthers’ party

One of the memorable moments in the classic film Forrest Gump is when the protagonist, played by Tom Hanks, punches out a misogynistic hippie at ...

Junior Tigers stomped 7-2 by Stouffville in OJHL season finale

The Aurora Junior Tigers finished their 2023-24 season the same way they started it—with a loss to the Stouffville Spirit. The Tigers’ regional rivals wrecked ...

Cheyenne Degeer scores game-winning goal in U22 Panthers’ 3-0 win over Toronto Aeros

The Central York Junior Panthers continued their winning ways on Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Aeros at the Vaughan Village Sportsplex. ...

Williams Wildcats win YRAA Tier 1 Senior Boys Basketball Championship; ranked #4 in Ontario

The Dr. G.W. Williams Wildcats captured the YRAA Tier 1 Senior Boys Basketball championship in a convincing 92-66 victory over the Sir William Mulock Ravens ...

Esterbrooks’ OT winner stuns Stoney Creek as Junior Panthers pull out 4-3 comeback win

Amber Esterbrooks’ 20th goal of the season completed her team’s improbable comeback on Sunday as the Central York Junior Panthers defeated the red-hot Stoney Creek ...

Buffalo Junior Sabres edge Aurora 2-1 in Tigers’ home finale

The Junior Sabres looked remarkably like their NHL counterparts in their vintage blue and gold Buffalo jerseys and edged the Aurora Tigers 2-1 on Saturday ...

Central York Panthers lose two road games to Whitby Wolves and West Durham Lightning

The U22 Central York Panthers salvaged a point in a two-game road trip through Whitby and West Durham that featured a pair of narrow losses ...

Arts & Culture

Shadowpath makes sure love is in the air this Valentine’s at local gallery

Everybody has a story that can inspire. This is a philosophy that drives York Region’s Shadowpath Theatre Productions and has served to inspire a new ...

Renowned painter Helen Lucas, best known for paintings of flowers, passes away

Painting is all Helen Lucas ever wanted to do. The renowned painter passed away November 27. She was 92. Helen was a huge presence in ...

Marquee Theatrical Productions marks 20 years of fostering young talent

Joseph of Technicolor Dream Coat fame had more than his fair share of patches on the garment so well-known theatre-goers – but the sum total ...

Juno Award-winning Sealy bringing Jazz to Trinity next week

Toronto-based Canadian Jazz icon Joe Sealy and collaborator Paul Novotny will help open the Aurora Cultural Centre’s fall performing arts season next week with a ...

Comic creation to woodcarving, Cultural Centre’s fall education programs offer something for everyone

Whether it’s comics for the kids or woodcarvings simple or elaborate, if you’re learning to pick up a new artistic skill this fall, the Aurora ...

Theatre Aurora explores human connections in season of favourites

Canada’s most prominent literary heroine and Agatha Christie’s most prominent sleuth might not have much in common, but the stories surrounding them tell important tales ...

“Oowatanite” it was with April Wine in Machell Park at Ribfest 2023

A Review by Jim Stewart Thousands of classic rock fans filled Machell Park on Saturday night to enjoy the latest incarnation of April Wine. Marc ...

Cultural Centre’s fall visual arts season kicks off with the Hindu-Canadian experience

Art can say far more than mere words about the human experience, and the Hindu-Canadian experience is set to come into the spotlight this fall ...

Suzie McNeil and The Chain Reaction deliver masterful Motown medleys and dynamic pop standards at Town Park

Canadian pop singer-rocker Suzie McNeil—backed by seven-piece ensemble The Chain Reaction– treated Town Park attendees to a dynamic performance on Wednesday night. McNeil’s vocal versatility ...

Smiles Across Borders helps students connect through the written word

The written word has always had a power to inspire, but letter-writing in recent years has become something of a lost art. Now, however, Aurora ...

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