November 2016 Archive

BROCK’S BANTER: The Power of Knowledge

By Brock Weir Nobody wants to be a captive audience, but sometimes it is just easier – and more fruitful – to simply go with ...

INSIDE AURORA: Christmas Spirit

By Scott Johnston If you’re a Grinchy soul, who mutters a “bah, humbug” at the thought of Christmas, then you may want to get out ...

POLITICS AS USUAL: Troller-in-Chief

By Alison Collins-Mrakas As the world prepares for a Trump Presidency, there are fraught and fevered conversations in the punditocracy about what to call him. ...

MP’S REPORT: A Month to Honour and Remember

By Kyle Peterson, MP Newmarket-Aurora This month, as always, has been busy both in Aurora and on Parliament Hill. This past weekend, I was proud ...

Media “controlled” election message, says reader

This is in response to Stephen Somerville’s “Front Porch Perspective” on President Elect Trump on November 24. It was refreshing to read a different perspective ...

Peace on Earth?

Annihilation of the innocents: Armageddon is getting closer (than anticipated) for, the world’s abandoned children in the city of Aleppo. Russia continues, unashamed, its murderous ...

Khamissas to be Aurora’s voice during Canada 150 celebration

Back in her native South Africa, Aurora’s Mae Khamissa has developed a bit of a reputation with her friends and family. Such is her love for her adopted homeland, one nephew teasingly dubbed her, “Miss Beautiful Canada” for all the marvellous stories she has shared with them. Now, “Miss Beautiful Canada” has gone legit, with Mae and Raz Khamissa...

Completed budget targeted for this week

As Aurora awaits a final number crunch on the Town’s 2017 Budget, the projected residential tax increase stood at 2.8 per cent as the final round of talks started this week.

Comments on Williams are “misguided”, says parent advocate

The future of Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School should be taken out of the equation when discussing the need for a school on the east side of Aurora, says an area parent.

Welsh Choir returns to raise voices for Welcome Table

Volunteers at Welcome Table devote hours of their time to the organization’s weekly meal for people in need, but recently they have been getting the hang of making buttery, currant-filled Welsh cakes. Welcome Table isn’t necessarily flexing their international culinary muscles, but getting everything in place for next Saturday when the Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir lifts up the community through song at Trinity Anglican Church.

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