November 30, 2023
Calling All Griswolds: Aurora wants to see your Christmas Creativity on Deck the Halls tour
If you deck your halls with something just a little bit flashier than boughs of holly, consider putting your home on Aurora’s upcoming Deck the ...
Southlake to tackle wait times with new Provincial funding
Wait times will be tackled at Southlake Regional Health Centre through $17 million in new Provincial funding. Announced at Southlake’s Stronach Regional Cancer Centre on ...
16th Annual Central York Panther Pride House League tournament welcomes 60 teams from across Ontario
The Opening Ceremonies of the 16th Annual Central York Panther Pride House League Tournament were held at the Magna Centre in Newmarket on Friday morning. ...
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Aurora Town Square offers new opportunities for arts programs: Cultural Centre
It might still be a few months before the Aurora Town Square redevelopment welcomes its first visitors, but one of its key partners, the Aurora ...
Grant winners, Champs honoured by Chamber of Commerce
Local small businesses will be able to reach the next levels of their growth plans thanks to new grant funding from the Aurora Chamber of ...
Aurora’s Christmas Market could be finale in Town Park
Artisans and craftspeople are putting the finishing touches on products that will fit just about every holiday wish list as the Town of Aurora prepares ...
Aurora Philosophy Institute keeps minds sharp and active
A simple conversation has the power to keep minds active and sharp at any age – and, over at the Aurora Seniors’ Centre, thoughtful debates ...
Aurora Community Band will make the season merry with Holiday Market
The Aurora Community Band will bring its own special brand of Christmas merriment to Trinity Anglican Church this Saturday, November 25, with its 10th annual ...
Budget deliberations begin at Council
On behalf of the Town’s CAO, Doug Nadorozny, municipal communications manager Carley Smith DeBenedictis presented the 2024-2026 Budget to Council at the first Budget Committee ...
Man, 37, charged with murder following Aurora shooting
Investigators with the York Regional Police Homicide Unit have charged a male following a shooting in the Town of Aurora. On Monday, June 12, 2023, ...
Business owner, cancer survivor, raises more than $74k for Southlake through men’s fashion show
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Southlake to tackle wait times with new Provincial funding
Wait times will be tackled at Southlake Regional Health Centre through $17 million in new Provincial funding. Announced at Southlake’s Stronach Regional Cancer Centre on ...
Calling All Griswolds: Aurora wants to see your Christmas Creativity on Deck the Halls tour
If you deck your halls with something just a little bit flashier than boughs of holly, consider putting your home on Aurora’s upcoming Deck the ...
Sports
Aurora Tigers halt losing streak with gritty double-overtime 2-2 Tie with Lindsay Muskies
The Aurora Tigers have experienced tough times of late, but they played their best game in weeks on Saturday night at the ACC. The Tigers ...
16th Annual Central York Panther Pride House League tournament welcomes 60 teams from across Ontario
The Opening Ceremonies of the 16th Annual Central York Panther Pride House League Tournament were held at the Magna Centre in Newmarket on Friday morning. ...
Tigers’ Ryan Evenhuis selected to Team Canada East All-Star tourney, but winless streak reaches five with weekend losses
The good news out of the ACC this weekend: Tigers’ leading scorer Ryan Evenhuis was selected to one of the two OJHL All-Star Squads to ...
Sport Aurora’s 13th annual recognition ceremony honours 23 volunteers
Veteran Emcee Stephen Forsey convened over 125 guests at Aw, Shucks on Sunday morning for Sport Aurora’s 13th Annual Recognition Ceremony to honor 23 volunteers ...
Titans Baseball Club’s charity campaign raises $3,690 and counting for Movember Foundation
Aurora’s 18U Titan Owen Norris is named Charity Game MVP with 3 Hits and 4 RBI
Aurora Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023 honoured at gala
One of Aurora’s most prominent evenings of the year is the Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and last Thursday’s gala was no exception. The ...
Tigers get swept 3-0 and 9-3 in weekend series versus Toronto and Trenton after the firing of Head Coach Greg Johnston
Conventional wisdom tells us “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” For the Aurora Tigers, it got dark on Friday night when they dropped a 3-0 ...
Tigers’ co-captains Lindsay and Lopes KO the Niagara Falls Canucks 6-3 in OJHL action
The Niagara Falls Canucks, one of two new squads in the revamped 24-team OJHL, paid its first visit in franchise history to the ACC on ...
Grey Brett, Raymond Noble, and seven local sports clubs honored at Sport Aurora’s 13th Annual Breakfast of Champions
Sport Aurora convened its 13th Annual Breakfast of Champions at Stonehaven Banquet Hall on Sunday morning. Grey Brett and Ray Noble were honored as Athlete ...
Aurora looks at interim solutions to meet growing pickleball popularity in 2024
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in North America and likewise, Aurora has observed a significant increase in the need to service this sport. Providing ...
Arts & Culture
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 ...
One Book One Aurora gets cooking with community partnerships, opportunities
This past winter, the Aurora Public Library announced Sheila Murray’s novel, Finding Edward, as this year’s selection for One Book One Aurora 2023, an initiative ...
Ella and Alora and the Secret Drain is new children’s book by local author O’Dwyer
Do you ever wonder where water goes when it passes through a drain? A sewer, perhaps? A stormwater management pond? Maybe. But take a second ...
Kids’ creativity abounds at Aurora Public Library this summer
Creative kids, tech kids, and even those just looking to get their hands dirty and have fun, too, will have lots to do at the ...
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