June 2013 Archive
2014 Fire Budget should be tightened, says Council
If Aurora Council gets its way, the proposed $10 million increase to next year’s fire budget will be a little bit tighter. Councillors are expected to sign off on a number of requests this week to the Joint Council Committee
Teacher under house arrest following harassment charges
A teacher at Dr. G.W. Williams High School is under house arrest this week, charged with criminal harassment stemming from letters sent to fellow teachers.
“Superheroes” take victory lap at Relay
They came to honour their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, and everyone they knew who had been touched by cancer. But when hundreds descended on the Magna campus on Friday’s Relay for Life, whoever they were walking for, they were walking for the “superheroes” among us.
Morris launches lawsuit against Town over 2010 defamation case
Former Aurora mayor Phyllis Morris has launched a lawsuit against the Town, seeking costs stemming from her $6 million lawsuit against three local bloggers, among others.
BROCK’S BANTER: Let’s Do The Time Warp
Let’s Do The Time Warp Again By Brock Weir Sit down and get comfortable. I have a confession to make. Ensure your tray is in ...
FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE
Welcoming Arms & Society of St. Vincent de Paul By Stephen Somerville Judging by some rudimentary statistics and scant anecdotal evidence, it seems that most ...
SENIOR SCAPE: We have a winner!
By Jim L. Abram Our very own ASA member and all-round nice person, Jan Freedman entered the Baking and Preserving portion of the Homecraft Division ...
POLITICS AS USUAL: Accountability and…
Accountability and Transparency By Alison Collins-Mrakas As I was unable to attend the May 28th Council meeting in person, I intended to watch it on ...
ASK TOM
The unbearable whiteness of painting By Tom Mrakas This week, I was asked a question that I have been asked a number of times when ...
OTTAWA REPORT
By Lois Brown, MP Newmarket-Aurora Economic Growth Continues The Canadian economy grew 2.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2013, the strongest quarterly growth ...
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