April 2014 Archive
Brown and Klees remember friend and mentor in Jim Flaherty
Newmarket-Aurora MP Lois Brown is mourning a “mentor” in former cabinet minister Jim Flaherty. Mr. Flaherty, who served as Canada’s Finance Minister from 2006 until...
Plans to save Aurora’s ash trees turn from streets to parks
As 2013 came to a close, Aurora was just one York Region municipality gearing up to spend money on treating street trees that would otherwise be killed by the Emerald Ash Borer.
Prices for new homes rise with demand as Town approves DC bylaw
Prospective Aurora residents looking to relocate to, or purchase a new home within Aurora, can expect to pay a little bit more to do so with the approval of an update in Aurora’s development charges.
Financial “task force” will oversee Joint Ops construction and spending
When Aurora Councillors signed off on the next steps to make the Town’s new Joint Operations Centre (JOC) a reality earlier this year, it was amid calls that those who opposed the project failed to offer solutions to their objections.
Award recipients have “given back” on local and international scale
Do you have a spare hour or two on your hands? Alex Auger, Nicolas Chethuan, Sydney Cobbold, Alexander Harrison, and Mathilde Paré could give you some sage advice...
Aurora United Church: A personal history
My church has burned down! The site has been a place of worship for 196 years; the oldest in Aurora.
Local leaders praise first responders as Aurora loses landmark
Local leaders from all levels of government praised York Region’s first responders in their handling of the fire which tore through Aurora United Church on Friday.
Parishioners and the wider community take the reins in Rise & Shine Breakfast
As the fire raged in his spiritual home on Friday, Reverend Andy Comar never shied away from the positive. Holy Week, he said, always signals a sign of new life. What new life would come from the blaze which...
Public talks lead to “surprising” findings for York Region Food Charter
Residents of York Region want to get back to nature. That is the word stemming from ongoing consultations on the York Region Food Charter, a document spearheaded and led in collaboration between the York Region Food Network ...
Aurora delays indoor tennis plans to seek more options
Aurora’s tennis players hoping to have a warm place to play tennis during the long winter months will have a while to wait yet as Council last week put the brakes on a potential tennis dome at Stewart Burnett Park.
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