The Auroran

SAC Saints roll to third-straight CISAA Championship

By Jake Courtepatte St. Andrew’s College’s first hockey team survived an almost insurmountable comeback attempt to sweep the Nichols School Vikings in the CISAA Final ...

York Region gears up for annual Southlake fundraiser

Area mayors gathered at the York Region headquarters in Newmarket on Thursday to kick off the annual Municipal Challenge, a wager between municipalities in support of the 2015 Run or Walk for Southlake.

Project manager approved to share the load of Joint Operations Centre

A new project manager will be appointed to oversee the completion of Aurora’s new Joint Operations Centre on Industrial Parkway North. Council approved the appointment last week, following...

June opening eyed for new Aurora museum as curator aims to “inspire” community

The curator behind the newly re-established Aurora Museum aims to open their doors to the general public as early as this spring.

Sports plan aims to create “lasting, positive legacy” in Aurora

When Aurora declared 2015 the Year of Sport, Council didn’t want to simply leave it at that. They made good on the vision this week by laying the foundations for a Community Sports Plan.

Nominations open for Aurora Sport Hall of Fame’s class of 2015

Last November, six leaders in sport were immortalized forever in the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame. The hall is now looking for the public’s help in determining the class of 2015.

Economist works to build leaders and bridges between men and women

It is a decades-old picture that remains fresh in the mind of Carole Houlihan. As a university student, the Snowball-based economist was travelling...

Rock climbing wall misses AFLC opening, awaiting supervisor

As kids fanned out through the Aurora Family Leisure Complex (AFLC) on Saturday morning as the long-awaited facility re-opened, a plywood board prevented them from lacing up and ascending the building’s new rock climbing wall.

Ontario’s new Lieutenant- Governor takes position with local regiment

When Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Ontario’s new Lieutenant-Governor, departed for London last month, among her 19 engagements were meetings with The Queen and the Prince of Wales.