The Auroran

New bylaw will allow neighbourly access for home repairs

A new bylaw will allow Aurora residents entry to their neighbours’ properties in order to carry out repairs and maintenance on their own homes this week.

Interfaith groups respond to Syrian refugee crisis

Area churches and representatives from the area Muslim community are combining forces for a joint response to the Syrian refugee crisis.

“Collaborative” approach will bring 2016 budget in by December

Councillors are poised to set an ambitious target this week to bring 2016’s Operating Budget – the portion of the municipal budget that directly impacts your taxes – in for a landing by early December.

Queen hailed for “devotion to service” as she surpasses Victoria’s record reign

As she surpassed Queen Victoria’s record as Canada’s longest reigning monarch on Wednesday afternoon local time, Aurora residents hailed Queen Elizabeth II for her decades of public service.

Newmarket-Aurora has “appetite for change”, says Liberal Peterson

This isn’t the first time Kyle Peterson has carried the Liberal banner in Newmarket-Aurora in the midst of a Federal election; but in this, his second time out, there is something different in the air.

UPDATED: Buck lawsuit dismissed by judge

An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed the defamation lawsuit brought by former councillor Evelyn Buck against members of the 2006 – 2010 Council term after more than five years in the legal system.

You don’t need to “reinvent the wheel” to help Syrian refugees, say former sponsors

In 1979, 13 members of Trinity Anglican Church sponsored families of Vietnamese Boat People. 35 years on, if they had the chance to do so again amid the Syrian refugee crisis, they say they'd have no hesitation.

Youth Volunteer Fair is part of wider vision for Aurora

Next Thursday's Youth Volunteer Fair aims not only to connect local teens with area volunteer opportunities, but move Aurora one step closer to being a "Youth Friendly Community."

Tigers drop season opener to Hurricanes

By Jake Courtepatte With the final cuts made and rosters finalized, the new management got their first in-game look at the 2015-16 Junior A Aurora ...