January 2019 Archive
Council looks beyond Sport Aurora for sports initiatives
Council could be looking beyond Sport Aurora for the delivery of sports programs this year, following the last Council meeting of 2018. On a vote of 5 – 2, Council chose not to extend the Sport Aurora Funding Agreement struck in the last term of Council for the development of the municipal Sports Plan, closing the deal on December 31. Come budget time, local lawmakers will be looking at a staff report on “alternate delivery models for sport initiatives” going forward.
Welcoming Arms, Inn from the Cold offer thanks to Empty Bowls
Welcoming Arms and Inn From the Cold would like to extend our most sincere thanks to the Pine Tree Potters Guild organizing committee and all ...
Donations help 600 community members
I am writing on behalf of the clients of the Aurora Food Pantry who have benefited from the generosity of the residents and businesses of ...
BROCK’S BANTER: Yield to Experience
By Brock Weir Another Christmas has come and gone and, by the time you read this, another year will have gone the same way. Due ...
INSIDE AURORA: Year in Review 2018
By Scott Johnston It’s time to look back on the year that was in Aurora in 2018. January – It’s so cold in Aurora that ...
ESSAYS FROM THE EAST SIDE: Creating community at the end of your driveway
By Corrie Clark My next-door neighbours are new. They leave at 6 a.m. in the dark that is winter and come home at 6 or ...
TIME TRAVELLER’S DIARY: Welcome to 1919
By Katerina von Holt Co-op Studen Picture yourself, 100 years ago, walking down Yonge Street and picking up a copy of the local paper. As ...
Graduates tap into emotions for Celebration of Youth Arts
From the contemplative nature of a walk in the forest, to dependence on technology, to grappling with the sensation of feeling just slightly out of place in the world around you, upcoming high school graduates are tackling complex human experiences and putting emotions into their work as they prepare to take over the Aurora Cultural Centre next month.
Community Recognition: Eco Festival’s efforts honoured with Green Award
When it first started in 2017, the Aurora Community Eco Festival was just a handful or two of vendors scattered throughout the historic Aurora Armoury, but it has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception.
Community Recognition: Kraft honoured as a cultural leader
If you have both a Grammy and Juno Award on your mantle, your contributions to music are hard to deny – but multi-award winning musician Bonnie Kraft received a hometown honour this past year, the Arts & Culture Award, part of the Town of Aurora’s Community Recognition Awards program
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