April 2019 Archive

Give Back Award winners offered 8,000 hours to community

By Brock Weir Students who dedicated their high school careers to giving back to their communities were honoured by Magna and Neighbourhood Network for their ...

Mayor, Councillor move to stop “demolition by decay”

Mrakas, Humfryes drafting motion to put stronger deterrents in place against demolition by decay.

Aurora’s first “high tech” business still going strong at 95

By Brock Weir When Howard and Leta Oliver went into business in 1924, they were at the cutting edge of technology, introducing automatic home heating ...

Judge awards Hinder more than $174k in costs following “frivolous” lawsuit

UPDATED. Justice McCarthy brands former Council candidate Anthony Pullano's lawsuit against Magna's Steve Hinder "frivolous", "entirely unsuccessful" and a "waste of the court's time."

BROCK’S BANTER: Master class in out-of-touch

By Brock Weir In the United States’ Presidential Election in 2000, where Vice President Al Gore faced off against former Texas Governor George W. Bush ...

INSIDE AURORA: Showtime

By Scott Johnston There’s nothing like a visit to the Aurora Home Show to demonstrate how inadequate your home really is. You may walk into ...

TIME TRAVELLER’S DIARY: “Black Hand” grips Aurora

By Jacqueline Stuart In the very early morning of an April day in 1909 fire broke out in one of Aurora’s oldest houses. Later that ...

SENIOR SCAPE

By Christina Doyle Welcome, long-awaited April! Are you smiling right now? You should be: it’s April, beautiful April, in all its glory and sunshine. I ...

MP’s REPORT: March in Review

By Leona Alleslev, MPAurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill Spring feels like it is a long time coming, but my team and I were busy both in Ottawa ...

GETTING THINGS DONE: Budget 2019

By Mayor Tom Mrakas After months of hard work by Staff and Council, the final 2019 Budget was approved at the March 26th Council meeting. ...

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