Museum proposal courts controversy at the Council table

May 7, 2014 · 0 Comments

Bidders looking to win the contract to bring the Aurora Museum back to life need to provide Aurora with more details of their game plan. That is the word from Councillors who argue the staff’s recommendation to...

Yonge and Wellington apartment building due for debate this week

An apartment building due to be constructed on a vacant lot on Yonge Street, just south of the Wellington Street Intersection, is due to come up for discussion this Thursday, May 8, at Town Hall.

Aurora United Church warns of fundraising fraudsters as demolition work continues

Aurora United Church is cautioning residents to be wary of fraudsters going door to door claiming to be raising money for the congregation. Alarm bells were raised by the congregation last weekend after...

New 50 metre tower will help GO Transit service growth: report

Another telecommunications tower will soon dot the Aurora landscape, this time near the intersection of Edward Street and Engelhard Drive. The 46 metre communications tower is proposed by Metrolinx and GO Transit near the Engelhard railway crossing, and...

Aurora Garden Fair will give ideas for your “little piece of heaven”

The Aurora Garden & Horticultural Society might be known for their green thumbs, but when presented with a challenge to get creative, they wasted no time in getting their entire hands dirty to rise to the occasion.

Getting into the Bollywood groove

Amid colourful bursts of Bollywood, drumming, and song, as York Regional Police marked Asian Heritage Month in Aurora on Saturday, the message was clear: we may have come to Canada at different times and in different ways, but we're all in the same boat now.

Ballard, Twinney take unpaid leave from Council for provincial race

The race is on. After NDP leader Andrea Horwath announced Thursday her party would not be supporting the Liberal Government’s budget on Thursday, Premier Kathleen Wynne went to Lieutenant-Governor David Onley to call a general election for Thursday, June 12.