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Aurora Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023 – Laurie Buckland:  Professional Golfer, Community Mentor, and Five-Sport Athlete

October 12, 2023   ·   0 Comments

This is the first of four stories in our 2023 Aurora Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Profile series. Laurie Buckland, long-time member of the CPGA ...

28-day celebration will herald opening of Aurora Town Square

The date is yet-to-be-determined, but when the Town of Aurora celebrates the grand opening of its Town Square redevelopment in Aurora’s historic downtown core, it ...

Historian aims to shed light on nearly 60-year-old cold case

Nearly 60 years ago, students at a local independent school found Geraldine Pickford choked to death on the banks of Tannery Creek. Pickford, 40, had ...

Skateboard park to stay put at Leisure Complex – for now

The skateboard park at the Aurora Family Leisure Complex (AFLC) will stay put for the time being, despite ongoing issues with its construction. Sitting at ...

Mayor Mrakas proclaims October 12 as Aurora Sports Hall of Fame Day

In a flag-raising ceremony at Town Hall last Thursday afternoon, Mayor Tom Mrakas proclaimed October 12, 2023 to be “Aurora Sports Hall of Fame Day” ...

Continued dialogue on Black History Month, inclusivity initiatives needed after first “Fyah Side Chat”

Dialogue on inclusivity in the lead up to February’s Black History Month and beyond will continue after an initial planning discussion hosted recently by the ...

The Family Crow is pun-tastic murder mystery and Theatre Aurora homecoming

Byron Laviolette has always had a love for theatre. As a youngster, he “cut his teeth” as a member of Theatre Aurora’s youth program in ...

Juno Award-winning Sealy bringing Jazz to Trinity next week

Toronto-based Canadian Jazz icon Joe Sealy and collaborator Paul Novotny will help open the Aurora Cultural Centre’s fall performing arts season next week with a ...

Celebrity dancers raise more than $125,000 for Easter Seals kids

It was a return to the 1980s on Thursday night as community leaders from Aurora and Newmarket laced up for the annual Dancing with the ...

Memories of Aurora Horse Show hit the road to mark centennial

The Aurora Horse Show might have been put out to pasture in the early 2000s, but memories of one of the community’s best-loved events are ...

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