Schools to remain closed through April 5 as Province declares State of Emergency

March 19, 2020 · 0 Comments

Publicly-funded schools across Ontario will remain closed through April 5 due to the impact of COVID-19. The announcement was made last Thursday by Premier Doug ...

Aurora formally declares State of Emergency

On Wednesday, Mayor Tom Mrakas declared a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This declaration follows the Provincial government’s announcement on Tuesday ...

Municipal Service Board rejected as option to run Library Square

The question of just how Library Square will operate once the multimillion-dollar redevelopment project is completed still remains unanswered, but last week’s General Committee meeting ...

Not-For-Profit model a contender to run Library Square

Since its inception ten years ago, the Aurora Cultural Centre has operated in partnership with the Town on delivering cultural services to Aurora. Now, as ...

Minimum wage is not enough, food insecurity often hits working residents, says new leader of York Region Food Network

As a child growing up in Aurora, Kate Greavette remembers her parents bringing in veggies from their backyard garden. At the time, she didn’t think ...

Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar bring sweet Juno-nominated sounds to Blues Fest

“A high-energy, fast-paced soul and rock and roll extravaganza,” laughs singer-songwriter Samantha Martin. Having just been asked to give audiences a bit of a teaser ...

March Break kicks off with pi – and pie – at Aurora Public Library

If you’re mathematically inclined, you know that this Saturday, March 14 – or, 3/14 – is National Pi Day and, in honour of the occasion, ...

Documenting Aurora showcases Town’s recently lost landscapes

If you’re a recent arrival to Aurora, the time when St. John’s Sideroad was little more than a country road seems like a world away ...

Rental housing development clears first Council hurdle

New purpose-built rental units are often cited as a missing piece of Aurora’s housing puzzle, but a proposed new development on Wellington Street West might ...