Green For Life makes $1 million gift to Hospice

April 4, 2018 · 0 Comments

Green for Life has donated $1 million towards the completion of the Margaret Bahen Hospice, a 10-bed residential hospice in Newmarket serving the residents of York Region and South Simcoe.

Advocate accepts award in name of anonymous hero who gave her life

Arlene Lindsay may have taken home the award, but she didn’t accept it just for herself – she also accepted it on behalf of a man she never got the chance to know but who nevertheless gave her the gift of life.

Art with Heart brings out the colours of life

During her recovery on the road to mental wellness, Liza Cadawas found she was having a hard time expressing herself. She felt “stalled” and at a crossroads, but once she found some paints and a few pencil crayons in hand, she felt a new world opening up to her and that roadblock to self-expression slowly lifting away.

Last chance to explore history of one of Aurora’s founding businesses

It might be a safe bet to wager there haven’t been that many members of the Fleury family in Aurora for the better part of a century, but local heritage came full circle last fall as generations of one of the Town’s founding families gathered to open The Plow in the Crest.

Collaboration with school board is essential to tackle recreation crunch: advocates

Time is of the essence to address shortfalls in Aurora’s recreation facilities, according to advocates, and Council agrees that a possible solution might be found on the current site of Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School.

Partnerships on new high school could lead to more community space

There is a “renewed level of enthusiasm and energy” between the Town and the York Region District School Board on possible partnerships on a new building when they move Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School to Bayview Avenue, according to Mayor Geoff Dawe.