Business impacts need to be looked at during road reconstructions: Council

March 10, 2018 · 0 Comments

2017 should have been a year of “great promise and greater achievement” for his Yonge Street business. Instead, thanks to some long-delayed road reconstruction, 2017 was “a year of disappointment” for Dennis Hirst.

Teachers aim to build students’ resilience in an online world

You might call it combating fake news in the classroom, but it is an everyday problem for local teachers. “They think they are way more tech savvy than the old ladies,” says teacher Ann-Marie Hulse of her students. “When students are looking at their own devices for research projects, it is critical they evaluate what they are looking at. When you Google something, they only look at the first three things that pop up and never go any deeper. Although they are getting information in their hands, is it the best information?”

Reaching out and building relationships with newcomers is vital, says Church leader

Paul Kang came to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at a time of transition. They were at a crossroads looking for direction, in between ministers and, in some cases, looking for healing and building a new church in a changing world.

Protecting stable neighbourhoods is about the future, not the past: residents

It might be a bid to protect Aurora communities that have stood the test of time, but protecting local stable neighbourhoods is about the future as much as it is about the past. This was a message brought to Council members and municipal staff alike as nearly 200 residents filled Town Hall for a public Open House on Aurora’s Stable Neighbourhoods study.