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Aurora Lions to leave legacy with 100 trees for 100 years
May 17, 2017 · 0 Comments
After 100 years it is hard to miss a Lion. If you haven’t had an sight or hearing cheque from them, picked up a stack of pancakes or three at Sheppard’s Bush, or let them wrap your Christmas gifts in exchange for a nominal fee, the yellow vests Lions Club members wear when they do their rounds can be a dead giveaway.
World Championship caps Railton’s high school career
Olivia Railton is not someone who often cries at sad things. Moments of “overwhelming joy,” however are another story, and the tears readily flowed last month in Sydney, Australia when the Aurora student took the crown at the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships.
School board appoints Interim Director
Kathi Wallace has been named Interim Director of Education for the York Region District School Board. Ms. Wallace, who comes to ...
Suspects sought following pharmacy robbery
Two male suspects are being sought by York Regional Police after a narcotics robbery at an Aurora pharmacy. On Friday afternoon, just after 5.30 p.m., ...
“Residential-style” architecture should be incorporated into AUC home: Council
Council members are expected to call for “residential-style” architecture to be incorporated into the Temperance Street façade of a new seven-storey retirement complex set to be built in conjunction with the new Aurora United Church.
Annual plant sale ready to bloom ahead of milestone year for Garden Club
Over the past 99 years, the origins of the Aurora Horticultural Society’s annual plant sale have become lost to the mists of time, but one aspect has not: the knowledge that you’re going to get a good plant at a good deal!
Church rebuild plans come down two storeys but neighbours still worried
By Brock Weir A proposed nine-storey seniors residence, proposed to be built in conjunction with the new Aurora United Church, has been brought down to ...
Leaders welcome proposed replacement of OMB
The Province of Ontario is moving to replace the Ontario Municipal Board with a Planning Appeal Tribunal which could, if passed, give greater weight to local planning decisions.
Powwow will signal “New Beginnings”
A “life changing” moment is just around the corner for residents of Aurora, one which ...
FLOW Water bins the plastic bottle concept for eco alternative
When Nicholas Reichenbach decided to market the alkaline water flowing out of his family-owned spring in Bruce County, the last thing he wanted to do was create “just another plastic water bottle company.” He wanted to be a “disruptor ..."
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