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Chamber wants answers on vacant storefronts

January 18, 2017   ·   0 Comments

Next month, Mayor Geoff Dawe is set to deliver his annual address to the local business community. It’s usually a time for the Mayor to give a “state of the town” talk to local business leaders and tout some of the businesses set to make Aurora home in the year ahead. In the lead-up to this year’s speech, however, the Aurora Chamber of Commerce is pressing for answers.

Canada represented “from coast to coast” in milestone art show

Inspired by the forests and rocky terrain of cottage country, “Muskoka Dreams,” a bold painting by King artist Brigitte Granton dominates the equally bold red wall of the Aurora Cultural Centre, in a show celebrating two significant anniversaries. Ms. Granton is one of over 60 artists whose works now fill the walls of...

Small towns provide rich inspiration, says One Book One Aurora author

Brian Francis is a naturally funny guy and humour is something he always wanted to impart in his books, but when he found the short stories of Nobel laureate Alice Munro, something deeper clicked.

Music comes full circle Friday in Great Artists series

By Brock Weir Whether it’s music, art, or life itself, budding piano star Han Chen believes everything comes full circle. And things don’t only go ...

400 years on, Shakespeare’s themes still resonate in Much Ado About Nothing

What do you picture when you hear a story about individuals returning from war either to have to reconnect to a life they left behind or being left to rebuild their life from scratch?

Much Ado About Theatre Aurora’s latest play: A review

The themes of love and treachery involving those returning from war have no doubt played out countless times through the ages. Whether set in Sicily in the 1500s, or updated slightly to 1920s Canada, the stories work just as well.

Healthy Kids put fresh spin on veggies and fruit

By Brock Weir They say you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs – but what if you can’t even get your kid ...

Web-based “community” solution proposed for traffic woes

Traffic issues in just about every corner of Aurora dominated a significant chunk of Council’s time over the course of 2016, but 2017 could bring a new and “innovative” solution to these local age-old issues.

Bus altercation “under investigation”

An altercation between a young woman and a senior on a York Region Transit (YRT) bus at Yonge and Wellington last week is now under investigation.

Worlds – and anniversaries – collide in SOYRA’s milestone show

As SOYRA – the Society of York Region Artists – marks its 30th anniversary this year, they wanted to do something big and, as luck would have it, they didn’t have to go too far to find a big inspiration.

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