Shining a light on the Clothes Closet – one of Aurora’s best-kept secrets

December 14, 2016 · 0 Comments

By Brock Weir Consider for a moment how good you feel getting dressed and looking good for a party around this time of year. Now ...

Aurora’s young Smart Commuters honoured for pedal power

By the time students get to Light of Christ Catholic Elementary School each morning, the bike racks are usually overflowing -- and their efforts have been recently recognized by Metrolinx.

Let the Lions help you get your Christmas wrapping done – and help those in need this season

Christmas is just over a week away and around this time of year you’re probably feeling a little overwhelmed by the amount of gift wrapping you have ahead of you. Fear not.

Average household to see $168 tax hike

Aurora residents can expect their tax bill to increase by 2.4 per cent – or approximately $168.29 for the average local home assessed at $770,000 – in the year ahead after Council signed off on the 2017 budget Tuesday night.

2017 Budget moves forward for December 13 approval

Aurorans can expect to see the municipal portion of their tax bills increase by 3.1 per cent in 2017.

Residents largely satisfied with Highland Gate settlement

Over the past year, Lorraine Coens had been one of the most vocal residents of the Highland Gate community opposing redevelopment plans. That was a position she maintained until less than a month ago, speaking out against the minutes of settlement reached between the developers, the...

Texture reigns supreme in “Raw Material” show

The word “blacksmith” often conjures up cozy images of a man hunched over an anvil, hammering a glowing red hunk of iron into shape and searing it onto the hoof of a horse. But the very idea of shoeing a horse makes Kyle Thornley blanch.

Dollhouse is a “Life House” for Corrie Clark

As a little girl watching The Friendly Giant on the CBC, Corrie Clark was transfixed “by that little chair to curl up in.” For many Canadians, that is a simple childhood memory but it planted some very important seeds of dreams for the Aurora resident. From that point on, wherever Ms. Clark went, she picked up bits and pieces of “life in miniature,” a 40-year-journey which is now on display at Town Hall.

Public input “validates” nearly 20 years of feedback: Councillors

Knocking down the Victoria Street buildings that used to house the Aurora Public Library and Seniors’ Centre were themes that came to the forefront in breakout groups last week as nearly 60 members of the public came out for a roundtable discussion on the future of Library Square and Aurora’s Cultural Precinct.