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Mounting garbage prompts review of trash contract
January 15, 2014 · 0 Comments
If your garbage spent days on end at the bottom of your driveway waiting for pickup, it didn’t go unnoticed. Following mounting delays across Aurora in the aftermath of the December ice storm, Aurora is now reviewing its contract with Green For Life (GFL).
Distinct ideas emerge as second Heritage District prepares for next phase
Homeowners in Yonge and Wellington’s southeast quadrant could come one step closer this month to living in a Heritage Conservation District.
Environmentalist has vision for “connected” community
Aurora’s Svetla Topouzova had the papers with her for a long time and she spent her Christmas holidays making sure they were just right and then, come January 2, she was ready to go.
Options explored for architectural salvage program
After nearly nine years since its formal establishment, artefacts in Aurora’s Architectural Salvage Program, a collection of bits and pieces rescued from demolished heritage homes and notable buildings, have been fully catalogued.
Residents should have the right to recall elected officials: Councillor
Residents across Ontario should have the right to turf their elected municipal officials if they lose the confidence of the public, according to Councillor Paul Pirri.
Reebok comes down for L.A. Fitness, but questions remain on Aurora retail
Construction workers over December made fast work of the former Reebok warehouse on Bayview Avenue. After sitting idle and empty off and on for the past decade, little more than rubble remains of the building as the property makes way for a new L.A. Fitness...
In-house innovation will help Aurora keep cool on outdoor rinks
It is certainly not a problem that has had to be tackled over the last few weeks compared to this time last year, but uncertainty over the day-to-day conditions of Aurora’s outdoor ice rinks could be a thing of the past, thanks to a “made-in-Aurora” solution.
John West remembered as “straight shooter”
John West is being remembered this week as a straight shooter, a man who didn’t mince words or suffer fools gladly. The former Aurora mayor died Saturday at his home after a long period of ill health, just shy of his 82nd birthday.
Able Network receives donations, opportunity from Apple Suites
Over the course of 2013, Aurora’s Doug Sooley has inched closer and closer to his ultimate goal – a pretty sweet TV for what sounds like his equally impressive man cave.
Made in York housing solutions dealing with rental housing issue
York Region Council has recently approved and moved forward on a number of housing solutions to find ways to bring more rental units to communities across the Region.
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