Calling all country singers: applications now open for Hoedown Showdown

May 25, 2016 · 0 Comments

The hunt is on once again for Canada’s next country star. Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Hoedown Showdown. The annual competition, hosted by...

Federal grant will help Aurora tell the history of Town Park

For nearly 150 years, Town Park has been a magnet for the Aurora Community. It has provided a backdrop to countless community celebrations, a place for the community to gather to give the boys going overseas in the First World War a proper send-off, and the scene of at least one definitive speech in Canada’s history. It has a storied history and now these stories will be told thanks to a grant from the Federal Government.

Ten-year financing mulled to pay off Joint Operations Centre

Municipal workers have begun the process of moving into the Town’s new Joint Operations Centre (JOC) on Industrial Parkway North and with $20 million project complete, now comes paying off the debt.

St. Jerome C.E.S. remains “ten years strong”

By Brock Weir In the fall of 2005, Aurora’s St. Jerome Catholic School opened its doors as the first eco-certified school in the York Catholic ...

Downtown parking restrictions set to widen

If you live in Aurora’s downtown core, it might soon be easier to find a place to park outside of your own house. On the other hand, if you are a GO commuter, it might soon become a lot harder for you to find a place to park within walking distance of the Aurora GO Station.

Young Aurora historian prepares to retrace Canada’s steps in the World Wars

24-year-old Robert Revington gets a certain charge whenever he takes one particular wooden club in his hands. Too small to be a baseball bat and but just too big to fit in a pocket, it is fairly non-descript except for a few black studs dotting the head that catch the light just so.

Ryan Grants unite for $1,000 donation to Able Network

It was a meeting two weeks in the making but when Ryan Grant, a client at Aurora’s Able Network cast eyes on Ryan Grant, the area manager for Cobs Bread, it was an instant and emotional connection.

Aurora’s Aidan Slind — On Her Majesty’s Service

This Monday is Victoria Day and while many Canadians might be raising a few beers to mark the unofficial start of the summer, Aurora’s Aidan Slind is probably raising a glass to mark the Queen’s Official Canadian Birthday.

Youth performers cap Theatre Aurora’s season with Almost, Maine

Theatre Aurora’s 2015-2016 was all about “creating connections” and that theme continues, with a segue into the next season, with the youth theatre group’s production of Almost, Maine, which opens this week.

Travel in style – and through time – with Nora’s Suitcase

Nora Hillary was a woman both of her time and ahead of her time. In some respects, she lived a relatively conventional life for a woman born in the Aurora of 1902 but, on the other hand, she took on the world, hitting international hot spots as a single, jet-setting woman.

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