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VIEW FROM QUEEN’S PARK: Raising Ontarians out of poverty

March 29, 2017   ·   0 Comments

By Chris Ballard, MPP Newmarket-Aurora Last week, the province released its 2016 Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Report, which highlights progress made by the province in ...

BROCK’S BANTER: Masters of Destiny

By Brock Weir You can’t really know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes – and, truth be told, you can’t walk a ...

ACTIVATING AURORA: Daily Physical Activity in Schools

By Ron Weese With all the controversy about sex-education curriculum, daily physical activity (DPA) requirements for children in elementary schools has had little attention. It ...

MP’s REPORT: Spring has Sprung

By Kyle Peterson, MP Newmarket-Aurora I hope you and your family had an opportunity to spend some quality time together over this March Break. I ...

IN GOOD COMPANY: Spring is here

By Mayor Geoff Dawe As most of you know, I’ve been recovering from knee surgery. Two weeks ago, on March 6, I had a full ...

POLITICS AS USUAL: Tell it like it is

By Alison Collins-Mrakas When did “telling it like it is” become some kind of virtue? And what is it exactly that these folks are telling ...

BROCK’S BANTER: The Noble Shift

By Brock Weir Every once in a while we get calls at our office looking for the R&R Book Bar, the former new and used ...

INSIDE AURORA: Birthday Town

By Scott Johnston As Brock suggested in his column last week, the Town has been a bit tardy in preparing for Canada’s upcoming 150th birthday. ...

POLITICS AS USUAL: All press is good press?

By Alison Collins-Mrakas I understand that some candidates may not have access to the funds necessary to hire good message managers. When you aren’t yet ...

VIEW FROM QUEEN’S PARK: Leading Women/Leading Girls Recognition Awards

By Chris Ballard, MPP Newmarket-Aurora March 8 was International Women’s Day and I was honoured to recognize 23 outstanding women and girls from Newmarket and ...

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