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All posts in Year 2015

On February 4, 2015 artists reception, Nancy Newman and Linda Welch, was held at the Aurora Skylight Gallery, Aurora Town Hall, featuring their travel work “On Location – Paintings and Photographs“. Their art has been inspired by the artists’ travels to Ireland, Norway, France, Mexico, South Africa, Cuba and India.

On January 30, 2015 Friday Senator Don Meredith visited Lester B. Pearson Public School to speak to the Grade 5 class about Canadian government and speak to Grade 7 & 8 about importance of citizenship, youth empowerment and role models like Lincoln Alexander. 1] Biography: ‘Senator Don Meredith (politician)‘, Wikipedia

On January 30, 2015 Our Lady of Grace church parishioners in Aurora Ontario started a petition (Petitioning Cardinal Thomas Collins) on the Change.org site, ‘We Just Want Father Joe Gorman Back at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Aurora, ON!‘ RELATED LINKS: 1] Petition: ‘We just want Father Joe Gorman back at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Aurora, ON!‘, CHANGE.ORG 2] News: ‘Our Lady of Grace parishioners rally for return of popular priest‘, The Auroran, By Brock Weir, January 31, 2015 3] Video: ‘Portrait of a Priest – Fr. Joseph Gorman‘ 4] News: ‘Aurora’s Our Lady of Read more

On January 29, 2015 Prime Minister Stephen Harper participated in a roundtable discussion with police chiefs on National Security at the York Regional Police Headquarters, Town of Aurora, Ontario. Attendees: Police Chiefs from the York, Durham, Peel and Hamilton police forces, Newmarket-Aurora MP Lois Brown, Associate Minister of National Defence Julian Fantino, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Roxanne James. RELATED LINKS: 1] News: ‘Federal government’s new terror law concerns privacy watchdog‘, The Star Canada, January 28, 2015 2] News: ‘Prime Minister Stephen Harper discusses national security with police chiefs in Aurora‘, YorkRegion.com, Janaury 29, Read more