Friday, December 5, 2025

Accessibility

Shopping Plazas Need To Be More Pedestrian Friendly

Shopping plazas do need to be more pedestrian friendly. If given the opportunity, people will walk with kids to the nearest play places, go...

Residents Question Accessible Playground at Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Park

I was very surprised by some of the comments made by some of the residents at the Wednesday January 15th, 2014 public meeting for...

A Sidewalk Will Be Installed, Safety Concern Almost Resolved

The results are in for the requested sidewalk I blogged about before in the following published posts, a safety concerns: "A Practical Mother’s Day...

National Access Week Week In Aurora, A Sidewalk Request

This is a follow-up to my previous post, "A Practical Mother’s Day Gift To Come, Hopefully." Last week, on Friday, June 3rd, I hand-delivered...

A Practical Mother’s Day Gift To Come, Hopefully

Where I live, everything necessary for me is within walking distance – the McKenzie Marsh, the Arboretum, and local supermarkets. We don’t have a...

UNFILTERED

When “Transition” Becomes a Breakdown

All the headlines shouted, “Transition! We’re moving to producer responsibility!” But what does transition really mean? It means managing...

The Price of Forgetting

I’m going to be blunt—no filters, no fluff. We, the taxpayers, fund Aurora’s grand municipal “visions” with our taxes,...

Reclaiming the Conversation

I’ve long focused my writing on the community I live in, viewing it through a political lens. Over time,...

$25,000 to Say the Obvious: Aurora’s Council Compensation Review, Again

Council compensation is back in the spotlight in Aurora, set for discussion at the Committee of the Whole meeting...

Aurora Needs to Revisit Transitional Housing for Men

Perhaps Aurora can take inspiration from Newmarket and consider reopening the transitional housing for men project on a property...

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Aurora Needs to Revisit Transitional Housing for Men

Perhaps Aurora can take inspiration from Newmarket and consider...

$25,000 to Say the Obvious: Aurora’s Council Compensation Review, Again

Council compensation is back in the spotlight in Aurora,...