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The Downtown Aurora Business Improvement Association is hosting a free scavenger hunt during March break with prizes galore for families, kids and teens in Newmarket and Aurora.

Players will find the clues for the Pot O’Gold Challenge on the Downtown Aurora BIA’s Instagram account, @downtownaurorabia, until the contest closed March 17 at midnight on St. Patrick’s Day. 

“The Downtown Aurora Business Improvement Association has launched a new initiative to help drive traffic and interest to businesses in the downtown core, giving residents from Newmarket and Aurora even more incentive to support local,” organizers said.

How to Play

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Proposals for a men’s emergency and transitional shelter for a site on Yonge Street, just south of the railway bridge in Aurora, have not been fully placed on the backburner.

The Regional Municipality of York is set to solicit public feedback at a special open house at the Aurora Public Library on Monday, Jan. 29 from 5 to 8 p.m.

If brought to fruition, the emergency and transitional shelter will share land with a York Region pumping station already operational on site.

Proponents of the plan have said the site is an ideal location due to its proximity to transit and a major commercial corridor, while…