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'Wake-up call': Number of children using food pantry skyrockets

'Wake-up call': Number of children using food pantry skyrockets

To help support the increasing number of families relying on the food bank, the Newmarket Food Pantry is holding its first annual No Gala Gala until Sept. 2
Underground fault causes power outage, booming noise in Newmarket

Underground fault causes power outage, booming noise in Newmarket

Increasing number of underground faults are occurring across town due to aging infrastructure, NT Power executive says
York Region Animal Centre hosting Sweat for Pets on Saturday

York Region Animal Centre hosting Sweat for Pets on Saturday

Ontario SPCA's Aug. 26 event for pet parents includes yoga and zumba, swag bags, refreshments, doggy self-care and photo booths, market, behind-the-scenes tours
Historic Monk’s Walk should be accessible to public: advocates

Historic Monk’s Walk should be accessible to public: advocates

Residents are asking for accessibility to the now hidden trail where the religious brothers at De La Salle College once carved prayers into the smooth trunks of beech trees
York Region teacher earns writer's award for children's story

York Region teacher earns writer's award for children's story

Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario recognizes book teaching children about diversity
Good morning, Newmarket!

Good morning, Newmarket!

Here's a look at the current local weather and gas prices
Ontario Liberal leadership candidates meet in Bradford

Ontario Liberal leadership candidates meet in Bradford

Third-place party looking for new leader following defeat to Ford’s PCs in June 2022, when the Liberals won just eight seats
Facilitators who will decide fate of regions to be appointed by Sept. 11

Facilitators who will decide fate of regions to be appointed by Sept. 11

Legislation coming this fall will define affordable housing, municipal affairs and housing minister also announced at Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference
3 teens arrested after Richmond Hill phone store robbed at gunpoint

3 teens arrested after Richmond Hill phone store robbed at gunpoint

Police say three suspects were in two collisions while they fled in a vehicle that had been reported stolen in a Toronto carjacking
Barbershop talk cuts to chase on 'huge' lack of Black male teachers

Barbershop talk cuts to chase on 'huge' lack of Black male teachers

C.R.E.A.M. Barbershop in Aurora was one of three barbershops involved in Dr. Warren Clarke's Barbershop Talk series that provided a safe space for Black men and boys to share and explore ways to support Black young men and boys, and their families