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Police continue to search for missing 12-year-old boy

Simon Smith has been missing since July 15. (Photo courtesy of DRPS) [...]
Officer shoots dog in the mouth following attack in Oshawa

To stop a pair of lunging dogs, a Durham Regional Police officer had no [...]
Junior firefighters show off skills at graduation ceremony

The first graduating class of the 2017 Junior Firefighters program had an [...]
Giving in all seasons

Don MacLeod, president of the Back Door Mission for the Relief of Poverty, [...]
New home for Global Financial

Global Financial marked the grand opening of its 22 King St. W. offices [...]

Police continue to search for missing 12-year-old boy

July 20, 2017

Simon Smith has been missing since July 15. (Photo courtesy of DRPS) Police continue efforts to locate a missing 12-year-old Whitby boy who has been missing since July 15, last seen in the Beatrice [...]
Officer shoots dog in the mouth following attack in Oshawa

July 19, 2017

To stop a pair of lunging dogs, a Durham Regional Police officer had no other choice but use his gun. On Tuesday July 18, 2017, just after 3 p.m., a woman was walking three dogs in the area of Summer [...]
Giving in all seasons

July 19, 2017

Don MacLeod, president of the Back Door Mission for the Relief of Poverty, is hoping to expand the organization’s services to five days a week offering food, support and meal tickets to those [...]
Diversity is key for public art committee, councillor says

July 19, 2017

City Councillor Rick Kerr says the more voices that can get involved in the process of choosing the locations and style of public art projects the better. Oshawa is currently looking for two [...]

Hang times at Durham College

July 18, 2017

Durham College hosted the 2017 Canadian Championships in Trampoline Gymnastics July 12 to July 16. Around 350 junior and senior athletes representing eight provinces competed in categories such as individual and synchronized trampoline, tumbling and [...]
UOIT Ridgebacks soccer, hockey schedules released
Ridgebacks’ hockey adds some Power
Kauffeldt makes out for Team Ontario

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Junior firefighters show off skills at graduation ceremony

July 19, 2017

The first graduating class of the 2017 Junior Firefighters program had an opportunity to demonstrate their skills at Fire Station 5 on Harmony Road recently. Some of the skills the youngsters learned included the waterball challenge and the firefighter combat challenge. The program continues until Aug. 25. (Photo by Dave Flaherty). By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express After a week as Junior Firefighters, a number of local youths may have decided what they will aspire to be when they grow up. [...]
New home for Global Financial
Marigold back on board for Autofest
Events across city will teach kids to be water safe
Families welcomed to new homes by Habitat for Humanity
DDSB launches online sign-ups for new students
Putting battery waste in its place
City launching first safe graffiti space
Regional Age-Friendly Strategy now available

Two separate stabbings, hours apart, send pair to hospital

July 18, 2017

Police are investigating after two separate stabbings in Oshawa late Friday night sent two males to hospital. The first occurred Friday, July 14, 2017, at approximately 10:30 p.m., when officers were called to the Nonquon Road area in Oshawa for a disturbance. A 20-year-old male was located with a stab wound and taken to hospital where he’s expected to recover. There is no suspect information at this time. Police would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the incident. A short time [...]
Fraud alert
Residents urged to be vigilant as door-to-door scams on the rise
Man stabbed following road rage incident in Oshawa
Bear spray deployed during home invasion forces apartment evacuation
No injuries after man caught throwing concrete blocks off roof downtown
Police trying to return stolen items to rightful owners

Christmas in July

July 18, 2017

Christmas really is the time of giving, and it brings out the best in all of us, but what about the rest of the year? As many turn their minds to the warm weather, naps on the beach and beers on the dock, the pantries of our local not-for-profit organizations and food banks are diminishing and sadly, poverty doesn’t take a holiday. The winter months may offer a stark awakening to the fact that people are living on the streets of our city, but those people and others, are still in need of our [...]
Small park, big lesson
Reflecting on Canada 150
Look at the real issue
Wards are not walls
Looking past the numbers
Activism at its best

Drinking becoming a problem?

July 18, 2017

By Bill Fox/Columnist So this is the time of year, in my experience, when drinking increases. Who does not enjoy a cold beer or other alcoholic beverage during hot summer [...]
The trials of retirement
A self-fulfilling prophecy
New faces, same coverage
Lessons learned from our parents that shouldn’t be forgotten

A response to criticism on climate change

July 18, 2017

Dear Editor. It is with some trepidation that I attempt to respond to the critique of my letter. I am reeling from the devastating counter punch – “Progressive.” I [...]
Climate change claims defy logic
Remember freedom of choice
Guns saved Scalise’s life
Letter writer wrong on guns

DALE, Dorothy Chadwell (nee Moon)

June 8, 2017

DALE, Dorothy Chadwell (nee Moon) October 28, 1925 – January 12, 2017 Passed away peacefully into the presence of her Lord and Saviour with her loving family by her side. [...]
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