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Fire chief worried after lack of working smoke alarms at Oshawa fire

Oshawa firefighters responded to a house fire on Burke Street in Oshawa [...]
Ride for COVID-19 relief

(Photo courtesy www.unitedwaydr.com) United Way Durham is inviting [...]
City looking at EV charging stations downtown

By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express Oshawa should prepare to go electric as [...]
COVID-19 Assessment Centre opens in downtown Oshawa

Oshawa is getting a COVID-19 Assessment Centre (CAC) downtown. Oshawa [...]
All three levels of government team up to invest in DRT

All three levels of government came together in Oshawa to announce a [...]

Symphony Towns breaks ground

September 23, 2020

Left to right: Peter Politis, Greybrook, Hosup Lee, Greybrook, Pedro Lopes, Marlin Spring, Benjamin Bakst, Marlin Spring, Tito-Dante Marimpietri, Oshawa regional and city councillor, and Ashi Mathur, [...]
Maintaining services a top priority for economic task force
Local towing company expanding
Rate increase possible for OPUC consumers
Submissions for employment area conversions now open

Ride for COVID-19 relief

September 24, 2020

(Photo courtesy www.unitedwaydr.com) United Way Durham is inviting cyclists to ride this weekend for COVID-19 relief. The Ride4UnitedWay is taking place on Sunday, Sept. 27, and funds raised this year are for the COVID-19 Relief and Recovery effort. The annual ride will look a great deal different than it has in the past, but the idea of riding a bike for the sheer enjoyment and satisfaction while also helping to raise funds for COVID-19 relief remains. Physical and social connectedness are [...]
DRIFF announces film lineup for 2020 festival
Rotary clubs join forces to Rotary Community Bottle and Food Drive
Donations for Feed the Need
Troubadours in downtown Oshawa

A season lost for FC Oshawa

September 23, 2020

By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express With COVID-19 forcing the cancellation of the League1 season, FC Oshawa head coach Ron Clarke says all he and his team can do is look to next year. Over the past summer, Clarke says while League1 was hoping to kick off the soccer season later on in the year, it just wasn’t feasible. “Unfortunately, because it’s a semi-professional league, we rely on spectators for a little bit of revenue,” he explains. “Unfortunately, we couldn’t do that within the [...]
A safe and successful baseball season
Gens announce new foundation
A new face at the head of the table
Baseball Oshawa family getting help from the public

Home invasion in Oshawa

September 24, 2020

A man is recovering after being stabbed and beaten in a home invasion in Oshawa. On Wednesday, Sept. 23 around 10:30 p.m., Durham police responded to a home on Buena Vista Avenue in Oshawa after a man had been stabbed and beaten. The suspect entered the home and made his way to the victim’s bedroom where he stabbed and assaulted him. The suspect fled on foot. The victim was taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Police searched the area with negative results [...]
Hotel robbed
Violent crime up, property crime down
Numerous drug overdoses results in one death
Police lay human trafficking arrests

What is a successful life?

September 25, 2020

Bill Fox By Bill Fox/Columnist I read the following during my morning meditation the other day: “…Your work can be called a ‘success’ only when in some way it serves your fellow man.” Another reading that day was from Jesus: “Truly I [...]
Is this time to sell a home with flaws?
We can learn so much from children
What is the difference between an exclusive listing and an MLS listing?
Experience and instinct tell me housing prices are not coming down for a while

Finding a rainy day

September 23, 2020

(Cartoon by George Longley) Budget season is upon us and with that means tax increases – at least under normal circumstances. The Region of Durham recently released its budget guidelines, which calls for a two per cent increase on the 2021 budget. [...]
Planning for the next election
A unique school year begins
Bad time to increase rates
Way to go, Erin!

Fix downtown, Mayor Carter

September 23, 2020

Dear Editor, Hi Mayor Carter: The month of September is the first time in 17 years that we cannot walk through Memorial Park. Any time of the day. I don’t know where the extra 60+ homeless people have come from but a lot of them are violent. [...]
School during COVID-19
Reader: Let my voice be heard
City hall’s actions have consequences
Let’s end the harmful propaganda