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Oshawa's auditor general unleashes damning report
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By Geoff Zochodne/The Oshawa Express
Oshawa’s auditor general is alleging the City manager has tampered with reports, bullied staff and held private negotiations with the president of Durham College over a property the City is said to be hell-bent on for a new operations centre.
The accusations, made in a report to City council, have shed light on the plan to buy 199 Wentworth Street East, the former IQT buildin ... READ
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Oshawa's auditor general has published a scathing report that alleges various misdeeds undertaken to secure the purchase of 199 Wentworth Street. |
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EXPRESS NEWS
| Councillor "thrown under the bus" as accusations fly at Regional council |  | | By Lindsey Cole/The Oshawa Express
To some, Clarington Councillor Corinna Traill stepped out of line when she insinuated minutes taken from an incinerator committee were being “doctored” by Region staff. To others, she was doing her job, speaking on behalf of residents who may be concerned.
But either way, she w ... READ | | Oshawa's auditor general unleashes damning report |
By Geoff Zochodne/The Oshawa Express
Oshawa’s auditor general is alleging the City manager has tampered with reports, bullied staff and held private negotiations with the president of Durham College over a property the City is said to be hell-bent on for a new operations centre.
The accusations, made in a report t ... READ |
| Oshawa council ready to change how it does budgets |
By Geoff Zochodne/The Oshawa Express
The first step is to admit you have a problem.
The second step, for City council, is to direct staff to develop a new budget committee, or at least help overhaul how it puts together its annual budget.
Councillor Bruce Wood brought forward a notice of motion at an April council meeting ... READ |
| Hydro transformer sparks debate at Region |
By Lindsey Cole/The Oshawa Express
A passionate plea from members of the Enniskillen Environmental Association to Regional councillors fell on deaf ears.
Doug Taylor and Stan Kuzma presented to a number of councillors during a joint committee meeting recently, asking council to throw their support behind a request to bump up Hydr ... READ |
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EXPRESS SPORTS
| Oshawa native Damone Blackman drafted to CFL |  | | By Katie Richard/The Oshawa Express
Damone Blackman hasn’t played football all his life but to watch the young Oshawa native play, you wouldn’t know it.
The 23-year-old was recently named the Montreal Alouettes seventh round pick of the 2013 CFL Canadian Draft.
“When I got the call, it’s hard to ex ... READ | | Durham College set to host major provincial championships |
By Katie Richard/The Oshawa Express
Durham College will be home to even more sports stars next year as it’s set to host two major provincial sporting events.
The Oshawa college is prepping for a busy spring after being chosen to host two major Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) events at its Campus Recreation and ... READ |
| Strong family ties for one of Oshawa’s best |
By Katie Richard/The Oshawa Express
Chris Jones is arguably the best baseball player Oshawa has ever produced.
Born in Oshawa in 1976 Jones started playing softball at the tender age of four.
“My dad played so I was always at the park. I started out playing in Connaught Park and that’s where I learned everythi ... READ |
| Bryan Boyes finds home in hall of fame |
Oshawa Generals' Equipment Manager Bryan Boyes is being inducted into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame this year. He is seen here with his son by his side. His son has recently graduated and is hoping to follow in his father's footsteps of becoming an equipment manager for a hockey team.
The Oshawa Express will feature a different Hall ... READ |
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OSHAWA LIVING
| Unicycler makes his way through Canada |  | | By Robynne Henry/Special to The Oshawa Express
A feat some people can barely do with two wheels, The Unicycle Guy managed to do with one huge wheel.
Paul Abraham, who moved from Oshawa to Toronto three months ago, has ridden his unicycle from Montreal to Toronto.
“It’s a huge day today,” Abraham exclaims ... READ | | Local students fight against homophobia |
By Robynne Henry/Special to The Oshawa Express
The halls of G.L. Roberts Collegiate Vocational Institute were flooded with the colour purple recently to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia.
During the lunch period, students and faculty had the opportunity to have their face (or body) painted purple, buy special pin ... READ |
| Steering kids down the right path |
Left: President Gary Challice and members Mike Kalynko and Vince McCloskey of the Motor City Car Club (MCC) stand with their display. MCC, which puts on Autofest annually, has been a supporter of Racing Against Drugs in Durham since day one. After 16 years, the program has grown to include a lengthy list of community sponsors. Right: The "Vi ... READ |
| Mental health no longer taboo |
Oshawa Mayor John Henry presents a proclamation to Lucy Weaver, a board member of FRONTENAC Youth Services during a barbecue put together by the staff during Children's Mental Health Week. FRONTENAC staff members decide as a group what to do every year during Mental Health Week, to raise awareness for youth dealing with mental illnesses.
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POLICE BRIEFS
| Cheap liquor scam circulates in Durham Region |  | | Just because it’s cheap, doesn’t mean it’s better and that’s if you get it at all.
Police are currently warning the public about a suspect or suspects offering cheap liquor to retail store patrons in Durham.
According to police, on May 5 a man was appro ... READ | | K-9 takes down armed robber |
Durham’s K-9 team is being credited for taking down an armed suspect following a street level robbery in the city.
On May 14 at 2:30 a.m. officers got a call about a robbery on Wentworth Street West. A man, brandishing a knife, accosted a couple and demanded their personal belongings. The suspect then fled on foot. The man and woma ... READ |
| Child porn charges laid against Oshawa man |
A 20-year-old Oshawa man is facing several child porn charges after police raided his home.
Durham police executed a search warrant at a Beatrice Street East home on May 16 at 6 a.m. as part of a child porn investigation.
Members of the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE), Sexual Assault and E-crimes Units, along with Central West ... READ |
| Oshawa pharmacy thieves demand narcotics |
Police are currently looking for two thieves who are on the run after robbing an Oshawa pharmacy.
At 1:30 p.m. on May 13, officers responded to a robbery in progress at the Ritson Pharmacy.
According to police, the first male suspect went to the pharmacy area, accosted staff members, indicated he had a handgun and demanded narcot ... READ |
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EXPRESS EDITORIAL
| The wheels are coming off at city hall |  | | There are sinister implications raised by the backroom battle between Oshawa's auditor general and the City manager.
In case you hadn't heard, the auditor is accusing the City manager of doctoring reports to council, conducting private negotiations, threatening staff and seemingly doing everything in his power to make sure the City ... READ | | A dark turn at city hall |
Breaches of privacy?
Email leaks?
Back room real estate deals?
Well, now, things have certainly taken a turn for the Byzantine at city hall haven't they?
Truthfully, it depends on who you ask. Everyone has their grievances with any given power at any given time, and in Oshawa people aren't shy about sharing theirs ... READ |
| A budget that offends no one, and serves no one |
Premier Kathleen Wynne is using a tactic that should be familiar to anyone watching this year's NHL playoffs: Stickhandling the puck.
Because if the premier's first budget does not pass muster with at least one opposition party, the NDP, let's not kid, her time as premier may be over.
So the premier collected the puck/budge ... READ |
| Budget a mark of what this premier is all about |
Does Premier Kathleen Wynne stand for anything?
Does she?
Or is she simply interested in perpetuating her own rule?
The province’s budget is due to be released. In it will be telling answers to the above questions.
Premier Wynne’s short reign has been a conciliatory one. First, she has attempted to exp ... READ |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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| | Choices beyond a balance sheet |
Dear Editor,
In my opinion Councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri was the lead in the fight against the City on behalf of Oshawa citizens and the Highway Heroes Ride organizer.
Councillor Neal and Councillor Wood were also there, but my opinion is that Mr. Marimpietri was the spearhead, bringing the injustice to light and helping to r ... READ |
| Another cellphone addict whines |
Dear Editor,
Re: Cellphone rates are astronomical, letter, The Oshawa Express, April 24.
There it goes again, that petulant whine from yet another cellphone addict complaining about the cost of his vice.
In his opening sentence, the writer asks why Canada's cellphone rates are so high, when the answer is perfec ... READ |
| Gobsmacked at environment fee |
Dear Editor,
I went and bought a printer for my computer recently.
I was absolutely horrified when I looked at my bill and my $29.98 printer actually cost me $11.45 more because of this environment fee.
I am utterly gobsmacked at this price. I could not understand at first why my bill for the printer was almost $50.
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COLUMNISTS
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| | The origins of the Oshawa Railway |
By Jennifer Weymark/Archivist
The Oshawa Railway began as the brainchild of Hugo Rathbun and the head of his company, Captain R.C. Carter. This far-sighted company saw a golden opportunity to supply Oshawa with building products from Deseronto.
Potential also existed for the movement of freight and passengers from the Grand Trunk ... READ |
| Is anything still sacred? |
By Bill Fox/Columnist
With the kidnapping of three young girls who were kept in a Cleveland home for almost 10 years, you wonder if anything was sacred to the kidnappers. Seems to me they were more like animals than human beings.
What would you say is sacred today? Whatever it is, we can give examples of it being abused. I rememb ... READ |
| We know not what we eat |
By Bill Fox/Columnist
I was shocked to see that more than 3,000 food additives; preservatives, flavorings, colours and other ingredients are added to foods in the United States.
I will assume that we are in the same predicament in Canada.
The problem is that some of these additives have been banned by some countries becau ... READ |
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