Battle against polio continues
Dear Editor, The world has been fighting polio for almost 70 years, beating it back to tiny final reservoirs in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The goal is to at last eradicate [...]
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Happy holidays to you
Bill Fox By Bill Fox/Columnist When I was a kid, my family received cards which we displayed with love around a doorframe during the holiday season. How about your family? It [...]
Gone but never forgotten
(Cartoon by George Longley) By the time many readers see this editorial, the last vehicle will have rolled off the production line at Oshawa’s General Motors assembly [...]
MPP calling for toll removal, again
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express With Highway 418 recently open to the public, Oshawa MPP Jennifer French has renewed her quest to have tolls removed from it as well as [...]
Impaired driver takes a dip
With the help of a police dog, officers recently located a suspected impaired driver hiding in a hot tub. On Friday, Dec. 13 at around 4:15 p.m., police received a call of an [...]
Oshawa resident wins big
Photo courtesy OLG Barbara Marshall-Connor of Oshawa received an early Christmas present went she took home $100,000 in winnings from the Dec. 6 LOTTO Max [...]
BUTTON, Faye (Maxwell)
BUTTON, Faye (Maxwell) After a long courageous battle with cancer Faye passed suddenly on Wednesday December 11, 2019 at the age of 62. She is now with her loving husband [...]
More than 1,500 vehicles stopped during Festive R.I.D.E.
Durham Police are now through the fourth week of the Festive R.I.D.E program, and have stopped more than 1,500 vehicles and charged 22 drivers with drinking and driving [...]
Police release new info on fatal hit and run suspect vehicle
Durham police have released new information on the suspect vehicle in a fatal hit and run in Oshawa last month. On Nov. 22, 2019, shortly after 4 a.m., 36-year-old Christye [...]
Police board gets $7.5 million in provincial grants
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express The Durham Regional Police Services Board has received $7.5 million over three years in provincial funding for a number of initiatives. [...]