Mobile response team launched
The Durham Regional Police Service and numerous local partners have launched a new mobile response team to help vulnerable persons in the Durham community. The Vulnerable [...]
Articles by oshawaexpress
Man punched, pepper-sprayed
Police are asking the public to help identify a male suspect who punched and pepper-sprayed a complete stranger in Oshawa. On Oct. 23 at approximately 2 p.m., a 36-year-old [...]
Discover Downtown Oshawa: Fly By Nite
By Garth Johns/Columnist In the 1960’s, the population of the City of Oshawa was approximately 50,000. Downtown Oshawa was, at that time, home to several hotels, four [...]
Trying thinking positive
By Bill Fox/Columnist In today’s world there are a lot of outside factors that sometimes concern me. Trump and new Cannabis laws are just two. So in an effort to fight [...]
Canada lagging in humanitarian aid
Dear Editor, A recent report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development shows that despite Trudeau’s rhetoric, Canadian aid to the world’s [...]
Trudeau wrong on Saudi Arabia: reader
Dear Editor, Why is Trudeau so upset that he feels he now cannot cancel the trade deal with Saudi Arabia and all those military vehicles built in London, because of built in [...]
Former resident remembers past tenures
Dear Editor, As a former resident of the city of Oshawa, I lived under the leadership of the lovely late Nancy Diamond as mayor and I also lived under John Gray’ s [...]
A long, long wait for council
(Cartoon by George Langley) The residents of Oshawa have spoken and chosen their next city council, and there are no lack of issues that will need to be addressed. While we [...]
Rotating strikes come to Oshawa
By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express With rotating strikes taking place all around Canada, postal workers in Oshawa take their turn today. Workers can currently be found [...]
Murder charge laid in June shooting death
A man has been charged with murder in connection to a shooting death in Oshawa this past summer. On June 6, 24-year-old Kyle David Baker was shot dead at 134 Bloor Street [...]