Fire victims remembered during candlelight vigil
A candlelight vigil was held in Oshawa on Jan. 13 in memory of 36-year-old Lindsay Bonchek, her daughter Maddie, 9, and son Jackson, 4, and 50-year-old Steve Macdonald, who [...]
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Do your smoke alarms work?
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express The City of Oshawa is looking for everyone to answer the question, does your smoke alarm work? Well, if it does, they want you to join a [...]
House did not need to be registered in system, city says
The home at 116 Centre Street North was not registered as part of the city’s two-unit registration system as it was classified as a duplex ahead of the system being put [...]
Rollover during wicked winter weather
(Photo by Colin Williamson) Snowy conditions plagued the region over the weekend, making for extremely dangerous driving conditions. Thankfully, there were only minor [...]
Interest grows in Durham digestor plans
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express Nearly 40 companies have expressed interest in the region’s request for information regarding future options for an organics [...]
Teen killed in stabbing
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express A 17-year-old male was stabbed to death on Jan. 11 marking the region’s first homicide of 2018. On Thursday, 17-year-old Neveithan [...]
Collision with two hydro boxes leads to power outage
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express An Oshawa man faces several charges after he struck two hydro boxes with his vehicle in the early morning hours of Jan. 6, leaving roughly [...]
OPUC disconnections drop 33 per cent in three years
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express The Oshawa Public Utilities Corporation has bucked some industry trends according to data provided to the Ontario Energy Board. A [...]
Region may divert up to 10,000 tonnes of waste from incinerator this year
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express The region could possibly divert up to 10,000 metric tonnes of mixed waste from the Durham York Energy Centre to avoid an exceedance of [...]
Portion of Thornton Road to be closed for next four weeks
Drivers in south Oshawa will be facing some detours this winter as Thornton Road South, just north of Champlain Avenue, will be closed as of this week to complete the [...]