Clarington councillor running for provincial nomination
Joe Neal A regional councillor out of Clarington has announced he will be seeking the Progressive Conservative Party’s nomination for Durham in next year’s provincial [...]
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City set to award single-soured contract for harbour project
The City of Oshawa is set to single source a contract for the city’s harbour project. XCG Consultants, which would receive the $314,500 contract, has already worked on [...]
In honour of Nancy L. Diamond
Dear Editor, After years of volunteerism and leadership roles in the Oshawa community, Nancy Diamond finally ran for city council in 1988 and was easily elected. It was at [...]
The next big thing
Some time this spring – some staff have said March, others have offered a less specific timeline – regional councillors will hear the case for bringing anaerobic [...]
A newly discovered piece of Oshawa’s history
By Jennifer Weymark/Archivist Here at the Oshawa Museum, work has begun to tell a more complete, more diverse, history of Oshawa. This work has uncovered an interesting [...]
Multiple charges filed after man flees from cops
Two people have been arrested after a male stole a vehicle, crashed it and lead police on a foot chase. Shortly after 5 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16, police responded to a [...]
Memorial Park step closer to heritage designation
Memorial Park, the home of the city’s annual Remembrance Day observances, is one step closer to becoming an official cultural heritage site. By Joel Wittnebel/The [...]
Councillors split on creating new tax bracket
During a delegation at committee of the whole, Howard Paskowitz, a senior development manager with Medallion Corporation, called for the creation of a new, lower tax bracket [...]
Latest incinerator shutdown caused by ruptures, corrosion
The Durham York Energy Centre is currently shut down, and annual maintenance scheduled for next month moved up, after workers discovered a burst water pipe and corrosion [...]
Permit stats end 2016 with a bang
Residential building permit numbers hit levels unseen since the summer of 2015 to end 2016. According to new data from Statistics Canada, the Oshawa census metropolitan area [...]