“Extra” payments are a training ground
Dear Editor, One can only applaud Greg Milosh’s effort to hold councillors to account for paying themselves extra for just doing the job they were elected to do, that being [...]
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Think of Zoe, mow the lawn safely
Dear Editor, When it comes to accidents, it’s common to think, ‘Oh, it will never happen to us.’ That is what we thought until our nine-year-old daughter, Zoe, a [...]
Summer is here
By Jennifer Weymark/Archivist Summer is officially here! This photograph comes from a photo album full of images of summer at Lakeview Park in the 1930s. [...]
Oshawa, meet Atlas
Kevin Empey, president and CEO of Lakeridge Health, shows off Atlas, a baby peregrine falcon born on the roof of the hospital. By Graeme McNaughton/The Oshawa Express Mark [...]
Oshawa names top firefighter
Capt. Mike Savoie, third from left, has been named Oshawa’s top firefighter. He is joined here by Mayor John Henry, wife Karen and Fire Chief Steve Meringer. Capt. Mike [...]
Grade 2 class nets 2,000 boxes of KD for local food bank
Riley Bailey-Marchegiano takes a box of juice from volunteer truck driver Len Broersma at the Hope Food Bank on June 10. Bailey-Marchegiano and his Grade 2 class visited the [...]
All council meetings to be webstreamed
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express In a move to address multiple complaints from residents regarding special meetings of council not being webstreamed, council is set to [...]
City continues to eye west wharf land
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express Following the renewal of the city’s land use development and municipal service agreement with the Oshawa Port Authority, which is [...]
One beach open
E. coli levels are now low enough at Lakeview West beach for it to be designated safe for swimming by the regional health department. The weekly testing, however, has found [...]
Series of issues forces cancellation of Food Truck Frenzy
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express Despite winning a squabble over dates for their Food Truck Frenzy in downtown Oshawa, the BIA has been forced to cancel the event due to [...]