Emergency childcare available for eligible workers
(Photo courtesy Region of Durham) Emergency child care will be available for school-aged children for eligible workers until in-person learning resumes. Due to the [...]
COVID-19
Durham police say they won’t be making random stops
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter Durham Regional Police Services (DRPS) say they will not be stopping random vehicles or pedestrians in the community. [...]
Lakeridge Health curtailing non-emergency services, surgeries
Lakeridge Health is cutting back on elective surgeries due to the increased number in COVID-19 admissions. A letter to the community, on behalf of Chief of Staff Dr. Tony [...]
Durham seeing record numbers of new COVID-19 cases
New daily cases of COVID-19 in Durham over the past week have been the largest since the start of the pandemic. Durham reported 259 new cases Wednesday, bringing the total to [...]
GM hits final mask milestone
Employees from GM’s Oshawa Operations sign the 10 millionth mask milestone banner, after producing nearly one million masks per month since the mask line officially [...]
DRT offering free round trips to get vaccine
Durham residents can now book a free round trip from their residence to a local vaccination clinic to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. Using Durham Region Transit’s (DRT) On [...]
Durham tops 2,000 active cases of COVID-19
Durham Public Health reported a significant increase in daily active cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. There were 394 new cases reported Sunday, and another 219 reported [...]
Kids heading back to remote learning
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter Durham students are headed back to remote learning next week following the April [...]
Province implementing further safety measures in schools
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter Elementary school students are looking at more safety measures when they return back to school after the April break on [...]
Vaccine rollout ramping up in Durham
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter Durham Region’s medical officer of health says the vaccine rollout is ramping up across the region. In an update to the [...]