EDITORIAL

There’s a lesson that many parents often teach their children – you will appreciate something more if you buy it yourself. Instead of having Mom and Dad for that shiny [...]

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 [...]

We may be into the econd month of 2017, but for Covanta, the calendar is still looking back at 2016. At the end of this month, the New Jersey-based operator of the Durham [...]

At this point, one would think Oshawa council would be aware that this type of solution does not work. Council approved what was mostly a status quo budget and a 2.37 per [...]

This past summer, a group of people from the Region of Durham decided to take a trip to Europe. The trip, to investigate anaerobic digestion technology that may soon be [...]

Sometimes, it’s nice to know you’re not alone. When Oshawa residents packed into council chambers on Jan. 16, it was civic engagement unlike anything this city has seen [...]

Talk to a mayor or councillor at just about any municipality in Ontario, or even elsewhere in Canada, and one thing that most can agree on, despite political leanings, is [...]

There are a lot of things one can do in 128 minutes. That’s enough time to watch a decent movie. Assuming clear roads, you could get to (or at least pretty darn close to) [...]

This past year, both levels of local government got a slap on the wrist for doing something that is truly the antithesis of working in the public service – doing work that [...]

As the events of the week have shown, the world can be a scary place. The 12 dead at the Christmas market in Berlin, the Russian ambassador shot dead in Turkey and the three [...]