Changes made to downtown crosswalks
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express Pedestrian crosswalks at several downtown Oshawa intersections have gone through some big changes. Five of these crosswalks were recently [...]
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Public encouraged to comment on property standards bylaw
The City of Oshawa is undertaking an industry and public stakeholder consultation to review and provide feedback on the city’s property standards by-law. The property [...]
Future park in Kedron phase 2 could be on the move
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to note the park proposed to be relocated is part of the proposed Kedron phase 2 development. It is not the existing Kedron [...]
Councillors want developers to commit to accessibility
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express The city is asking developers to put more focus on accessibility moving forward. Oshawa’s development services committee recently [...]
BIA budget and levy caps could be removed
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express The city could soon hand the Downtown BIA a greater role in determining its own future. At the latest development services committee [...]
Carter and Chapman push for more action on opioid crisis
By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express Oshawa’s mayor and deputy mayor are calling on senior levels of government to address the ongoing opioid crisis. Mayor Dan Carter and Ward [...]
City offering day camps, extra programs if schools close
The City of Oshawa will be offering day camps and additional programming beginning on Monday, Oct. 7 in response to pending school closures by the Durham District School [...]
Two-way downtown traffic could be coming
The city is taking a hard look at embracing two-way traffic in the downtown core. At its latest meeting, Oshawa’s development services committee supported looking at six [...]
City could rename section of Athol Street to honour Generals
The city is looking at potentially renaming a stretch of Athol Street from Centre Street South to Ritson Road to Memorial Cup Drive. (Photo by Chris Jones) By Dave [...]
Welcoming Streets questioned
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express A proposed partnership aiming to make Oshawa’s streets more welcoming received some criticism at a recent council meeting. The [...]