Oshawa residents calling for outdoor skating rink
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter The City of Oshawa is considering an outdoor skating rink after a number of residents wrote to council to consider their [...]
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Slow-downs coming on Oshawa streets
Grand Ridge Avenue (Google image) By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter Speed reductions are coming to a couple of streets across the city. Council recently [...]
Family Day changing blue box collection schedule
The blue box collection schedule is changing the week of Feb. 15 due to the Family Day holiday. Durham Region Works Department is reminding Oshawa and Whitby residents that [...]
City takes on BIA duties after disbanding group
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter The Downtown Oshawa BIA is officially gone. BIA Board Chair Ivano Labricciosa says it’s unfortunate and is disappointed [...]
Don’t flush your face masks and gloves
The Region of Durham is reminding residents to discard face masks, plastic gloves and wipes in the garbage instead of flushing them down the toilet. According to the region, [...]
COVID-19 isolation centre opens in Oshawa
The province has opened a number of COVID-19 isolation centres, including one in downtown Oshawa. (Twitter photo) By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter It just [...]
New task force to look at community safety
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter The mayor has announced a new task force aimed at addressing community safety, security and wellbeing issues in the city. [...]
Brock Township mayor loses battle with cancer
(Photo courtesy Township of Brock) The Brock Township community and the Region of Durham are in mourning after the passing of Brock Mayor Debbie Bath-Hadden following a long [...]
DRPS welcomes new recruits
Durham Regional Police have welcome 13 new recruits to the squad. The class began their training in August and didn’t have a typical experience due to the COVID-19 [...]
Durham students to continue learning from home next week
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Initiative Students will be learning from home “until further notice,” according to the DDSB. Durham Region was not on the list [...]