Tempers flare at committee meeting
Councillor Amy McQuaid-England says she was disrespected and not allowed to do her job after councillors voted against having a one-hour break at a committee of the whole [...]
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The first step for residential development at the waterfront
Mayor John Henry has called on staff to start the process of creating a community improvement plan for the city’s waterfront. Henry says a program would help future [...]
Oshawa DD regulations resolved as Uber threat looms
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Expres The city seems to have successfully put out one fire – however, another that has threatened for some time is starting to bloom. The [...]
First-time renters, know the rules
With many students living away from their parents for the first time, the province is reminding new tenants to review what rights and responsibilities they have under the [...]
Report: Meetings should have been open
An external investigation into a pair of closed meetings surrounding the Durham York Energy Centre has concluded the meetings should not have been closed to the public. A [...]
Councillors concerned with growing costs
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express A pair of city projects has councillors seeing red after they have been forced to fork over more than $100,000 in cost overruns. The [...]
Alzheimer Society blindsided by potential address change
The region currently has plans for a new road, marked in red, to run between Thickson Road in Whitby and Thornton Road in Oshawa. The new road, Stellar Drive, will branch off [...]
Too little, too late
Oshawa MPP Jennifer French is collecting hydro bills of Oshawa residents to bring to Queen’s Park in an effort to show how out of control electricity rates have gotten [...]
Coteau: Let “kids be kids”
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express Road hockey. It is something so quintessentially Canadian that it could come as a surprise to many that some municipalities have deemed [...]
Ontario sees deadliest Labour Day weekend in 20 years
By Graeme McNaughton/The Oshawa Express Long weekends often bring with them heavier traffic, therefore leading to traffic jams, longer driving times and for many, a [...]