New economic development commissioner named
The replacement for Alex Georgieff has been found. Brian Bridgeman, who had been sitting as the region’s director of current planning, has been named as Durham’s new [...]
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Books and taxes
Once again, you can get your taxes done at the library. Oshawa Public Libraries is teaming up with the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program and the Canada Revenue Agency to [...]
Open data pilot goes live
By Graeme McNaughton/The Oshawa Express The region has launched a new pilot project that will make information more accessible online. Durham Region’s Open Data site, which [...]
Unemployment remains unchanged
The amount of people out of work in the Oshawa area was the same last month as it was the month before, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unadjusted [...]
Clearing the air on the Genosha project
Tracey Christie, the president of Bowood Properties, says work on the former Genosha Hotel will be complete by the 2017 deadline, despite a months-long work stoppage. By Joel [...]
Scope kept limited for medical marijuana group
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express Plans by the city’s medical marijuana advisory committee to extend its scope seem to have gone up in smoke. A motion from the Oshawa [...]
Oshawa boxer killed in Dubai
A man who boxed out of an Oshawa gym was one of four people killed in a car crash in Dubai over the weekend. Cody Nixon, who had previously boxed out of the Motor City Boxing [...]
Report: Dry arena project “immensely popular”
According to a recent city report, the dry pad at Children’s Arena has been a success, with 44 per cent use in the fall and 66 per cent use for winter. One problem with [...]
IPC ruling a first step
The Information and Privacy Commissioner ordered that the city issue a ruling on the release of communications between Councillor Nancy Diamond and lawyer George [...]
“Important budget for Durham Region and Oshawa”
Jeff Leal, the regional minister for Eastern Ontario, says Oshawa and Durham Region should see a lot of good news in the latest provincial budget, including money for the [...]