Incinerator gets go ahead
Following an all-day session of regional council, a majority of councillors voted in favour of modifying the contract with Covanta, the operator of the Durham York Energy [...]
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Lutczyk to be sentenced Feb. 4
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express It’s been more than three years, but former Oshawa city councillor Robert Lutczyk will soon be sentenced for charges stemming from the [...]
Tax hike sees minor decrease during deliberations
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express Dollars were divided and cents were shaved, but in two days of deliberations, city council could only drop the slated tax increase by [...]
Emergency repair at reservoir
Oshawa’s Hortop Reservoir’s rooftop and support columns needed emergency repairs conducted on them at the end of 2015, according to a report to be presented at the Feb. 3 [...]
“Incompetence and scandal”
Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown, right, joined Whitby-Oshawa byelection candidate Lorne Coe canvassing a lakeshore Whitby community over the weekend. During his [...]
Adapting a changing economy
Premier Kathleen Wynne, speaking at a conference at Durham College, has launched a panel looking at how the province can adapt to the changing global economy. By Graeme [...]
City receives extension on harbour land improvements
The city has been granted an extension on developing the harbour lands it acquired from the federal government in 2010. Now, the city has until October 2018 to fulfil its [...]
December meeting under investigation
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express Why would an education and training session with the Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation be closed to the public? Residents were [...]
Council weary of “mass exodus”
Mayor John Henry says the city is not facing a crisis over employees leaving city hall. During budget deliberations, it was announced that the city will be losing [...]
Ask and you shall receive
The General Motors Centre was just one of several community staples that will be receiving money in the city’s 2016 budget, netting $397,000 to cover its operating [...]