Two-week staggered start for public elementary students
By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter Durham District School Board (DDSB) elementary school students will be heading back to school with a two-week staggered [...]
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DRPS announces interim chief
Todd Rollauer,DRPS Interim Police Chief Durham Regional Police have announced its new interim police chief. Deputy Chief Todd Rollauer will assume his new role as interim [...]
COVID-19 relief money coming for city
By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express Durham Region is set to receive $22.9 million in COVID-19 relief funding from the federal and provincial governments. The funds come from a [...]
Province gives nod to extend life of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station to 2025
(Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (photo courtesy OPG) The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station will be around for a few more years. The province is supporting a plan by [...]
Durham Health Connection Line saw 99,000 calls during pandemic
By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Durham Health Connection Line has dealt with more than 99,000 incoming and outgoing [...]
Cameras force drivers to slow down
More than 100,000 drivers have been caught speeding since speed enforcement cameras have been installed on Durham roads. Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) and Red Light [...]
New remote monitoring program helps surgical patients recover at home
Residents who have had a surgery will now be able to recover at home sooner. Surgical patients from Lakeridge Health now have the support of a virtual nurse-surgeon team, [...]
City studies sandwich board signs for business owners
City staff will be reporting to council on the results of a three year sandwich board sign pilot project, and are asking for public input. From April 1, 2017 to April 1, 2020 [...]
O’Toole named new Tory leader
Durham MP Erin O’Toole, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, says the Conservatives will work hard to earn the trust and confidence of Canadians in the next [...]
Temporary road closure at Campus Ice Centre on Simcoe Street in Oshawa
Durham Region is advising residents of a temporary road closure on Simcoe Street in Oshawa. From Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. to Aug. 23 at 9 p.m., Simcoe Street will be closed from the [...]