Trudeau is ignoring the west
Dear Editor, What are Justin Trudeau’s priorities? Helping Alberta’s oil industry or going surfing? Well, it seems that going surfing is more important while [...]
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Reader questions where the empathy has gone
Dear Editor, Kudos and high fives to Mr. Bill Sheppard for his letter of simple noise complaints regarding living near the Oshawa aiprort. Apparently the noise became [...]
Union attacks on Ford don’t speak for all workers
Dear Editor, I imagine many unionized workers in Ontario who voted about 18 months ago for the Ford government are fed up with seeing and hearing every time they turn on a [...]
Red light cameras, photo radar are a “cash cow”
Dear Editor, To Regional Chair John Henry, I remember you running for Oshawa Mayor, and visiting 5,000 homes I believe, that was impressive. What is not impressive is the one [...]
Durham Region must step up
(Cartoon by George Longley) It’s that time of year again. No, not the holiday season, but budget deliberation season. Both the region and city are set to take a deep dive [...]
Bike path robbery suspect arrested
Durham Police have arrested a 35-year-old Scarborough man in connection to a robbery on the Oshawa Creek bike path earlier this fall. In late September, a 74-year-man was on [...]
Student run over during scavenger hunt
A scavenger hunt game at Ontario Tech went bad this past weekend in Oshawa. According to Durham Police, at about 8:10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, officers were called to the [...]
Bringing Oshawa’s past, present and future together
Mayor Dan Carter shares a laugh with Diana (Lovell) Kirk and Arthur Lovell, the owners of Fourteen 1/2, a new luxury suite development located at 14 1/2 King St. E. in [...]
Port CEO says there’s no interest in ethanol
By Dave Flaherty /The Oshawa Express The Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority has officially closed the book on any possibility of an ethanol plant coming to the city’s harbour. [...]
Budget season underway for council
By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express The finish line on the 2020 budget is still far from sight, but the first details are here. After crunching the numbers, staff has [...]