A decade of sport at UOIT
UOIT varsity athletics will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this season. By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express It started out as a pipe dream. Over the past 10 years, the [...]
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Dias: GM wants to close plant
By Graeme McNaughton/The Oshawa Express Negotiations have gotten started between General Motors of Canada and the union representing its workers. And according to the top man [...]
Report: Economic future “looking good” for Oshawa
By Graeme McNaughton/The Oshawa Express Things are looking good for the future of Oshawa’s economy, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. In its [...]
Hughes into Steeplechase finals at Rio
Oshawa’s Matt Hughes has qualified for the steeplechase finals after finishing fourth in his opening race on Monday, Aug. 15. His finishing time of 8:26.27 was good enough [...]
The coming of the new age
Ian Farrell’s Honda Civic, and plenty of other modern modified cars, will be a part of the first ever Tunerfest. Every year at Autofest, car lovers of all ages get a [...]
Autofest is this weekend
After weeks and months of anticipation, Autofest is nearly here. The annual event for car lovers of all ages is coming up quick, set for Aug. 20 and 21 at Oshawa’s [...]
Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for bad habits
Dear Editor, I see that Toronto council recently gave approval for three injection sites in Toronto for people with drug addictions to shoot up illegal drugs in a safe [...]
Fighting for the future of Oshawa
As this newspaper hits the streets, some of the most anticipated contract negotiations in quite some time are taking place in Toronto. Unifor, which represents much of the [...]
Bank robbed at knifepoint
Durham police were on scene shortly after a man in a balaclava robbed the TD Bank on Ritson Road North at Five Points Mall, just south of Taunton Road. Eyewittnesses at the [...]
Building permit values down from 2015
The value of building permits in the Oshawa area for June was less than half what it was a year earlier. According to new numbers from Statistics Canada, the Oshawa census [...]