Durham house prices “not sustainable”
According to statistics from the Durham Region Association of Realtors, the average selling price of a home has gone up 15.8 per cent in the past year. Dr. Karthik [...]
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Project aims for zero deaths from fire or carbon monixide
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express It is a statistic that Oshawa Fire Services is rather proud of – zero deaths from fire in the last four years, and a new project is [...]
Stay free of lyme disease this summer
The province is advising those experiencing the outdoors to be wary of ticks, as they may carry lyme disease. With a whole month ahead before students head back to school, [...]
A living wage doesn’t mean equal pay for equal work
Re: “The cost of living in Durham,” June 29, 2016 Dear Editor, The Community Development Council of Durham (CDCD) has launched an initiative to calculate living wage then [...]
Arrest after prisoner rushed in court
A Markham man is facing charges after a prisoner facing sentencing was assaulted by a member of the public in the courthouse gallery. Just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, [...]
A close call
Connor Allen of the Oshawa 16U elite Legionnaires is tagged out as he slides into third base during an attempted steal in Elite Baseball League of Ontario action on July 28. [...]
Krastenbergs signs with Gens
With the ink barely dried on the contracts of top prospects Serron Noel Will Ennis, the Oshawa Generals have secured Latvia’s own Renars Krastenbergs for the upcoming [...]
Number of EI recipients down
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits in the Oshawa area has seen a downturn. According to new numbers from Statistics Canada, 6,640 people in the Oshawa [...]
The art of music
The City of Oshawa has unveiled the first of three public pianos as part of its 88 Keys Project. The first, in Oshawa’s Civic Square, got a few test runs from local [...]
Councillor apologizes for closed December meeting
Mayor John Henry maintains that parts of the December meeting with the Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation needed to be closed. Councillor Sanders (below), however, [...]