Fighting for jobs
Drivers heading east on Highway 401 ahead of the Canada Day long weekend may have noticed some signs hanging from overpasses at Simcoe and Albert streets. Unifor Local 222 [...]
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Would it not be great if…
If new cars came in different colours? I went looking at new cars the other day and was frustrated at the colour selections. My wife would like a red vehicle…the model is [...]
Budget increase for transit project
The project to improve six intersections to better accommodate rapid bus transit has become more expensive. According to a report presented to a special meeting of the [...]
Opening the doors for data
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express Oshawa is taking action on the openness and transparency front by starting to make wide swaths of raw data available to the public. As [...]
City has no policy on tracking overtime
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express The lack of any consistent policy to track staff overtime at the city has led the municipality’s auditor to push for further [...]
Save the water
Residents are being asked to help conserve water during the hot summer months. One way they can do this, according to a news release from the region, is to check the calendar [...]
Two men stabbed outside Taunton Road bar
Two Oshawa man are recovering in hospital after being stabbed outside of a bar over the long weekend. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 2, police were called to the [...]
Danish man charged with sexual assault
A man from Denmark has been charged with sexual assault following an incident at the north campus for Durham College and UOIT. Police says that at approximately 12:25 a.m. on [...]
Oshawa man facing voyeurism charges
An Oshawa man is facing several charges after a female saw someone held a cellphone under a washroom stall in Newcastle. According to police, a female entered the washroom at [...]
Gens nab Finnish star in import draft
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express The Gens have picked a player projected to go in the top 10 of next year’s NHL draft. There is only one challenge – administration [...]