Information for a price
By Graeme McNaughton/Column One of the main tasks for a reporter, no matter the medium, is to find out information. And one of the tools that reporters have at their disposal [...]
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A push for faster driving
Councillor Bob Chapman is one of several people calling for a higher speed limit on the soon-to-be-opened portion of Highway 407. Chapman, along with other politicians and [...]
Going back to the farm
Noreen Taylor, seen here at her official confirmation ceremony, has been named as the chancellor of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Taylor’s [...]
An education in anaerobic digestion
Regional councillors an staff will be going to France and Spain to look at anaerobic digesters as a means of energy production. Large-scale sites, such as this one in [...]
Use of force goes up
By Graeme McNaughton/The Oshawa Express The amount of times police used force last year was up from 2014 – but the numbers are still lower than in years past. According to [...]
Raising funds for Fort Mac
Numerous volunteers were out in full force at Fraser Ford over the weekend for the automaker’s Drive 4 Ur Community event. For every test drive, Fraser Ford donated $20 [...]
“Power is going to be over at the region”
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express Following Oshawa’s ward review and any possible system put forth to council, one thing is certain: the previous seven-ward system will [...]
More money needed for roof upgrades
Extra work being done on a regional transit facility is going to result in extra costs. In a report presented to the regional works committee, councillors are being asked to [...]
School gets new childcare spaces
By Graeme McNaughton/The Oshawa Express Two Oshawa high schools will be receiving more childcare spaces, classrooms and more thanks to new funds from the province. The [...]
Nurses group honours prof
Standing at the podium, Arlene de la Rocha, a professor at UOIT and Durham College, was presented with the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario’s 2016 HUB [...]