Worth playing the game?
Well, after months of waiting, the Pan Am Games have finally arrived. And after billions of dollars spent, drivers inconvenienced through HOV lanes and the like, how has the [...]
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Senate needs to be reformed, not abolished
Dear Editor, Recent events have brought a strong political need for the senate to modernize. After the media frenzy surrounding certain senators’ expenses, it is evident [...]
Is climate change affecting you?
By Bill Fox/Columnist This past winter, with the windchill, the temperature twice went down to -40 C (which is also -40 F). Having just moved into a three-bedroom [...]
“I couldn’t be a coward”
Oshawa citizen Ryan Doyle received the city’s award for heroism after saving his mother’s life on the morning of March 18 – his 28th birthday. By Joel [...]
Durham College welcomes new vice-president
Dr. Elaine Popp Durham College has welcomed a new member to its roster. Dr. Elaine Popp has joined the college family as the new vice-president for academics. Popp comes with [...]
Oshawa-based area race team nurtures Pan Am talent
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express The middle of suburban Oshawa is not the first place people would think to find one of the top mountain biking squads in the world. [...]
Smoking for good health
Medical marijuana advocate and chair of Oshawa’s medical marijuana working group Marko Ivancicevic smokes a joint at his Pickering home. Ivancicevic says Oshawa is [...]
DRPS renew call for facts in Darby homicide
Raymond Darby By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express It’s been more than two years since a vicious homicide scarred a northern Oshawa neighbourhood. On June 18, 2013, [...]
Oshawa could lead way in regulating DD services
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express The City of Oshawa has passed what may be the first set of designated driver (DD) service regulations in North America. At issue for [...]
Ask away, says council
By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express In what may be the first dividing issue inside the Oshawa council chambers this term, a majority of councillors fought off a motion that [...]