EDITORIAL

Words are easy to say, carrying out their meaning is the hard part. Ever since the Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation announced it was looking into a merger with Whitby [...]

Sir Henry Lauder, a turn of the century entertainer from Scotland, once said that a bank book can make good reading – better than some novels. Over at the region, that [...]

Public opinion is a powerful thing, and Oshawa council would be wise to remember it. If given the option, the city should follow in Toronto’s footsteps and ban the practice [...]

It’s an announcement that, on the face of it, doesn’t exactly strike confidence. After months of negotiations, the city has finally announced that a deal has been [...]

There is an old cliché that states to know the future, you must know the past. While there may or may not be some truth to that, there is definitely a value in preserving [...]

A pair of contentious meetings, one in late December and another in late January, spelled out the fate of the Durham York Energy Centre. The first resulted in the region [...]

Another year goes by, and another Sunshine List comes out. And, as is expected, the number is larger than it was last year. More and more people, working for the public [...]

In the coming months, the province’s Police Services Act – which governs how police should act, be trained and, in some cases, be disciplined – will be up for review. [...]

Ethanol. Some say it’s a cleaner source of energy, but for years it has been a dirty word in Oshawa, and the city has been unable to wash it away. Silence and calculated [...]

The Conference Board of Canada has some bittersweet news for Oshawa. If General Motors and its assembly plant were to leave the city, the local economy would continue to [...]