Oshawa Fire Services welcomes new recruits
Oshawa Fire Services recently welcomed eight new firefighters to the team. (Photo courtesy of the Oshawa Professional Firefighters Association) By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa [...]
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Oshawa Museum wants to hear your COVID-19 stories
The Oshawa Museum is asking residents to share their stories from the COVID-19 pandemic so the museum can better document the city’s fight against the virus. By Chris [...]
Giving lunch to the frontline
Prestonvale Dental showed their appreciation for frontline workers at Clarington Emergency & Fire Services, Station 4 by delivering lunch and special dental loot bags. [...]
United Way Durham uses federal funding to help seniors
By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express United Way Durham has received $134,689 from the federal government to help seniors. The federal government and United Way are teaming up to [...]
Rotary asking for help fighting COVID-19
The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parwkood is asking everyone to join together and make a donation to help local charities and organizations with much-needed funds to help them fight [...]
Long-time firefighter hanging up his hat
Stephen Balas recently retired from Oshawa Fire Services after almost 30 years of service. By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter After almost 30 years of running [...]
Scholarship for student to head to university
Renée Richard By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express/LJI Reporter Every year, the Oshawa Professional Firefighters Association (OPFFA) honours the dependent of one of its [...]
Thinking inside the box for shelter
(Photo submitted) By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express A local man is going out of his way to provide portable cardboard shelters for Oshawa’s homeless population. Taylor [...]
Good things happening in Oshawa
In celebration of one-year-old Eddy finishing his cancer treatment, members of the community drove by his home, honked and provided messages of hope. Seen here are mom and [...]
Slain girls commemorated through fundraiser
Local resident Krysia Meeldyk made a recent donation to Simcoe Hall Settlement House and started a hashtag movement in honour of her slain goddaughter, Rori Hache, who was [...]