Planning for the future
Community Care Durham (CCD) has received a grant which will help them plan for the future. MPP Lorne Coe and Dave Saunders, chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s (OTF) [...]
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Oshawa resident wins $100,000
(Photo supplied) An Oshawa resident is $100,000 richer after winning on an Instant Lotto ticket. Teresa Hughes says she enjoys playing Instant games regularly. “I love [...]
Oshawa Museum celebrating National Indigenous History Month
The Oshawa Museum is hosting a special online event to recognize National Indigenous History Month. Participants can join Oshawa Museum Curator, Melissa Cole, for a “Tea [...]
Stay safe, active and connected
June is Seniors’ Month, and the province is focused on meeting the immediate needs of seniors. Raymond Cho, Ontario’s Minister for Seniors’ and Accessibility, says [...]
Peony Festival virtual again this year
The City of Oshawa’s 17th annual Peony Festival will be virtual again this year. The festival will be presented online from June 1 to 27 on the city’s website. Recognized [...]
Food box program helps thousands
Community Care Durham’s Food Box program has helped feed a lot of people in its first year. Originally launched just prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to address [...]
New community garden in north Oshawa
Szanne Mcnutt (left) and Carol Vandersanden of We Grow Food work with volunteers in the community to help maintain the gardens in Oshawa, including The South Patch on Glen [...]
National Nurses Week: Honouring nurses
This display was created by community members in front of Lakeridge Health during the start of the pandemic as a way of supporting and saying thank you to frontline workers. [...]
Doug Thomson Oshawa’s newest Senior of the Year
Doug Thomson (Photo supplied) By Courtney Bachar/The Oshawa Express A long-time Oshawa resident has been recognized for his contributions to the community. Doug Thomson, who [...]
Making roads safer for pedestrians, cyclists
(Photo courtesy Durham Region) The Region of Durham, in partnership with Oshawa and other municipalities, is continuing to make it safer for pedestrians and cyclists to cross [...]