NDP leader says back-to-school plan “not good enough”
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath was in Oshawa Monday to advocate for safer, smaller class sizes for the return to school in September. She was joined by local NDP MPP Jennifer [...]
PROVINCIAL
Province gives nod to extend life of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station to 2025
(Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (photo courtesy OPG) The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station will be around for a few more years. The province is supporting a plan by [...]
Building long-term care homes faster
By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express The provincial government has released a plan to create new long-term care homes (LTCH) faster, which could have positive results for [...]
French calls for Ford to push for opening of GM plant
By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express Oshawa MPP Jennifer French has called for Premier Doug Ford to put the General Motors plant to use. In her letter, she writes residents of [...]
More businesses close amid COVID-19 pandemic
While some businesses have closed, the LCBO has had to reduce its hours and close on Mondays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while others have seen a boom in business. Amid the [...]
Ontario whittles down list of essential services
The province has officially cut the list of essential services down to 44 in the fight against COVID-19. Following the advice of the province’s Chief Medical Officer of [...]
Oshawa: Stay safe, stay home
By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express The show must go on for essential services in the city of Oshawa despite the provincial government announcing the closure of all [...]
Interactive self-assessment tool now available
With the increasing severity of the COVID-19 outbreak, Ontario has now launched an enhanced and interactive self-assessment tool. This new tool takes the public through a [...]
Ontario to open select child care centres
(Twitter photo) In order to support health care and frontline workers during the COVID-19 outbreak, the province is opening select child care centres to help frontline [...]
Province releases list of essential services that will remain open during lockdown
The province has released its list of essential services that will be allowed to remain open for business during the mandatory closure ordered by Premier Doug Ford. This [...]