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Sisters in bloom: how two sisters built a boutique rooted in community

Tammy McQuinn owns The Willow Branch with her sister Rebecca Buntsma. They lost their store on March 6, 2025, to a fire that started...

Behind the Blockbusters: Lauren Abiouness on building cinematic worlds

From nannying in Los Angeles to designing sets for Avengers and Loki, art director Lauren Abiouness proves that saying yes to unexpected opportunities can build entire worlds.

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Sisters in bloom: how two sisters built a boutique rooted in community

Tammy McQuinn owns The Willow Branch with her sister Rebecca Buntsma. They lost their store on March 6, 2025, to a fire that started...

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Sisters in bloom: how two sisters built a boutique rooted in community

Tammy McQuinn owns The Willow Branch with her sister Rebecca Buntsma. They lost their store on March 6, 2025, to a fire that started...

Ben Earle says reflection is key to building a meaningful career

Getting off a long plane ride with two young children and getting into a taxi with a flat tire is not the best start...

Behind the Blockbusters: Lauren Abiouness on building cinematic worlds

From nannying in Los Angeles to designing sets for Avengers and Loki, art director Lauren Abiouness proves that saying yes to unexpected opportunities can build entire worlds.
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Mental Health Chat Bot coming to Durham Region

Since COVID-19 was declared an outbreak in March 2020, there has been a decline in the mental wellness of Canadians, according to Statistics Canada.The...

Diversity, equity and inclusion

Fine arts students at Durham College team up with the City of Oshawa to paint Oshawa in a better light.

Anti-Racism training helps bring racial equity

“As an immigrant, but also as a Black child, you're reminded that you have to work, you know, three times more, you have to...

Trent University Durham students look to improve Oshawa Youth Council

For the fifth consecutive year, Trent University Durham’s Child and Youth Studies program is working with the City of Oshawa to bring positive change...

Project keeps firefighters safe

The phone rang and Carlos Rossa picked it up, it was the City of Oshawa reaching out for a project idea related to urban...

Virtual reality simulation makes firefighter training safer

Fire fighting is a risky profession. Sudden cardiac deaths, internal trauma, burns and asphyxia are common among firefighters. As per a research conducted by...

DC’s PSW students and City Idea Lab help older adults feel less isolated

“I went into this thinking of how I would be improving someone's life ... and instead my life was improved by the person -...

A videogame that aims to enlighten

Empathy is often defined as “walking a mile in another person’s shoes.” A research project in Oshawa hopes to change the transmitter of empathy...

Ontario Tech students hope to transform downtown

Some people would describe the heart of Oshawa as a place to be avoided, but for the team of students behind the reanimating downtown...

How to celebrate Valentine’s Day pandemic style

It’s that time of year again, love is in the air…or not. This year, like most things, it will look different. Do I really...

Residents fight to protect the water of rural north Oshawa

Allen Frank, 81, has been living in his rural north Oshawa home on Ritson Rd. N. for 48 years. From 2008 to 2016, Whitby...

Recognizing the Métis

A boy who is adopted by a man and woman to give him a home is grateful for the life he lives, however, later...