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How this Oshawa thrift store is encouraging sustainability

Thrift stores have become essential in reducing environmental waste, offering a sustainable alternative to the disposable culture fostered by fast fashion. This movement includes...

How this local water sensor network is keeping water safe globally

Durham Region is exploring a range of strategies to protect its waterways in the face of growing threats to water quality. These threats stem...

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How this Oshawa thrift store is encouraging sustainability

Thrift stores have become essential in reducing environmental waste, offering a sustainable alternative to the disposable culture fostered by fast fashion. This movement includes...

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How this Oshawa thrift store is encouraging sustainability

Thrift stores have become essential in reducing environmental waste, offering a sustainable alternative to the disposable culture fostered by fast fashion. This movement includes...

‘People aren’t choosing this.’: Basic Needs Out of Reach

“I wasn’t sure what to expect,” recalls a woman who first walked through the doors of the Clarington East Food Bank a year ago....

How this local water sensor network is keeping water safe globally

Durham Region is exploring a range of strategies to protect its waterways in the face of growing threats to water quality. These threats stem...
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This Pickering teacher always puts others first

Peter Morgulis, current high school teacher at Pickering High School (PHS), uses his life experiences and hardships to positively impact those around him, especially...

The Director of Campus Safety’s undercover policing career has made him a better performer and parent

Thomas Lynch is the man in charge of making sure everyone is safe at Durham College and he has lots of experience as a...

Oshawa Fire Services gears up to meet city’s growth

Oshawa’s high-speed growth has been a challenge for Oshawa Fire Services.The City is developing a 10-year plan that includes additional trucks, equipment and staff.There...

Saulnier: Keeping Oshawa operating

Ever wonder who oversees the development and maintenance of parks in Oshawa? That would be Oshawa's director of operations, Mike Saulnier, who does the work...

MacIsaac: Driving innovation, transformation in Oshawa

Julie MacIsaac, director of the Innovation and Transformation department for the City of Oshawa, is proud of her team for adapting to the...

‘I still remember the day I told my staff not to panic’: Oshawa’s Human Resources director

With each wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oshawa's Executive Director of Human Resources goes through a wave of emotions. “Laying off people, bringing...

Here’s the story behind Airbnb, Uber, COVID-19 enforcement in Oshawa

By law, Brenda Jeffs’s job took on a new path when the COVID-19 pandemic came to Oshawa. Both literally and figuratively.Jeffs is the director...

Oshawa Fire Services continue to educate during COVID-19

Oshawa Fire Services has found new ways to educate the growing population during COVID-19.Oshawa’s population grew by 2.1 per cent, according to Statistics Canada....

Prices high, inventory low in GTA car market

Across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), car buyers are finding it challenging to buy brand-new and pre-owned vehicles. The car marketplace has changed dramatically...

First Nations Mohawk represents the Oshawa community through his work

Daniel Crosmas expects the City of Oshawa to grow into a more diverse city.

Oshawa mayor Carter supports micro-housing to shelter those ‘living rough’

The opioid crisis is a national health epidemic Oshawa faces, said Mayor Dan Carter.Since being elected in 2018, Carter has worked with existing organizations...

Contract talks between colleges, teachers at an ‘impasse’

Contract talks between Ontario colleges and their full-time and partial-load faculty, librarians and counsellors – including those at Durham College - have stalled.The two...