Tag: History
GM’s exit leaves a legacy
Also written by Meagan SecordAll eyes are on Oshawa after the announcement that General Motors Canada (GM) is closing their doors starting in 2019."Historically,...
How a Town called Ajax got its name
When the opportunity came for Louise Johnson to work at Defense Industry Limited (DIL), she took it, with the blessing in the only letter...
The R.S. McLaughlin Armoury – Military history in the heart of...
It’s the eleventh day of September. The year is 1971. A parade of soldiers come marching down Simcoe Street in Oshawa. They are part...
Expansion underway at the Ontario Regiment Museum
Visiting the Ontario Regiment Museum is an excellent way to learn more about the history of Oshawa, and have a colourful conversation about which...
The long history of the Pickering Lands
“We’ve lived here on the federal lands since 1980,” said Mary Delaney, describing how she came to be involved with advocacy group Land over Landings...
The history of water: Lake Scugog
Scugog Island is located 20 minutes away from Durham College’s Oshawa campus, but while we can drink the water that comes out of our...
St. John’s Anglican Church is oldest church in Whitby
“If you ignore history, it will reach out, grab you, and shake you, and say ‘Hey, pay attention!’. Whitby assists that natural impulse for...
The life of Steve Stavro and his revolutionary grocery store, Knob...
“People were used to shopping at areas where you had three checkout counters and here you’d have 30,” says Jim Olson, a former Oshawa...
The Regent Theatre’s legacy
“Oshawa in the 1920’s was never fancy,” says Louise Parkes a former city councillor.
Then the Regent Theatre opened.
Louise Parkes is one of many individuals...
Neighbourhoods like Imagination show changing Canadian identity
Lincoln Estridge has lived in North Ajax all his life. While attending Pickering High School, he was recommended by Ajax’s Community Recreation Supervisor Ashley...