Shoot down the flu: health department
Durham blue over first flu case of the season
Walter Passarella / Metroland
OSHAWA -- Public health nurse Nancy McGee readies a flu shot for Patricia Smith. The Durham Region public health department held a free flu shot clinic at the Oshawa Centre earlier this month.
Nov 25, 2008 - 03:20 PM
DURHAM -- The first reported case of the flu in Durham Region was contracted by someone in their 30s who did not receive the flu shot, says the Region's Medical Officer of Health. The Durham Region Health Department received confirmation of the first case of influenza A of ...
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Biker trial bombshell: Accused worked with cops
By Jeff Mitchell - Nov 25, 2008 - 03:20 PM
WHITBY -- The trial of two bikers accused by a police agent of plotting to commit murder has been rocked by the revelation that one of the men on trial is himself a police informant. Witness Steven ...
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General Motors Centre back from the brink
By Jillian Follert - Nov 25, 2008 - 10:52 AM
OSHAWA -- Five months after Global Spectrum took over management of the floundering General Motors Centre, things appear to be looking up. The half-million dollar loss projected for the end of 2008 ...
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Logicaltramp concert cancelled
Nov 25, 2008 - 04:30 AM
OSHAWA -- The Logicaltramp concert, scheduled for tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 25, at the Regent Theatre has been cancelled. A scheduling conflict led to the cancellation of the concert by the Supertramp ...
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Vengeance drove agent, lawyer charges
WHITBY -- A desire for vengeance led a police agent to accuse two high-ranking Hells Angels of plotting to murder a rival, a defence lawyer has ...
Salary not the main issue: union
CLARINGTON -- If the only issue was salary, the Province and public elementary school teachers would have reached an agreement by now, says the head ...
Second career gets enhancements
DURHAM -- More laid-off people can get help finding a new path in life, thanks to Second Career program enhancements. The ministry of training, ...
Mike Butler: digital art pioneer
AJAX -- Long-time Ajax resident Mike Butler can quite literally be called a digital art pioneer. In the early 1980s, in the infancy of the personal ...
Logicaltramp concert cancelled
OSHAWA -- The Logicaltramp concert, scheduled for tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 25, at the Regent Theatre has been cancelled. A scheduling conflict led to ...
A Jacob Moon Christmas
DURHAM -- Celebrate this Christmas. Jacob Moon is touring Southern Ontario churches and theatres with a 10-piece ensemble performing Christmas music....
Energy efficient light bulbs no deal
To the editor:Re: I'm burning mad over energy-efficient light bulbs, Ian McMillan column, Nov. 7. I agree with Rick Begg of Oshawa. After five ...
City amazes with waste of money
To the editor: The front page of the Oshawa This Week Nov. 19 edition proves that the City is inept. There are two articles there. One is saying that ...
Clarington sports briefs for Nov. 25
OPG Blackouts snatch victory from the hands of defeat CLARINGTON -- With a thrilling come from behind win against a determined Loyal Orange Lodge team...
Financing drying up, auto dealers say
OTTAWA–Canadian automobile dealers say the country's car market is
threatened by banks refusing to lend them money to buy vehicles for
their showrooms...
Shoot down the flu: health department
DURHAM -- The first reported case of the flu in Durham Region was contracted by someone in their 30s who did not receive the flu shot, says the ...
Adoption support group meets in Oshawa
DURHAM -- A support group for adoptees or birth family members meets on Dec. 9 in Oshawa. The Durham Adoption Disclosure Support Group is for people ...