Poopy note for Pickering music fans
Residents question and compliment Mayor Dave Ryan
By Kristen Calis - Oct 30, 2008 - 10:51 AM
PICKERING -- Ted Bell and his wife won't go to another Sunday afternoon of music at Esplanade Park that the City puts on again after finding it hard to manoeuver around all of the goose poop. Mr. Bell and his wife also come across droppings on their daily walks, some ...
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Warrants issued for paving scam suspects
By Jeff Mitchell - Oct 30, 2008 - 04:30 AM
DURHAM -- Arrest warrants have been issued for two men identified by police as the ringleaders of a scam that saw dozens of Durham residents swindled by paving companies. One of the suspects had been ...
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A colours primer: Bikers' world revealed
By Jeff Mitchell - Oct 29, 2008 - 03:31 PM
WHITBY -- Jurors hearing the case against two Hells Angels accused of conspiring to commit murder are being given a primer in the mysterious and insular world of outlaw biker gangs. The first two days...
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A passion for pumpkin carving
By Michelle Diaz - Oct 29, 2008 - 10:48 AM
DURHAM -- Forget the fancy tools. All it takes is imagination to create a great looking pumpkin for Halloween. In special videos featuring Russ Jubenville sharing his carving tips you'll see how to ...
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New Ajax school gets a builder
DURHAM -- A new Ajax Hamlet public school is to be built by Pre-Eng Contracting Limited. The Durham District School Board confirmed the awarding of ...
Things go bump in the night
DURHAM -- "This is Halloween, this is Halloween, pumpkins scream in the dead of night." For many, this line from 'The Nightmare Before ...
Photography heritage program for youth
AJAX -- Cultivate the activist and artist within. The Youth Centre hosts The Urban Eyes Youth Photo and Awareness Project series that will provide the...
Tavares and Mitchell together again
OSHAWA -- John Tavares and Dale Mitchell will once again have the chance to play together. No Tavares hasn't been traded to the Windsor Spitfires, and...
Uxbridge sports briefs for Oct. 30
Cartcon starts the season on the road UXBRIDGE -- The Uxbridge Stars Major Atom AA hockey team, sponsored by Cartcon General Contracting, started its ...
This woman's got Moxie
BROOKLIN -- Whatever you do, don't say that Marissa McTasney's business -- which produces work wear for women -- caters to a niche market....
Going to the dogs
WHITBY -- One local woman's business plan came to her while she was doing something she does every day: walk her dogs. Jo Ann Baguioro-Thompson was ...
A passion for pumpkin carving
DURHAM -- Forget the fancy tools. All it takes is imagination to create a great looking pumpkin for Halloween. In special videos featuring Russ ...
Coral Creek to get its playground
UXBRIDGE -- Children in an east-end subdivision will soon have a new place to play. The Township is moving ahead with a playground for the Estates of...
Uxbridge Youth Centre opens
UXBRIDGE -- Slowly, they started coming through the door. "I'm just coming to check things out," said Tom Ban, a Grade 13 student. "...