160 to lose jobs in Oshawa parts plant closing
Pittsburg Glass Works to close in early 2009
Ron Pietroniro / Metroland
OSHAWA -- Pittsburg Glass Works has announced that its Oshawa plant, formerly called PPG, will close in the first quarter of 2009 due to declining automotive sales. Dec.1, 2008
Dec 01, 2008 - 08:39 PM
OSHAWA -- Pittsburg Glass in Oshawa has announced it will close its automotive parts plant -- a move the Canadian Autoworkers Union says will put 160 people out of work.The Oshawa parts plant on First Avenue manufactures windshields, rear and side windows for the Chevrolet ...
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Ajax surveying the quality of life
By Keith Gilligan - Dec 02, 2008 - 08:32 AM
AJAX -- The Town wants to know what the survey says. Four hundred homes have been called, 100 in each of the four wards in Ajax, over the past week as the Town conducts a 'Quality of Life' ...
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Six Durham-connected homicides in 2008
DURHAM -- The death of an Oshawa woman at the hands of a man who was later shot dead by police is the sixth homicide involving a Durham resident this ...
Child abuse: another form of bullying
DURHAM -- Almost a decade has passed since the case first came to light but despite the passage of time, few can forget the case of two Blackstock ...
CUPE signs a deal
DURHAM -- Public school board office, clerical, technical, custodial staff and education assistants will make 12 per cent more by the end of their new...
Audition for Spoon River Anthology
PICKERING -- Audition for a role in the Spoon River Anthology. The play introduces you to a cemetery where the ghosts of former inhabitants took their...
Pop goes Durham Philharmonic Choir
OSHAWA -- The Durham Philharmonic Choir is going lighter for its Christmas concert this year. "We thought we'd change our direction and style,...
Coalition comes right out of the blue
There are many reasons why there should not be a coalition government in Ottawa, but the No. 1 overriding one is simple: Canadians didn’t vote for one...
2010 beckons Brown to the bobsled
PICKERING -- There's real irony in Pickering's Shelley-Ann Brown's burgeoning career as a world-class bobsledder. You see, the 28-year-old...
Celebrate a Christmas in the Village
AJAX -- Take a trip back in time. This holiday season, visit the Pickering Museum Village to meet many fictional characters from the past and learn ...