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School says new housing will replace doomed lodging houses
By Jillian Follert September 05, 2008 - 02:04

DURHAM -- One week after a judge found 37 landlords guilty of operating illegal lodging houses near the Durham College/UOIT campus, the student association at the schools is taking a wait and see ...

Dead Pickering bird ends West Nile season
September 05, 2008 - 04:30

DURHAM -- A dead bird found in Pickering is the latest to test positive for West Nile virus (WNV)....

Gas leak evacuates 10 Pickering homes
September 05, 2008 - 12:15

PICKERING -- A gas leak on Sheppard Avenue in Pickering Thursday afternoon caused residents to ...

Relief for westbound commuters on Hwy. 401
September 05, 2008 - 07:09

DURHAM REGION -- Two lanes of the westbound 401 collectors at the Don Valley Parkway have re-opened ...

Crime

Teen beaten, robbed at house party

AJAX -- More than 20 charges have been laid against an Ajax teen after a violent robbery at a house party that saw a victim pistol-whipped. Officers ...

School zones speed trap leads to drug charges

AJAX -- A traffic stop on the first day of school led to the seizure of a large cache of drugs and charges against a Clarington woman. A Durham ...

Stabbing victim charged with lying to police

WHITBY -- The teenaged victim in a stabbing that launched an intensive investigation by Durham police has been charged for misleading officers ...

Province seizes Oshawa Hells Angels clubhouse

Clerk injured in tire iron attack

Arrest made in Ajax shootings

Education

Building better student neighbours

DURHAM -- Teaching good manners to those living off-campus is on the goal list of Oshawa's post-secondary student association. In an attempt to ...

Oshawa campus welcomes thousands back

DURHAM -- More than 11,000 students are flooding onto Oshawa's shared college and university campus. The University of Ontario Institute of ...

Longtime Ajax teacher dies

DURHAM -- After 19 years, Lester B. Pearson Public School has been forced to say goodbye to longtime teacher Larry Shortt.

The Grade 6 ...

Back to school in Clarington... by the numbers

First day back to school

McGuinty comes to Pickering to announce new high school programs

Entertainment

Tuning up for a season of music

DURHAM -- Durham’s music groups are making a concerted effort to entertain you this season.

From jazz to pop to classical to Broadway to folk to ...

Time for TIFF

By the time you are reading this, I will be knee -deep in the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the 14th festival I have covered as a member...

One-time Oshawa/Whitby musician returns home for rare performance

Many of you readers out there have, on occasion, tuned into the telly (shame on you) and would have seen the commercial for Bailey's Irish Cream ...

A wild ride at Class Act this fall

Music students get top marks

Fun for parents and tots at the library

Opinion

Eagles, Fury rivalry could be a good one

How is this for exciting: Wednesday, Oct. 22, the Bowmanville Eagles will visit the Whitby Fury in a Tier II Jr. A hockey game at Iroquois Park ...

Mr. Everything is the right call to take on chancellor's role

You might be surprised to find out the new chancellor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology has never before held that post at an ...

Plenty of changes to junior hockey this year

If there's a buzz word for the new OHA Ontario Provincial Junior 'A' Hockey League season, it's 'new'. The Pickering Panthers ...

Taxpayers can't afford anymore

Comment on the FarmTech ethanol plant application

Description decried by reader

Sports

It took a while, but Spartans mosquitoes get it done at own event

AJAX -- Although more than a month elapsed before the start and the completion of the Ajax Spartans Mosquito Tournament, the Ajax Spartans entry ...

Ajax Madrid savours Cup conquest

AJAX -- The Ajax Madrid boys' under-nine soccer team hoisted the Cup after capturing the Durham Soccer League's Cup Day Tournament in Scugog ...

Junior Lightning among best at big U.S. tourney

DURHAM -- Playing many of the best women's teams in the U.S., the Durham Junior Lightning fared well at the North American Hockey Academy (NAHA) ...

Ajax Aquatic Club near the top at Age Group Nationals

Top Prospects Game likely coming to Oshawa

Eagles set to take off in season opener

Business

GM wants to differentiate fact from fiction

OSHAWA -- A new General Motors website from out of the Detroit head office is an attempt to dispel rumours surrounding the company, according to a ...

GM sales plummet in August

DURHAM -- General Motors of Canada's sales plummeted in August, with tiny cars from other brands seeing big increases in sales. GM's car sales were ...

Couple promises Til Debt Do Us Part

OSHAWA -- Living off of credit is a thing of the past for one Oshawa couple, who recently took control of their finances with the help of Slice TV's ...

Whitby's Smurfit-MBI looking blue

Downtown 'primer' evening this month

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Life

De-stressing the workplace

DURHAM -- Durham Region is looking to lead the way to stress-free workplaces through a free workshop in October. Part of Healthy Workplace Month, the ...

Anniversaries, milestones celebrated at seniors centre this fall

DURHAM -- It’s been 40 years for the Oshawa Senior Citizens Centres (OSCC) and 10 for the Clarington Older Adult Association (COAA), so both ...

Delete your e-waste

UXBRIDGE -- If have any unwanted electronic items cluttering up your space, now's your chance to get rid of them. The Region of Durham is hosting an ...

Fun for parents and tots at the library

Buried under complaints about tires

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