Archive for October, 2008

Oshawa woman killed in Toronto crash

An Oshawa woman has been killed in a overnight crash in Toronto and police say upwards of eight hours passed before her car was found off the road in a ditch.

The woman, 58, was in a car...

Accused called fellow biker out as a ‘rat’: Lawyer

WHITBY -- A member of the Hells Angels accused a fellow biker of being a police informant years before he is alleged to have plotted with the man to commit a murder, a defence lawyer has suggested....

Man confesses to two Durham bank robberies

ORONO -- A man has confessed to robbing two Durham Region banks.

The suspect walked into a Durham police station and admitted he had robbed banks in Cannington and Orono on Sept. 17 and Oct. 17 ...

Bowmanville land deal highlighted in bid-rigging civil trial

An employee of the Ontario government's real estate arm owned property with landscape contractor Frank Gabriele while working on the bidding process for a multimillion-dollar piece of public ...

Arrest made in Oshawa woman’s murder

OSHAWA -- A man is in police custody, charged in connection with the death of a young Oshawa woman.

Police responding to reports of a marijuana grow operation in a house at 307 Bloor St. E., ...

Mountain lion sightings in south Pickering

PICKERING -- People in the Douglas Park area of Pickering are being urged to be cautious after the Durham Regional Police received two reports of a mountain lion on the prowl.

Police say the first...

Weak turnout for Durham Metrolinx forum

DURHAM -- The Metrolinx team, including chairman Rob MacIsaac, stopped by Whitby's Heydenshore Pavilion on Tuesday in one of seven public consultation events on the Big Move, the draft regional ...

Suspect in bank heist sought

OSHAWA -- Police are seeking help in identifying a man who robbed an Oshawa bank Monday morning.

The suspect fled with cash stuffed into a plastic bag after the 10 a.m. heist at the Auto Workers ...

Still chance to comment on Darlington nuclear plans

DURHAM -- Ontario Power Generation is continuing its work toward building a pair of reactors next to the Darlington nuclear station.

And, a series of information sessions have been held to keep ...

Amber Young is Durham’s third homicide

OSHAWA -- Two blue police tents tarp off a large part of the backyard of 307 Bloor St. E. this hour, as police investigate not only a marijuana grow operation, but the discovery of a dead 21-year-old ...

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