Archive for July, 2009

Police gearing up for busy long weekend

DURHAM -- If you're taking to the road this coming long weekend, Ontario Provincial Police will be right there with you.

Officers from the Whitby detachment will be out in full force patrolling the...

Minister mum on auto execs’ pay packets

TORONTO -- Ontario's industry minister says taxpayers should feel comfortable with government oversight of General Motors and Chrysler – and don't need to know how much top executives at the companies...

Here’s what’s open and closed on Aug. 3

DURHAM -- Following is a list of what's open and closed on the civic holiday, Monday, Aug. 3.

SUPERMARKETS: Some are open and some closed. Check with the outlet you normally shop at to see if it's...

Serious accident closes Ajax intersection

DURHAM -- The occupants of two vehicles suffered serious injuries in a collision in Ajax on Tuesday.

Durham Regional Police report the accident happened around 3:45 p.m. at the intersection of...

Whitby man charged in TTC scam

WHITBY -- Three TTC employees, including a Whitby man, are accused of stealing as much as $20,000 in fares over the course of a year - less than $3 at a time.

In the past week, three ticket...

Oshawa employment insurance recipients increase by more than 60 per cent

DURHAM -- The number of Oshawa-area people receiving employment insurance benefits rose almost 63 per cent in May 2009 compared to the same month last year.

Statistics Canada release figures this...

Police have clue in Uxbridge stolen speed board case

UXBRIDGE -- Durham Regional Police are still searching for an electronic speed board stolen from Uxbridge recently, but now have a clue in the hunt.

The police-owned board, which records data and...

Durham-wide flight from cops leads to jail time

OSHAWA -- A man who evaded police until a stolen truck ran out of gas in Bowmanville has been sentenced to five years in jail.

Richard Hill, 41, of Cayuga, pleaded guilty Tuesday to several...

Rain won’t go away in Uxbridge

UXBRIDGE -- Shaun Israelstam peered out the side door of his restaurant recently, frowning upon the sight of empty patio chairs.

While the outside eating area of Jersey's on Brock Street West is...

Top court upholds Oshawa man’s murder conviction

OSHAWA -- Ontario's top court has upheld the conviction and sentence of an Oshawa man who murdered his wife upon learning she planned to leave him for her lover.

Randulph (Randy) Cudjoe was...

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