By Jessica Stoiku and Barbara Howe.   About 80 party members and friends gave up their Saturday afternoon by the fire and trekked through snow banks in frigid temperatures to listen to Erin O’Toole, a contender in the Conservative leadership election. The crowd heard the Durham MP speak about a Conservative party with a…

Advancing technology such as driverless cars, electrification and connectivity in the auto industry is becoming more prevalent. In order to expand their reach and apply industry standards, General Motors Canada (GMC) recently announced major investments in innovation technology and engineering based in their Oshawa plant and all over Southern Ontario.

Premier Kathleen Wynne hopes more low-income Ontario residents who have been away from school for a prolonged period will take advantage of new financial incentives to return to college or university. During a whistle-stop at Durham College (DC) and University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Feb. 6, Wynne continued to promote her government’s commitment…

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (RMG) in downtown Oshawa kicked off its 50th birthday celebrations with the launch of a new exhibition celebrating the regional artists, who have been its heart and inspiration for half a century. About 70 artists and their families gathered with art lovers from across the region for an evening which buzzed with…

A classroom of blank canvasses was transformed into a parliament of owls at Bistro ’67 recently as Whitby artist Sarah Shaw taught a painting workshop to a group of about 40 novice artists. The award-winning restaurant located at the W. Galen Weston Centre for Food (CFF) at Durham College Whitby Campus has held similar events…