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Gold Point Wildlife Reserve Butterfly Garden now complete

Members of Council, along with the local community neighbourhood celebrated the completion and official opening of Oshawa’s Gold Point Wildlife Reserve Butterfly Garden.

Gold Point Wildlife Reserve is a passive recreational destination, located at the southwest corner of Stevenson Road South and Philip Murray Avenue. It is approximately 16.7 hectares and offers several significant natural environmental features, including Gold Point Coastal Wetland; the General Motors Creek; and the Migratory...

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Game on: Dale Hawerchuk Park opens with a faceoff

The new Dale Hawerchuk Park officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, where Oshawa City Council and the late legend’s family and friends honoured him with a friendly game of street hockey.

In 2020, City Council unanimously approved naming the park in honour of Dale Hawerchuk, a decorated hockey hero who grew up in Oshawa before drawing the attention of Junior and National Hockey League (NHL) scouts.

Fittingly, the park is situated in the new Symphony Towns development on Harmony Road...

Oshawa Fire Services Now Dispatches & Alerts All Durham Region Fire Services

The City of Oshawa and Oshawa Fire Services (OFS) are pleased to announce that OFS has expanded its dispatch/alerting operations to cover the entire Durham Region, following the consolidation of dispatch services with Ajax and Pickering Fire Services.

This consolidation allows Oshawa to serve as the sole municipality dispatching/alerting for the entire regions’ fire services, demonstrating that OFS and the City of Oshawa are leaders in efficiency, innovation and collaboration.

The dispatch...