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The City of Oshawa is pleased to announce three winners for the Oshawa Culture Counts Awards, which recognize a local professional artist, an emerging artist, and an innovation and creation champion. Launched in November 2017, the Oshawa Culture Counts Awards celebrate and honour the creative and cultural achievements of our community.

The Oshawa Culture Counts Professional Artist Award has been awarded to Oshawa-based artist and branding design specialist Grant Cole. This award...
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On Family Day, Monday, February 18, all are invited to join Lovell Drugs for a day of fun at the Delpark Homes Centre (formerly Legends Centre), located at 1661 Harmony Road North.

The Lovell Drugs Day event includes free Fun Swims from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission banding will begin at 12:15 p.m. Admission is available on a first-come, first-served basis (pool capacity is 250 and pool admission policies apply). 

Delpark Homes Centre is a premier...
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Emergencies can happen anytime, anywhere. Severe weather such as floods, tornadoes, ice and snowstorms as well as prolonged power outages can occur in any community.

The City encourages residents to be ready for an emergency by preparing an emergency kit for their home. The kit should have enough food, water and any applicable medications to last at least 72 hours (three days). Remember to think of pets in your 72 hour plan. At minimum, have food and water, proper identification,...
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The City of Oshawa received notice today that the federal government intends to amalgamate the Oshawa and Hamilton port authorities to form a new entity.

Minister of Transport, The Honourable Marc Garneau, announced on February 5, 2019 on newswire the government’s intent to amalgamate the two ports. The formal announcement will be published on February 9, 2019 and mark the beginning of a 30-day consultation period. Interested parties will have until March 11, 2019 to submit...
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The City of Oshawa is undertaking an industry and public stakeholder consultation to discuss licensing standards for short-term rentals (S.T.R.) and S.T.R. companies (e.g. Airbnb, VRBO, HomeAway, etc.) operating within the city.

For the purpose of the consultation, S.T.R. refers to properties that are rented out as temporary accommodations for consecutive periods of twenty-eight (28) days or less, where the total number of days rented does not exceed a combined total of one hundred...
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