News Releases

With recent reports indicating COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Ontario and Durham Region, Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter is urging community members to stop the spread of coronavirus by continuing to follow health authority guidelines and government orders.

In a video message to the community, Mayor Carter reminds everyone to wear a face mask or covering inside public spaces, maintain physical distancing of at least two metres (six feet) from others, limit social gatherings as per government...
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Upper-year students from both Ontario Tech University and Trent University Durham GTA came together virtually during a six-week City Idea Lab course to unpack and analyze the community impacts of COVID-19 on the city of Oshawa.

The summer course, titled “Strengths-based and Cooperative Community Development during Extended Crises,” was the first bi-institutional City Idea Lab offered to students across different programs at both universities.

The unique course, co-taught...
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Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter addressed the Durham Region Police Services (DRPS) Board today to urge for its full support to tackle the needs and challenges related to unsheltered individuals and criminal activity in the city’s downtown core, requesting sufficient police funding, increased foot patrols and stronger partnerships.

Mayor Carter highlighted that Oshawa is home to approximately 80 percent of Durham Region’s unsheltered population and that coupled with the COVID-19...
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The City of Oshawa is preparing the 2021 City budget and wants to hear from you!

Residents and property owners can share their priorities on key program and service areas during their Ward-specific virtual Budget Open House:

• Online by visiting https://oshawa.webex.com on a desktop or laptop computer, entering the Ward-specific access code and then the event password.
• On the WebEx Meetings app on a mobile device, selecting Join Meeting and entering the Ward-specific access code. Users...