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Durham Region Health Department is investigating confirmed measles in an unimmunized local child following recent international travel. People who visited Lakeridge Health Ajax-Pickering’s emergency department waiting room on November 3, 2026, between 10:40 a.m. and 5 p.m. may have been exposed, the department warned. The
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A contract has been awarded to redevelop Bowmanville Hospital, with construction expected to begin later this autumn, Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster said in a Nov. 6 statement. The project will modernize the hospital serving Clarington residents and more than double its size. Foster said the municipality is contributing $7.5
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Ontario announced Nov. 6 that 14 contracts have been awarded to Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area manufacturers to supply components for the first small modular reactor at Clarington’s Darlington New Nuclear Project. The province describes the planned reactor as the first of its kind in the Group of Seven.
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Statistics Canada reports that 38.4% of residents aged 15 and older in the Oshawa census metropolitan area lived in households struggling to meet basic expenses in October 2026, the highest share among Canada’s 15 largest metropolitan areas. The measure covers difficulties paying for housing, food, transportation, clothing and
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Durham Region Transit is temporarily relocating three bus stops serving routes 421 and 902 in Courtice from November 5 to 20, 2026, because of road construction on Trulls Road, according to a transit service notice. The changes affect stops near Trulls Road at Nash Road and Highway 2. Route 421
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Durham Region Transit Route 605 riders in Uxbridge will face detours on selected trips on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, because of road closures for the Remembrance Day service. The detours will be in effect from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Four departures from Railway Street southbound at
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Durham Regional Police are seeking help identifying a suspect after merchandise and cash were stolen from a business inside Bowmanville Mall during a break-and-enter in the early morning of November 3, 2026. Police said the suspect entered the mall at 243 King Street East in Bowmanville by forcing
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Durham Regional Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a male suspect in an Oshawa wallet theft and alleged bank-card fraud involving more than $7,600 in purchases and a separate $1,000 ATM withdrawal. Police said the victim’s wallet was stolen on Thursday, April 30, 2026,
Durham Regional Police are urging parents and guardians to inspect Halloween candy collected Oct. 31 after two reports of possible tampering in Ajax and Pickering involving wire embedded in a gummy candy and a sewing needle found loose among collected treats. No injuries were reported in either incident, police said
Two Clarington men are among 12 people arrested and charged following a Durham Regional Police investigation targeting people allegedly seeking to purchase sexual services from someone they believed was 15 years old. Police said Project Firebird ran over 10 days in October 2026. Samiullah Azizi, 29, and Devin Hill, 42,
Durham Region Transit’s Route 302 will detour through downtown Whitby from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, because of a road closure for a Remembrance Day service, according to the transit agency. During the two-hour detour, buses will not serve Brock Street stops between
Durham Region Transit routes 502 and 902 will detour through downtown Bowmanville from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, because of the Remembrance Day parade on King Street, according to a transit service notice. Buses will serve temporary stops at: * Scugog Street northbound at
A five-vehicle collision on Thickson Road North south of Highway 407 in Whitby on November 4, 2026, left one woman with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and four other people with minor injuries, Durham Regional Police said. The woman was taken to a Toronto-area trauma centre, while
Durham Region Transit will detour selected Route 905C trips in Uxbridge on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, because of road closures for a Remembrance Day service. The detour is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The changes affect two northbound trips departing Whitby Station and one southbound
Durham Region Transit’s Route 302 will detour via Winchester Road and Ferguson Avenue in Brooklin from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, because of a road closure for the Remembrance Day service, according to the transit agency. During the detour, buses will
Durham Region Transit’s PULSE 901 will detour in Oshawa from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, because of road closures for the Remembrance Day ceremony, according to the transit agency. All stops on Centre and Simcoe streets between Adelaide Avenue and Bloor
Lakeridge Health and Infrastructure Ontario awarded PCL Partnerships the contract on Nov. 5, 2026, to design, build and finance the redevelopment of Bowmanville Hospital, which will more than double its size. Site preparation is scheduled for fall 2026, with major construction to begin in 2027. The hospital will remain open
Durham Region Transit’s PULSE 900 will detour through downtown Whitby on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to noon because of a road closure for the Remembrance Day service. The transit agency says buses will not serve Dundas Street stops between Henry Street and Garden Street
Durham Region Transit’s Route 421 will detour via Nash Road and George Reynolds Drive in Clarington from November 5 to 20, 2026, bypassing five Trulls Road stops because of road construction, according to the transit agency. Temporary stops will operate along the detour. The change affects service on Trulls