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Durham Region opens applications for 2026 Community Safety and Well-Being Fund until May 22

Durham Region’s Community Safety and Well-Being Secretariat is accepting applications from April 27 to May 22, 2026, for its Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) Fund grant program.

The fund is intended to support not-for-profit organizations and community groups running violence-prevention initiatives in Durham Region, according to the region’s public notice.

The 2026 program is organized into three funding streams: Stream One, the Direct Intervention Fund; Stream Two, the Community Strengthening Fund; and Stream Three, the Intimate Partner Violence and Gender Based Violence Prevention and Response Fund.

Applications for all three streams are due May 22, 2026.

The notice does not include the total amount of funding available through the program.

Durham Region has also not described, in the notice, how applications will be assessed.

The region’s announcement was dated April 27 and posted on Durham.ca. Program details are posted at durham.ca/CSWB-Fund.

Durham Region to host National Public Works Week open house May 23 at Whitby depot

Durham Region says it will hold a National Public Works Week open house on Saturday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Oshawa/Whitby Depot at 825 Conlin Road in Whitby. The region said the event will run rain or shine. National Public Works Week

Durham Region after-hours emergency numbers out of service; alternate line provided

Durham Region’s after-hours emergency phone numbers, 905-576-9991 and 1-800-372-1104, are currently out of service, according to a disruption notice posted on the Region’s website. The outage affects two numbers used for after-hours emergencies, and the Region has provided an alternate line for urgent situations involving key regional services.

Durham Region plans to buy former Pickering hotel for federally funded asylum reception centre

Durham Region says it will buy a former hotel at 533 Kingston Rd. in Pickering, using federal funding, to set up what it calls the Durham Reception Centre for temporary accommodation and support services for asylum claimants served through the Durham Humanitarian Response Program. The reception centre is intended to

Durham Region notice says it may enter land to destroy noxious weeds if they aren’t removed

The Regional Municipality of Durham has issued a notice to “all persons in possession of land” in the region stating that, under Ontario’s Weed Control Act, the municipality may enter land in Durham to have noxious weeds destroyed if they are not destroyed throughout the season, and may charge

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Durham Region to host National Public Works Week open house May 23 at Whitby depot

Durham Region after-hours emergency numbers out of service; alternate line provided

Durham Region plans to buy former Pickering hotel for federally funded asylum reception centre

Durham Region notice says it may enter land to destroy noxious weeds if they aren’t removed