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Durham Region Health Department is reminding residents and frontline professionals that all animal bites and scratches involving humans must be reported to the health department, as part of a Rabies Awareness Month notice dated May 1. The department says rabies can be transmitted through the bite, scratch or saliva of
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Durham Region has installed a new protected left-turn signal for eastbound drivers at the intersection of Regional Highway 2 and Courtice Road in Courtice. The region says the signal was installed April 30 and is now operating. The change affects motorists turning left from Regional Highway 2 eastbound onto
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Durham Region Chair and CEO John Henry issued a statement May 1 in Whitby marking Asian Heritage Month. Asian Heritage Month is observed in May. Henry’s statement did not list any specific events or activities planned in Durham Region. In the statement, Henry described the month as a time
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Durham Region has opened a 60-day public review of a Public File Report (PFR) on sanitary sewage servicing for the Port Perry Employment Area in the Township of Scugog, following a Schedule B Class Environmental Assessment. The review period runs from April 30 to June 29, 2026. The PFR
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Durham Region says it will share emergency-preparedness tips during Emergency Preparedness Week, which runs May 3–9, 2026. The region’s information is aimed at households across Durham, including people who live or work near a nuclear generating station, who are directed to the zoned Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Guides.
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The Regional Municipality of Durham says it has completed a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for sanitary sewage servicing to support the Port Perry Employment Area in Scugog, and has posted the study’s Project File Report for a 60-day public review running from April 30 to June 29, 2026.
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Clarington’s next municipal election will be held Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, with voting scheduled to take place over a six-day period from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26, the Municipality of Clarington says. The municipality has also set out the key steps and deadlines for people who plan to
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Zephyr Road (Regional Road 13) will be closed between Concession Road 5 and Concession Road 6 in the Township of Uxbridge from May 4 to Nov. 30, 2026, for the Laurie Bridge replacement project, according to a notice from Durham Region. The closure will keep traffic out of the work
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Durham Region said in a notice posted April 27 that speed limits are reduced in construction zones on Regional roads and that fines are doubled when workers are present. The reminder comes as the Region says the number of construction projects increases as the weather warms up, which can mean
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Clarington council approved the Soper Springs Secondary Plan for north Bowmanville on April 28, 2026, setting out planning policies for future housing, parks, multi-use paths and trails, environmental protection and supporting infrastructure in the area. For residents, the secondary plan sets the rules the municipality will use to review
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Durham Region will conduct its 2026 Business Count from May through August 2026, with staff visiting brick-and-mortar businesses across the region in person to collect information about business operations, including employment, growth plans and floor space. The Region says the information is used to compile employment statistics, help
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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,