| Thursday, May 17th, 2012 |
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Service animal 'circus' alarms
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By Geoff Zochodne/The Oshawa Express
Cyndie Sproul was not born blind. She knows what it is like to see clearly.
She remembers what it was like to be completely independent.
Around 10 years ago, Sproul became legally blind. Now when she goes out, so too comes her service animal, a dog.
It’s when the pair enters stores, restaurants or other businesses that trouble arises. Sproul is being challenged by employees and owners about her right to have the service animal by her side.
We have great customer service, “just read the sign,” said a manager to Sproul.
Some people accuse her of faking just so she could have her dog with her, she says. One prominent business in Osha ... READ
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Dorothy McFarlane uses a service animal and has experienced difficulty bringing it inside local businesses. |
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EXPRESS NEWS
| Residents make pitch to save Windfields house |  | | Currently, Minto Group is building directly in front of the house
By Geoff Zochodne/The Oshawa Express
Some Oshawa residents are making an offer that can be completely refused.
But to save the Windfields Farm “Foreman’s residence,” a group of concerned citizens is willing to take a shot.
Th ... READ | | Port board takes shape |
By Geoff Zochodne/The Oshawa Express
The federal government is getting closer to rounding out its share of Oshawa Port Authority appointees by selecting Joe Allison and Norman Mackie to join the group.
According to a release from Transport Canada, Allison is “a graduate of Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology ... READ |
| Gibb and Olive to see major facelift |
By Lindsey Cole/The Oshawa Express
It’s a costly endeavour, but to widen Gibb Street and Olive Avenue, the Region has stated it will cost around $19.3 million in order to buy up all the properties that could stand in the way of the project’s progress.
Recently, the Works Committee approved the purchase of 222 Ol ... READ |
| Police station renovation costs spike |
By Lindsey Cole/The Oshawa Express
It’s going to take a little more money to make sure the Central East Police Division is up to snuff.
Recently, the Region’s Finance and Administration and Works Committees approved an additional $169,257 for renovations at the Centre Street North station in Oshawa.
This ... READ |
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EXPRESS SPORTS
| Great Britain's national head coach off to England |  | | Durham College and Great Britain baseball coach Sam Dempster, seen here with former MLB star Mike Piazza, is heading overseas to scout our talent for the World Baseball Championships in September.
By Jim Shaw/The Oshawa Express
When baseball comes calling Sam Dempster answers.
Kingston-born Dempster, 65, officially ... READ | | Saywell student a real pace setter |
There was a lot of action at the Stephen G. Saywell Public School track meet at Civic Fields. The D.E.A.A. finals are scheduled for later in the month.
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Under perfect conditions the Stephen G. Saywell annual school track meet operated like a well-oiled machine.
Coordinator Lee Stone organized the even ... READ |
| Coach and student off to 2012 Olympics |
Founder and teacher Charlie Formosa, right, Eddie Zupancic, a fourth degree black belt and former Ontario champion, left, are talking proud of Kilita, 22, who will represent Canada for the local Formokan Judo Club at the Summer Olympics in London, England.
By Jim Shaw/The Oshawa Express
Veteran Judo guru Charlie Formos ... READ |
| Sobil Classic brings in $3.8 million |
Oshawa Kicks President Will Thurber wasn't bragging when issuing his weekend statement that the recently completed two weekend, four-day Frank Sobil Spring Soccer Classic produced a gross income of $3.8 million.
“Those aren't my figures,” Thurber says, as he tossed another bag of trash during the cleanup at one of ... READ |
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OSHAWA LIVING
| Send in the clowns |  | | The guys from the Motor City Car Club threw on their best clown threads as part of Big Brothers Big Sisters "Bowl for Kid's Sake Event." Motor City is also helping put on Autofest 2012 from August 24 to 26 at Lakeview Park. ... READ | | Preschoolers set off on school journey |
Durham District School Board Oshawa Trustee Larry Jacula and kindergartener-to-be Hailey Foucault work on a numeracy exercise during a Welcome to Kindergarten event at Dr. C. F. Cannon Public School in Oshawa.
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More than 50 Oshawa preschoolers and their parents arrived at Dr. C.F. Cannon School in Oshawa recently ... READ |
| Pennies for Grandview |
From left, Donna Cuyler, 'Lucky' Lukas's mom, Debbie Robitaille, RBC branch manager at the Rossland Road Whitby branch, Lucky, Travis Capes, regional vice-president RBC and Vicky Earle, executive director of the Grandview Children's Foundation kick off the 5 Million Penny Drive.
RBC branches in Durham Region will be collecting pennies fo ... READ |
| Region: Public Works impacts daily life |
Durham residents are getting a special invite from the Region to take part in this year’s National Public Works Week.
Taking place May 20 to 26, there are several public events taking place May 26.
Locally, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Oshawa/Whitby Depot at 825 Conlin Road in Whitby (between Thickson and Garrard Roads), t ... READ |
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POLICE BRIEFS
| Pedestrians hit at crosswalks |  | | Durham Police recently responded to two crashes involving pedestrians recently, one resulting in a fatality.
The most recent occurred on Friday, May 11 around 8 p.m.
Officers were called to the area of Ritson Road and Kitchener Avenue in Oshawa for reports of a pedestrian being hit. A vehicle being driven by a 26-year-old Os ... READ | | Man struck in road rage melee |
A 36-year-old Oshawa man was seriously injured after a case of road rage turned violent.
According to police, the man was hit by a vehicle in the parking lot of the Oshawa Centre just before 9 a.m. on May 3.
Officers were called to the Oshawa Centre after a report came in involving a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedest ... READ |
| Suspects sought in Oshawa robbery |
Durham police are looking for two suspects after an armed robbery at a pizza restaurant recently.
On May 3 at 3 p.m. officers were called to Toppers Pizza on Stevenson Road North for an armed robbery.
Two men entered the business through the back door; one was armed with a handgun. While one suspect remained at the back of the st ... READ |
| Two men stabbed and cut with beer bottles |
A fight between two women at an Oshawa home resulted in two men being stabbed and cut by broken beer bottles.
Just after midnight on Monday officers were called to Lakeridge Health Oshawa to follow-up on a reported stabbing.
When they arrived at the hospital here was a 28-year-old man suffering from multiple but non-life-threaten ... READ |
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EXPRESS EDITORIAL
| Hooper considered to be a Community Legend |  | | Every City councillor knew Bob Hooper.
He was often called ‘Oshawa’s number one fan,’ and he made sure everyone knew it.
Often seen at council and committee meetings, he’d never shy away from expressing one of his ideas, which always included honouring a local star.
Hooper passed away in late March ... READ | | East versus west at Windfields |
It’s become a battle of east versus west.
A local group of residents are pleading with City council to save the eastern Windfields house.
They shouldn’t hold their breath.
Those who have driven down Simcoe Street North may remember the quaint stone home on the east side. It was part of Windfields Farms.
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| Make nice over ice surcharge |
The lover's quarrel between the City of Oshawa and its ice users is a strange and vicious one.
While the City and a (slim) majority of council don't see a problem, there is one, because they pride themselves on being in the customer service business. And their customers are on the verge of rebellion.
First the users saw the City ... READ |
| Let the boom times roll |
Two different economists were in Oshawa last week.
One, Craig Alexander, is a TD Bank chieftain and chief economist. Diners broke their fast listening to Alexander point out the failings of the United States and Europe to get their finances shipshape.
But for Oshawa, and Canada, his prediction was moderate growth in a relatively ... READ |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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| | Keep your expectations low at the harbour |
Dear Editor,
Our mayor's recent gyrations on behalf of the Pork of Oshawa might lead one to conclude that millions of dollars in federal funds and hundreds of acres of federal land had been turned over to a to a non-share corporation that lacked a business plan or even a business case.
Surely this cannot be. ... READ |
| Omnibus budget bill another abuse of Parliament |
Dear Editor,
In the latest show of contempt for Parliament and democracy, the Harper government has presented a “Budget” Bill that is anything but about budgets. This omnibus bill is designed to annul or affect more than 50 statutes and laws that have no connection with budgetary matters. In its budgetary aspect, it doe ... READ |
| Region newsletter features a blunder |
Dear Editor,
Upon reading the Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter of the Durham Region Works Department, I came across a shocking example of illiteracy.
The title of the article on page five refers to 'Garbage Shoot,” rather than “Garbage Chute.”
Apparently, no one among the presumably learned members of ... READ |
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COLUMNISTS
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| | You told me your mother is special |
By Bill Fox/Columnist
This coming Sunday is Mother's Day.
I would have thought this day was celebrated from hundreds of years ago, but nope. Early Mother's Day celebrations can be dated back to spring celebrations to honour Rhea, the mother of the gods in ancient Greek civilization. But it wasn't until 190 ... READ |
| We all had one, but I lost mine |
By Bill Fox/Columnist
I lost mine about a year-and-a-half ago.
It was quite sudden. One day mine was suddenly gone.
We had a family meeting the day before to decide what to do with mine, as mine now needed a lot of care.
By the next morning, mine had decided it was time to leave. We wer ... READ |
| The Village of Columbus |
By Jennifer Weymark/Archivist
Formerly known as English Corners, the Village of Columbus lies just north of the City of Oshawa. Settled largely by pioneers from England in 1830, the small community was renamed Columbus in 1850 after the establishment of the first post office.
Columbus was a thriving and busy rural centre througho ... READ |
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EXPRESS TUBE
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