February 5, 2012
Figure skating gold medalist from Whitby lands province's highest honour. WHITBY -- Donald Jackson, world gold medalist in figure skating, was one of 27 Ontarians appointed to the Order of Ontario. Looking on with admiration on January 27, ...
The Oshawa resident is directing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Whitby Courthouse Theatre Feb. 9 to 25. "It's fun on a couple of levels," she says of the play. "Part of the fun is it's a spelling bee and spelling bees aren't probably as ...
February 4, 2012
We had a 75-degree difference in the Celsius within the same fundraising run, which is crazy to think about, but welcome to Canada, I guess. Scott Cannata WHITBY -- Eight months, 8500 kilometres and 19 pairs of running shoes later, Scott Cannata has ...
February 3, 2012
Police have charged a 20-year-old Oshawa man and 18-year-old Whitby woman in connection with four bank robberies in January. The hold ups took place in Pickering and Toronto, with two of them at the same Pickering branch.
Suspect in four robberies arrested at Oshawa bank - durhamregion.comTracy Hanes Special to the Star The more irons Andrea DeGasperis-Ronco has in the fire, the happier she is. At the same time 29-year-old was launching her new home building company in 2011, Opus Homes, DeGasperis-Ronco decided to add to her family.
February 2, 2012
By Joe Fiorito City Columnist I have a trace of the flu. I hear the echo of Georges Perec. And I see, at the end of the line, the GO train taking on passengers. Oshawa to Whitby: This train makes all stops. Idle, on a siding, is a Union Pacific rail ...
By Joe Fiorito City Columnist I have a trace of the flu. I hear the echo of Georges Perec. And I see, at the end of the line, the GO train taking on passengers. Oshawa to Whitby: This train makes all stops. Idle, on a siding, is a Union Pacific rail ...
AJAX -- In his first go-round at the Major Series Lacrosse draft table, the new GM/head coach of the Ajax Rock figures he fared pretty well. The game plan going in for Clem D'Orazio was to improve the team's offence which scored just 147 goals in 20 ...
Whitby Wildcats reach Silver Stick semifinals. WHITBY -- The Whitby Peewee A Blue hockey team won the regional Silver Stick tournament in Brampton and reached the semifinals of the international tournament in Michigan. They are, from left, ...
by Bruce Rogers/Special to The Scugog Standard Port Perry's Ann Pearson entry began the Regional hunt against Cheryl Saunders of Lindsay. Liz Winters skipped her Whitby entry against Lakefield's Helen O'Donnell team, while Jan Carwardine's Leaside ...