Fire at orchard building under investigation
Walter Passarella / Metroland
CLARINGTON -- A fire broke out at Algoma Orchards at 3238 Concession Rd. 3 Tuesday night at about 10:30 p.m. Clarington firefighters managed to contain the fire to the shop area of one building. Nov. 26,2008
Nov 26, 2008 - 12:19 PM
CLARINGTON -- Fire department officials don't yet know what caused a late-night fire at a building that is part of a local apple orchard operation. Clarington firefighters were called to 3238 Concession 3 just before 11 p.m. Tuesday for a fire in the shop area at Algoma ...
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Students hear summer job horrors
By Crystal Crimi - Nov 26, 2008 - 10:30 AM
PICKERING -- The day that changes your life starts like any other, said Candace Carnahan, sitting before a gym of Grade 10 students. She would know - her life hasn't been the same since she lost her ...
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Auto job losses to accelerate
Tony Van Alphen, Torstar news services - Nov 26, 2008 - 08:06 AM
Beleaguered automakers in Canada will wipe out at least 15,000 jobs and post staggering losses of more than $3.1 billion this year and through 2009 before starting a recovery in 2010, according to the...
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Oshawa's EI numbers spike 96.4 per cent
By Jillian Follert - Nov 26, 2008 - 09:08 AM
OSHAWA -- The number of Oshawa residents receiving employment insurance (EI) has gone through the roof, jumping 96.4 per cent over this time last year -- the highest increase in Canada. A report ...
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History buff receives several awards
PICKERING -- It was a landmark day for Canadian war-history buff Cotter Allen. The Pine Ridge Secondary School graduate received eight awards at his ...
Students hear summer job horrors
PICKERING -- The day that changes your life starts like any other, said Candace Carnahan, sitting before a gym of Grade 10 students. She would know -...
Multi-cultural film series
DURHAM -- Enjoy an afternoon at the movies. The Movies Without Borders film series is screening movies in several languages with English subtitles. ...
Mike Butler: digital art pioneer
AJAX -- Long-time Ajax resident Mike Butler can quite literally be called a digital art pioneer. In the early 1980s, in the infancy of the personal ...
Snow-clearing bylaw rule unfair
To the editor:Re: If you don't follow the rules, you'll pay, Nov. 21.â?¨ Twelve hours to remove your snow is a very unreasonable amount of ...
Shoot down the flu: health department
DURHAM -- The first reported case of the flu in Durham Region was contracted by someone in their 30s who did not receive the flu shot, says the ...