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City to provide financial support for Oshawa Generals Memorial Cup bid
Posted on Monday, July 27, 2020 11:45 AM
The City of Oshawa continues to support the Oshawa Generals in its 2021 Memorial Cup bid. Oshawa City Council has approved $200,000 for in-kind services, a $50,000 cash contribution and $110,000 in Tribute Communities Centre capital upgrades should the Oshawa Generals secure the 2021 Memorial Cup tournament.
The City is excited for the tremendous opportunity to showcase to the world our city and the world-class Tribute Communities Centre including the Sports Hall of Fame as a premier sports and entertainment...
City of Oshawa and Trent University to offer financial support to Oshawa students in need
Posted on Monday, July 27, 2020 09:45 AM
The City of Oshawa and Trent University have created a dedicated endowment fund to provide support to Oshawa students attending the University’s Durham GTA campus.
Beginning in the 2021-2022 academic year, the City of Oshawa Student Bursaries Endowment Fund will support students who reside in Oshawa, are enrolled at Trent University Durham GTA and have demonstrated socio-economic need.
The Endowment Fund is supported by a $100,000 contribution from Trent University, in exchange for an equivalent land...
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Oshawa announces first-ever Community Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
Posted on Wednesday, July 08, 2020 08:15 AM
The City of Oshawa is pleased to announce the launch of the first ever Community Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, as a key deliverable of the City’s Diversity and Inclusion Plan. The Committee hosted its inaugural virtual meeting on June 25, 2020.
The Committee was recruited earlier in 2020, and is comprised of 15 community members from diverse backgrounds, representing a broad range of under-served and equity seeking groups. The inaugural members are Oshawa residents, or individuals...
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Three words could save your life
Posted on Tuesday, July 07, 2020 06:30 AM
In an emergency, time can truly mean the difference between life and death. Oshawa Fire Services is proud to be the first fire service in Canada to use a new location technology known as what3words to dispatch emergency help to exactly where it is needed.
what3words is a location technology that divides the world into a grid of 3 metre x 3 metre squares and assigns each square with a unique three-word identifier. The encoding is permanently fixed. For example, ///twin.medium.pebbles will take...
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Oshawa receives 30,000 protective masks from Chinese sister city
Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 06:45 AM
The City of Oshawa and Oshawa community has received 30,000 protective masks and 500 protective gowns from the City’s Chinese sister city, Wuxi Xinwu District.
The generous donation of protective equipment was made possible through a collaboration between the City of Oshawa, Xinwu District of the City of Wuxi, Canada Wuxi Chamber of Commerce (a local Chinese Canadian business organization based in the GTA), the Durham Chinese Canadian Culture Centre and PiVAL International (an Oshawa-based...