

In the early 1830’s Oshawa had both a thriving port and shipbuilding industry. Research i...
Melissa Cole History

Durham's new tech incubator offers support, mentoring and funding possibilities to tech-ba...
Darryl Cherry Technology

Youth production of The Music Man hits all the right notes, despite a bit of stumbling, sa...
Pandora Wotton Theatre

The Goldfishpool is a local film collective that says Hollywood North is happening in Durh...
Patty Kamarinos Movies

Long-time gig poster aficionado Steven Frank reviews an unique exhibition at The RMG that ...
Steven Frank Music

Your guide to savvy farmers' marketing: helpful tips and good manners for a great market s...
Carin Makuz Food

A fresh look at the nature and culture of your city, updated almost every Friday. Now accepting your submissions. Send the best local photo you've ever taken (drawings welcome too) ...
OshaWhat Magazine Gallery

Canadian cinema is an underrated and overlooked genre in comparison to its American counterpart. Our budgets tend to be thriftier, the actors aren't always uber-celebs and distribution and promotion budgets...
Patty Kamarinos Movies

It's tall, green and great in a salad. But it's not so good for our our natural areas. Learn to stop the spread of invasive garlic mustard. Illustration by Colin...
Diana Shermet Nature

Can your bundle of joy bring you a bundle of cash from the government? Parenting columnist Hillary Di Menna brings us a bundle of facts about the family allowance....
Hillary Di Menna Family

This month, Mark uses upscale dining and down-home dancing to re-connect with his wife. Sometimes, a relationship needs a little grounding. Lives get too busy and too self-absorbed to...
Mark Williamson Places

This month shield your eyes from a late day partial eclipse of the sun, uncover your eyes to contemplate the supermoon–the biggest moon of 2012–and prop open your eyes for...
Sue Elliott Nature

Take a guided tour of local thrift shops from treasure hunter and gatherer Alessia Churcher. Constance Closet: 10 Ontario Street, OshawaThere has been recent buzz in my social...
Alessia Churcher Places

No that long ago, milk delivery to the home was commonplace. How else did you expect to get fresh milk, eggs and butter than from the milkman? The year...
Melissa Cole History

Resident style and design gal Jacquie Severs gives us the local fashion report in All The Rage. Meet Yumna: Student in Literature and History at Trent University Oshawa, Poet, Member of...
Jacquie Severs Fashion

Photos by Nathan MacKinnon and Rhea Munroe. Hundreds of people from Durham Region’s LGBTQ community and its allies were out in full force Wednesday, April 18 for a silent rally in...
Nathan MacKinnon Gallery

How can you keep the magic alive in your romance? With magic, of course. If you want to keep the magic in a relationship alive and strong, there are several...
Mark Williamson Places

Take a guided tour of local thrift shops from treasure hunter and gatherer Alessia Churcher. We were sad to see that Elaine's, which we profiled last month in this ...
Alessia Churcher Places

Support from a community organization can mean the difference between life and death for many people within the LGBTQ community. Other cases are less drastic, but still important to address....
Nathan MacKinnon Places

When love is in the air, frogs, salamanders and other amphibian friends are on the ground in Durham Region's wetland areas. When I was younger, one of my favourite activities...
Diana Shermet Nature

Steven Frank profiles two of Oshawa's most inventive and resourceful artists. Oshawa’s Lianne Snow and Debbie Dell will be guest artists at artist Geordie Lishman’s ancestral home in Ajax...
Guest Art

The Stone Sparrows flew in 2011. The Bowmanville bluegrass quartet went from anonymity to ruling this town in the span of those twelve months. This is their story. Pre-Sparrows Sam Balson is...
Harley R. Pageot Music

A meteor shower, Pink Moon and Saturn feature this month–just in time for International Dark Sky Week. Find out what's up with backyard astronomer Susan Elliott. Meteorites, Saturn, and...
Sue Elliott Nature