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Durham Community Collective releases report supporting local Black community hub
Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2022 01:19 PM
Whitby, Ontario – The Durham Community Collective (DCC), with the support of the Region’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Division, has released its Black Community Hub in Durham Region: Rationale, Environmental Scan and Community Recommendations report.
The report was shaped by valuable feedback—from Durham’s Black, African and Caribbean communities—received during several community conversations and targeted engagement sessions this past June.
Offering community accounts of the impact of anti-Black...
Durham Region battles climate change by welcoming Brock and Clarington into tree planting program
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:13 AM
Whitby, Ontario – Earlier this month, the Township of Brock and the Municipality of Clarington joined the partnership with LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests) and the Region of Durham to offer subsidized tree planting that boosts the Region’s efforts to combat climate change. Residents, multi-unit property owners and commercial property owners from Brock and Clarington can now plant native trees at a low price through the LEAF Backyard Tree Planting Program.
Since the program launched...
Durham Works Department recognized by the Transportation Association of Canada
Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2022 03:41 PM
Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Works Department was recently recognized for both the Victoria Street Road Widening and Re-construction project and its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Road Maintenance Innovation project.
Environmental Achievement Award
Recognizing excellence in the protection and enhancement of the natural environment through transportation projects, the Environmental Achievement Award was presented for the Victoria Street Road Widening project. This work involved widening...
Durham’s water continues to be safe to drink despite odours
Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2022 10:08 AM
Whitby, Ontario – The Regional Municipality of Durham would like to assure residents that our water continues to be safe to drink despite possible earthy or musty odours detected recently. Taste and odour episodes are caused by seasonal biological changes in Lake Ontario and typically occur in the late summer or early fall.
When: Typically occurs in the late summer or early fall. Although it is difficult to predict when conditions will return to normal, taste and odour episodes will generally fade...
Durham Region Weekly Beach Report - Week of August 8, 2022
Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2022 09:07 AM
Whitby, Ontario - The following represents beach-posting information for Durham Region beaches. Test results for the week of August 8 indicate that six beaches have been posted as unsafe for swimming due to elevated bacteria levels. Beaches are posted as unsafe for swimming when elevated levels of E. coli exceed the provincial standard of 200 E. coli per 100 ml of water.
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