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Home-based businesses and farms: We want to hear from you! Complete the Business Count today

Whitby, Ontario – The sixth-annual Business Count is currently underway and The Regional Municipality of Durham is encouraging home-based businesses and farm owners and operators to participate by completing the Business Count online at www.durham.ca/businesscount, which will be open until August 25.

The Business Count is a Regional project that aims to collect employment statistics and promote economic development initiatives. The project gathers data about local businesses, including the type...

Learn more about Regional government with Durham Region 101

Whitby, Ontario – Durham Region residents are encouraged to learn more about the many programs and services provided by the Region, as highlighted in the new “Durham Region 101” video. The video is currently available on the Region’s website, at durham.ca/DurhamRegion101. 

Durham Region 101 outlines programs and services provided by the Region, the history of the Regional organization, how council is formed, and various other responsibilities, through the eyes of a Durham Region resident....

Update #3 Lord Elgin Park trunk sanitary sewer repairs completed in the Town of Ajax

Whitby, Ontario – The Regional Municipality of Durham, Works Department would like to advise residents and businesses that the underground repairs of the trunk sanitary sewer in Lord Elgin Park in the Town of Ajax are complete. The by-pass pumps have been decommissioned and are currently being prepared for removal. The sanitary sewer system in this area is back to normal operation.

“The trunk sanitary sewer break that occurred in Lord Elgin Park was extensive, making it difficult and time-consuming...

Reuse Days earns Environmental Achievement Award

Whitby, Ontario – The Regional Municipality of Durham, Works Department is pleased to congratulate its partner Habitat for Humanity Durham for receiving the Jessica Markland Partnership Award at this year’s Durham Environmental Advisory Committee (DEAC)’s prestigious Environmental Achievement Awards.

Habitat for Humanity Durham earned the award for being the lead agency, partnering with local charities and the Region of Durham Waste Management Branch, on the “Reuse Days – Pass it On” initiative.

“We’d...

Region of Durham celebrates the official opening of the Orono Depot expansion

Whitby, Ontario – The Regional Municipality of Durham, Works Department today celebrated the official opening of the new Orono Depot—one of the Region’s five maintenance operations depots. The new 20,500-square-foot building expands the original facility at the same location, and is anticipated to provide excellent maintenance operations services to the Municipality of Clarington.

“The past few decades have been a period of rapid growth in Clarington, and with that an increased demand to maintain...