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Full charge ahead: Durham continues electric vehicle charging station expansion
Posted on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 01:00 PM
Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham is set to ramp up electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure installation with the recent announcement of more than $600,000 in federal funding from the Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program. This third round of funding from the program will see a total of 85 new EV charging stations added across Durham by the end of 2024. New program partners, the Township of Brock and the Durham Catholic District School Board, will each install two EV charging...
Durham Region’s innovation community set to energize Collision Conference with Project Arrow
Posted on Monday, June 19, 2023 09:48 AM
Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism division (Invest Durham), along with partners, will be returning to one of the largest and fastest growing technology conferences in North America—Collision Conference—from June 26 to 29 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto. Project Arrow, the first all-Canadian, zero emission connected vehicle will be the centrepiece of Durham’s pavilion.
Invest Durham in partnership with Durham Region’s eight area municipalities, Durham...
Region and local partners pleased to see GO East Extension moving forward
Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2023 04:06 PM
Whitby, Ontario – The following statement is being issued on behalf of John Henry, Regional Chair and Chief Executive Officer for The Regional Municipality of Durham:
“Today’s announcement about the GO East Extension brings us one step closer to seeing shovels in the ground; to positively impacting people’s lives. It also marks the path for driving economic opportunities and dynamic transit-oriented communities for decades to come.
Two-way, all-day service to Bowmanville—which previously stopped in...
Durham Region celebrates National Public Service Week
Posted on Friday, June 09, 2023 09:19 AM
Whitby, Ontario – The following statement is being issued on behalf of John Henry, Regional Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and Elaine Baxter-Trahair, Chief Administrative Officer, for The Regional Municipality of Durham:
“In Durham Region, we strive to deliver strong, responsive and sustainable services that help to shape this region’s great quality of life.
We are proud to recognize National Public Service Week (June 11 to 17); to collectively acknowledge staff across all Regional sites for...
Durham Region wins the OPWA Project of the Year Award for the Micro-home Supportive Housing Project
Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2023 11:29 AM
Whitby, Ontario – Durham Region has won the Ontario Public Works Association (OPWA) 2022 Project of the Year Award in the Structures, less than $2 million category for the Micro-home Supportive Housing Project.
In July 2020, The Regional Municipality of Durham (Region) Council voted to expedite the development of supportive housing to help address the needs of the Region’s unsheltered residents. These needs were heightened because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as unsheltered residents lost access to...
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