News Releases

Statement from Regional Chair John Henry on New Year’s Day

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:

“On January 1, we celebrate the start of a new year and a bright future for Durham Region.

This is a time to reflect on the past, while looking ahead with optimism and resolutions.

We certainly experienced many challenges last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we were also reminded of what a caring, generous and resilient community...

Emergency child care coming soon for school-age children of eligible workers

Whitby, Ontario – Licensed child care programs for infants, toddlers, preschool and centre-based kindergarten programs will remain open during the province-wide shutdown. However, care of school-age children whose parents are not eligible workers is prohibited from January 4 to 8, 2021, as per the Ontario government’s Safer at Home Restrictions. Full-day care programs for school-age children will only be available for eligible workers, at no cost to families.

The province-wide shutdown announcement...

Ontario announces province-wide shutdown

Whitby, Ontario – The Province of Ontario has announced a province-wide shutdown beginning Saturday, December 26.

When: New restrictions go into effect on Saturday, December 26 at 12:01 a.m. and will last for 28 days before a reevaluation.

Where: Province-wide, including all eight municipalities in Durham Region.

What:  The province-wide shutdown involves widescale prevention measures and restrictions, including closures. Measures include, but are not limited to:

• Restricting indoor organized public events...

Statement from Regional Chair John Henry and the eight Mayors of Durham Region

Whitby, Ontario – The following statement is being issued on behalf of John Henry, Regional Chair and Chief Executive Officer; and the Mayors of the Town of Ajax, Township of Brock, Municipality of Clarington, City of Oshawa, City of Pickering, Township of Scugog, Township of Uxbridge and Town of Whitby:

“Recently, there have been several reports about support of a Grey-Lockdown approach for Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

First, let me reiterate that we fully support the protection of our public’s...

Region of Durham provides update on the Regional Recovery Framework and Action Plan

Whitby, Ontario – Durham Region is continuing to prioritize slowing the spread of COVID-19 while supporting local businesses and residents during these unprecedented times, as outlined in the status update on the Regional Recovery Framework and Action plan (2020-COW-35).  

In June, Durham Regional Council approved the Regional Recovery Framework and Action Plan (Report 2020-COW-22).The plan is built on four pillars: social recovery, built recovery, economic recovery and municipal recovery, which...