Durham Region

Celebrating Oshawa’s Black History

During Black History Month in February Canadians are invited to honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present. The Oshawa Museum strives to tell a more inclusive and diverse history of Oshawa ...

Tank Museum in Oshawa expands with major donation of 20 Gulf War tanks and armoured vehicles

North America’s largest collection of operational historical military vehicles just got a whole lot bigger with a donation of ...
Durham Region

Oshawa Museum’s Be Prepared exhibit about the history of Scouting and Guiding in the area

The Oshawa Museum’s latest exhibit, Be Prepared, is now open. This exhibit features the history of Scouting and Guiding in the Oshawa area. Scouting and Guiding began in the United Kingdom in the ...
The Globe and Mail

History of General Motors in Oshawa

For 100 years General Motors has been manufacturing cars in Oshawa, at one point being home to one of the largest assembly plants in the world. But now GM says they ...
University of Toronto

Students collect local stories as part of digital history project on Oshawa's 'Motor City'

For more than a century, the General Motors Co. plant in Oshawa – once one of the biggest automotive assembly plants in the world – has been the lifeblood of the community. A few years ago, GM workers ...
CBC.ca

Oshawa Generals 'steeped in history': no immediate plan to change name after GM plant closure

Oshawa Generals team president and governor Rocco Tullio says the five-time Memorial Cup-winning club hasn't explored the possibility of changing its name now that General Motors plans to leave the ...
Financial Post

After century of history, last GM truck rolls off the Oshawa line

After more than a century and 20 million autos, the last GM truck rolls off the production line in Oshawa, Ontario Wednesday. Oshawa’s auto-making roots go back to 1867, the year of Canada’s ...