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# Durham Life
> Durham Life celebrates the culture, lifestyle, events, businesses, maps, and good-news stories across Durham Region — inspiring you to get out and experience more of the community.
This file provides information about Durham Life to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content.
## Posts
- [She played 100 games for Canada. It started in Courtice ⚽ ](https://durhamlife.ca/p/she-played-100-games-for-canada-it-started-in-courtice): plus Olive Garden's breadsticks return to Ajax, a Saturday of apples and pumpkins, and a shelter 16 years in the making
- [Your turkey already has Tuesday plans 🦃](https://durhamlife.ca/p/your-turkey-already-has-tuesday-plans): plus 1,700 people try out Clarington's new dome, Oshawa's first park turns 120, and your long-weekend laughs
- [She sat in the stands in 2013. This week she's wearing the maple leaf.](https://durhamlife.ca/p/she-sat-in-the-stands-in-2013-this-week-she-s-wearing-the-maple-leaf): plus a $100,000 scratch ticket, an art festival at Col. Sam's old Scout camp, and two Uxbridge doctors who wrote the book on their job
- [Three teenagers made headlines. These two should have too. ](https://durhamlife.ca/p/three-teenagers-made-headlines-these-two-should-have-too): plus every town's Truth and Reconciliation plans, and a food bank in Uxbridge you get to shop, and a 6 year old is playing chess for Canada.
- [10,000 people showed up for a rec centre](https://durhamlife.ca/p/10-000-people-showed-up-for-a-rec-centre): plus a Peace Pole, a monarch migration, and updates on two Changemakers
- [She wasn't willing to lose her stepdad](https://durhamlife.ca/p/she-wasn-t-willing-to-lose-her-stepdad): plus Elvis Stojko turns up in Brooklin, and the salmon are back in Bowmanville Creek
- [I still remember the stiff backpack and the too-clean shoes](https://durhamlife.ca/p/i-still-remember-the-stiff-backpack-and-the-too-clean-shoes): Plus a record falls in Pickering and $144 million lands at Oshawa Assembly Plant.
- [The mystery under an Ajax cemetery 🪦, & the best rugby player on the continent is from Uxbridge!🏉](https://durhamlife.ca/p/the-mystery-under-an-ajax-cemetery-the-best-rugby-player-on-the-continent-is-from-uxbridge): Plus a battery that turned into a town square, and a muralist who waited six years for the green light.
- [A baby coyote showed up in my backyard. Here's who I called. ](https://durhamlife.ca/p/a-baby-coyote-showed-up-in-my-backyard-here-s-who-i-called): Plus a shoe drive with no permission slip, and six summer series playing their final night.
- [There was a spy school on the Whitby waterfront](https://durhamlife.ca/p/there-was-a-spy-school-on-the-whitby-waterfront): Plus a lake that shouldn’t exist and the farmer who brought the salmon back.
- [A conductor named Bradley wants to tell you something](https://durhamlife.ca/p/a-conductor-named-bradley-wants-to-tell-you-something): Plus a pair of plovers at Darlington and 30 food trucks in Pickering tonight.
- [The Durham Beach Guide](https://durhamlife.ca/p/beach-guide): All 15 officially monitored beaches across Durham Region — the only lifeguarded one, accessible options, free lifejacket loans, and what parking actually costs you.
- [They're running a freedom train out of Ajax tonight 🚂, plus a stacked weekend](https://durhamlife.ca/p/emancipation-day-ajax-plus-a-stacked-weekend): also, the sunflowers are in, the pool is finally open, and a West Indian market worth finding
- [They drove 15 hours to help strangers' pets 🐾](https://durhamlife.ca/p/they-drove-15-hours-to-help-strangers-pets): Plus a whole-town street party in Whitby and the Scottish Games turn 30 in Uxbridge.
- [A Pow Wow weekend, and a hometown hero at the finish line](https://durhamlife.ca/p/a-pow-wow-weekend-and-a-hometown-hero-at-the-finish-line): Plus butterflies on our waterfront and an upgrade to 911 (which I hope you never need.)
- [Rock, ribs, and a really big weekend](https://durhamlife.ca/p/rock-ribs-and-a-really-big-weekend): Plus the birthplace of GM Canada and a boardwalk built for frog-watching. Oh! and Mr. Dressup comes home.
- [Ten years of pop tabs.🥤 One wheelchair. 👩🦽 One big heart. ❤️](https://durhamlife.ca/p/ten-years-of-pop-tabs-one-wheelchair-one-big-heart): Plus two of Ontario's finest and a month of music in the park across the Durham Eight.
- [Meet Durham's 8-foot wiener dog 🌭](https://durhamlife.ca/p/meet-durham-s-8-foot-wiener-dog): Plus your weekend lineup and Canada Day across the Durham Eight.
- [A street fiesta, a country Pride, and the longest day of the year.](https://durhamlife.ca/p/a-street-fiesta-a-country-pride-and-the-longest-day-of-the-year)
- [This week: Ribs in Bowmanville, country in Uxbridge, and Canada at the World Cup.](https://durhamlife.ca/p/this-week-ribs-in-bowmanville-country-in-uxbridge-and-canada-at-the-world-cup): The Region is stacked this week. Three festivals in one weekend!
- [This week: Fire trucks to fill, food trucks to find, and a fight that reached Ottawa. ](https://durhamlife.ca/p/this-week-fire-trucks-to-fill-food-trucks-to-find-and-a-fight-that-reached-ottawa): Your weekly guide to local events, restaurants, businesses, maps, and inspiring stories across Durham Region.
- [Durham Life Weekly: Mother’s Day Picks & Local Good News](https://durhamlife.ca/p/durham-life-weekly-mother-s-day-picks-local-good-news): Your weekly guide to local events, restaurants, businesses, maps, and inspiring stories across Durham Region.
- [Pizza Perks launched in Port Perry!](https://durhamlife.ca/p/pizza-perks-launched-in-port-perry-7e1323ded7fc26e0): Community Flyer Puts Local Businesses on the Table
- [Brewing Waves: A Whitby Shoreline Cleanup Success Story](https://durhamlife.ca/p/shoreline-cleanup-town-brewery-commitment-to-sustainablility)
- [14th Annual Pickering Village Jam Fest: A Musical Extravaganza](https://durhamlife.ca/p/14th-annual-pickering-village-jam-fest-a-musical-extravaganza)
- [TEDx Oshawa 2024 – Exclusive Pre-Event Interviews](https://durhamlife.ca/p/tedx-oshawa-2024-exclusive-pre-event-interviews)
