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www.independentfreepress.com Editorial..................... 6 Calendar ...... 10, 12 Sports .................... 11 Directory ............... 13 Classified........14,15 50 Cents (+ GST) Circulation: 22,800 RAIDERS ROMP Georgetown Jr. As clip Hamilton Red Wings 6-3 PAGE 11 GIFT GUIDE Look inside today's special section for holiday tips 8-PAGE SECTION 32 Pages Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS TUESDAY, November 16, 2010 GO trains coming to Acton in 2011 By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer Crash claims life of local man, 60 A 60-year-old Georgetown man is dead after a head-on crash on Hwy. 7, west of Fourth Line in Acton Monday. Halton Regional Police said preliminary investigation revealed the collision occurred at approximately 9 a.m. when an eastbound Kia sedan driven eastbound by the Georgetown man crossed the centre line, colliding with a westbound tractor-trailer. The driver of the truck, a 53-year-old Bolton man, was taken to Georgetown Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The Georgetown man was dead at the scene. Police had not released his name Monday afternoon. Hwy. 7 was closed in the area for several hours. Anyone with information on the collision is asked to call Halton Police Collision Reconstruction Unit at 905878-5511. Halton Police and emergency personnel were called out to Hwy. 7, west of Fourth Line Monday morning after a Kia (top) and tractor-trailer (above) were involved in a head-on collision. The 60-year-old male Kia driver from Georgetown was killed. Photos by Ted Brown Acton residents should be able to board a GO train without leaving the town by the end of next year. GO Transit announced Friday it will be expanding rail service on the Georgetown line to Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph and Acton. The two morning and two evening trains are scheduled to begin service by the end of 2011. In the report on the Environmental Study that looked at the Georgetown to Kitchener Rail Expansion the Acton station site selected is beside the Hide House, on land owned by the Town of Halton Hills. According to the report, when the train service is introduced in Acton there is to be a south platform and station building. There will be parking for 200 cars, bus bays and a kiss and ride area. "It's great news," said Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette, who has been working for years to get train service in Acton "It's a Christmas present that has come a month early." "We are pleased to be offering GO train service to Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph and Acton," said GO Transit President Gary McNeil. "In partnership with the Province of Ontario and these regional municipalities, we can encourage existing commuters to leave their See GO, pg. 5 7+(<5( *2,1* *2,1* %< 129 WK 7+( V &28/' %( *21( $&+,//(6 0$='$ 2I 0LOWRQ 6WHHOHV $YH 0LOWRQ 21 /7 ; Vi s i t o u r s h o w r o o m Quality & Service You Can Count On! 332 Guelph Street, Georgetown (Across from Canadian Tire) 905-702-0885 www.bathstudio .ca 3KRQH 3KRQH 7ROO IU )D[ ZZZDFKLOOHVPD]GDFD LQIR#DFKLOOHVPD]GDFD · your window & door professionals · 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca · awarded readers choice 14 times ·