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• your window & door professionals • 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca • awarded readers choice 24 times • Visit our showroom REFINANCING?PURCHASING? BOBWOODS, Broker (905) 877-1490 360 Guelph St., Georgetown Five Year Variable FSCO #10259 Division of 1490845 Ont. Ltd. 2.3% 5 Year Fixed 2.64% Achilles Mazda of Milton 1195 Steeles Ave East, Milton ON L9T2X8 289-627-1800 or 1-866-620-3248 www.achillesmazda.ca • info@achillesmazda.ca PURCHASE FINANCING† FoR UP to 84 moNtHS No CHARGE WINtER tIRES+ oN SElECt 2015 ANd 2016 modElS GT Models shown *Offer Ends November 30, 2015. See Achilles Mazda for details. 0% Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 56 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Acton's new ice pad opened Monday See the story and photo on Pg. 30 Visit us at www.theifp.ca facebook.com/Independent&FreePress Twitter: @IFP_11 Mobile: m.theifp.ca PLEASE NOTE As the Holiday Season approaches the news- paper will get larger and require more time to prepare by everyone. Therefore, deliveries will arrive at your home later. We appreci- ate and thank you for your understanding. ROAD RAGE Parking along Hwy. 7 has one household threatening legal ac- tion. See pg. 3 Project Rural Impact 2 con- cluded with h u n d r e d s of offences handed out by Halton Po- lice. See pg. 5 Central agreements reached for education workers LIGHTING UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Halton Hills firefighter Brad Williams and members of the Royal Academy of Arts & Education sing Jingle Bells, accompanied by Neil Cotton on guitar, during Georgetown's Light Up The Hills Ignition Night ceremony at Do- minion Gardens Park on Tuesday evening. Look for more Light Up the Hills photos on the front of Gift Guide, inside and on our website, www. theifp.ca Photo by Jon Borgstrom Tentative central agreements were reached with all remaining educa- tion, administrative/technical and professional support workers on Friday, Nov. 27. • Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), which represents OCTU (Office/ Clerical/Technical Unit) and PSSP (Professional Student Services Personnel) • Elementary Teachers Federa- tion of Ontario (ETFO), which rep- resents Early Childhood Educators (DECE's) • Education Workers Alliance of Ontario (EWAO), which represents Educational Assistants (EA's). Details of these tentative agree- ments remain confidential until ratified. In light of these announce- ments these various groups have agreed to suspend all central job actions. Students and parents may anticipate a return to regu- lar school operations, including controlling entry to elementary schools (e.g., operating 'Safe Wel- come' buzzer systems) effective immediately. ETFO DECE, ESP and PSP members have been without a contract since Aug. 31, 2014-- al- most 15 months. Continued on page 9