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th ei fp .c a Th e IF P -H al to n H ill s | T hu rs da y, F eb ru ar y 18 ,2 02 1 | 8 FULL-SERVICE RETIREMENT HOME Located on the cusp of the Hamlet of Glen Williams 222 Mountainview Road North, Georgetown 905-877-1800 www.mountainviewresidence.com The only family owned & operated retirement home in Halton Hills. Mountainview Residence by the Glen In-house physiotherapy team, Aqua-Fit and gentle chair yoga. On-site activities include multiple movie nights weekly, various card games (for the novice and the experienced), ice cream days, pet therapy. You've worked hard to enjoy retirement, now it's our pleasure to make this the best time of your life in a family, friendly atmosphere. Along with personal care and services to support independence, our residents share full service meals in our updated dining room. 905-877-8262 Noel Stoyles SALES REPRESENTATIVE DIRECT: (905) 866-8923 OFFICE: (905) 873-6111 (877) 306-IPRO (4776) 158 Guelph St., Unit 4 Georgetown, ON L7G 4A6noelstoyles@gmail.com Your Real Estate Resource With 40 Year's Experience. Heather Morison Broker - ASA CIA CLHMS hmorison@royallepage.ca 905-873-4266 www.REresource.ca 519-853-0924 PETER DYMOND Sales Representative DEMAND THE DYMOND STANDARD 905-456-1000 REALTY SERVICES INC., BROKERAGE www.PeterDymond.com REAL ESTATE DIRECTORY 324 Guelph Street, Georgetown ON L7G 4B5 Direct: 905.866.8766 Office: 905.877.8262 slpaglia@royallepage.ca www.sherylpaglia.ca Sheryl Paglia Sales Representative JanMcKEOWN sales representative 905-877-5211 info@mcqwinteam.com Don't forget when your list your property with the MCQWIN TEAM you also get 3 months free storage at a secure, heated & convenient in-town Storage facility. To advertise in this Full Colour Directory, please email Kelli kkosonic@theifp.ca or call 905-873-7162 Elaine Corris Broker 647-241-9927 ElaineCorrisSells@gmail.com www.elainecorrissells.ca A contest launched by Halton police, which asked the public to design a Black Heritage Police Cruiser, is meeting with some mixed reviews from the local Black communities. The grassroots anti-rac- ism groups Halton Black Voices and the Halton Hills Alliance for Social Change (HHASC) have launched an online petition demand- ing Halton police immedi- ately retract the contest. As of press time, the pe- tition had 844 signatures. Halton police an- nounced they would be holding the contest on Feb. 1 in honour of Black Histo- ry Month. In their press release, officers said they and their contest partners envision this dedicated police vehi- cle featuring key figures and imagery to celebrate the region's rich history of African and Caribbean culture. Bonita Uzoruo, founder of HHASC, however, sees the contest as performa- tive and self-serving, not- ing it does nothing to ad- dress the problems of rac- ism in policing and society in general. "It's a way to look like action is being taken with- out actually doing real ac- tion or taking the real steps that are needed in our com- munity," she said. "These kinds of ges- tures are meaningless ... There's so much work that needs to be done." Kimberly Cato of Hal- ton Black Voices said there is also a big problem with putting revered Black fig- ures and imagery on a po- lice cruiser. "A cruiser, for the Black community, is a symbol of oppression," she said. Cato went on to com- pare putting images of Black heroes on the side of a police cruiser with put- NEWS 'THESE KIND OF GESTURES ARE MEANINGLESS' POLICE FACE CRITICISM OVER BLACK HERITAGE CRUISER CONTEST DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com See - page 9