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6 uw ° =z = Ss = IFP - Halton Hills | Thursday, August 19, 2021 | ? DIGITAL SERVICES SQUAD FUNDING WILL OFFER MUCH-NEEDED ASSISTANCE, WRITES RICK BONNETTE < ~ RICK BONNETTE Column Halton Hills council is very pleased to have re- ceived a $45,000 Digital Ser- vices Squad grant from the Ontario government to as- sist local businesses. to generate and maintain much-needed revenue. Last year's fi n- abled the town to support nearly 70 small businesses in advancing their e-com- merce 3 SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT GRANT WELCOME NEWS win was so exciting to smiling at her opponents in the shootout. We can also be home- town proud of Georgetown swimmer Tessa Cieplucha, who also competed in the Olympics. Speaking of, local people see Toronto DJ and pro: er Ryan n_ Shepherd, who grew up in Georgetown, reaching the high notes in his music career. Th board in Toronto advertis- ing his Sune Sessions on Amazon Musi The Helson Gallery is reopened, with a capacity of 25 people. This is a great way for Halton Hill dents to reconnect with art in our community. ere are two new ex- hibits at the Cultural Cen- tre. The Halton Black His- tory Awareness Society's annual ‘Emancipation Art’ exhibition located in the Sisnett lobby will be there until Sept. 4. In the Helson Gallery, ‘New Acquisitions’ show- cases 50 works of art donat- ed to the town in 202 Lastly, there are two im- portant annual charity events coming up. The 41st The Sa Olympicsare Terry Fox Run will be vir- over. Our Canadian ath- tualagainthis year on Sun- letes earned 24 medals, a day, Sept. 19 and the record for a boy Hospital Walk Summer Olympics. We had record for individual med- als is definitely a highlight, along with so many other performances like those of Kelsey Mitchell, Andre De Grasse and more. ie Canadian women's socete team's gold-medal theifp.ca is on Sunday, Sept. 26. To learn more about these events, please visit terry- fox.org and ghfwalkrun.ca. Rick Bonnette is the mayor of Halton Hills. Follow him on Twitter at @RickBonnettel and In- stagram at @rick_bon- TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT THEIFPCA SNAPSHOT vie tas pamphd photo Acardinal feeds its fledgling in a backyard on Grist Mill Drive. Do you have a great local photo you'd like to share? Send it to sleblanc@metroland.com, along with a brief description. DON'T JUDGE AN INVESTMENT DECISION BY THE OUTCOME A SUCCESSFUL INVESTMENT OUTCOME DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOU MADE A GOOD DECISION, WRITES PETER WATSON The natural flow to an investment conversation often starts with someone saying they made a deci- sion to buy a specific in- vestment. Happily, the investment appreciated in value. Their conclusion is, "I made a good decision." Not necessarily. danger of that conclusion sions which, in fact, are PETER WATSON Column poor decisions. For example, your child ill start their post-sec- ondary education. In a few years, you have saved mon- ey in hope of them continu- ing with their studies. You hear of an excellent investment opportunity. So, you invest all the mon- ey in the one stock. A few years later, you sell it for three times what it cost. You ha ood out- come, but the actual deci- sion was far from good. You gambled the finan- cial stability of your child's education on one stock. Stocks can go up and fortunately, the one you purchased did. B But stocks also can go dc Plus, there wa was not am- ple diversification. Putting all your eggs in one basket for something so impor- tant as a child's education is not a good decision. A good decision is logi- cal and well-thought-out, based on information avail- able to you at that time. Itis notjust the investment out- come. ter Watson _ with ‘Aligned Capital Partners Inc. (ACPI) to provide investment advice. Investment products are provided by ACPI. 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