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www.oakvillebeaver.com Beaver N O RT H A M E R I C A' S M O S T AWA R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S PA P E R A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 46 No. 17 THE OAKVILLE February is Fabulous in Downtown Oakville 4 Pages Inside! ...Fall in Lo ve in D ownto wn Oa kville A Fl Februaavoured Af fa ry 15 More than to 24, ire prix-fixe 15 first-rate 2007 rest This is signature lunc aurants will a grea be h and Fabulo us throug February hout Fe Sa bruary les ! offering dinner Oakville t opportunity opti 's reno wned to sample somons. gourme t cuisine. e of Downtow chocolat n Oakville 's galle e, wine ries their late , and Valentin have team ed up st exhi e's Day. bit and Each galle to celebrat offer com e plimenta ry will show art, case ry tast ings. Gallery Februa Taste & To ur ry 10, 2007 www.oakville.ca www.o akville downto wn.co m "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2007 56 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Local war hero to receive Medal of Valour Major Michael Wright led his troops to safety under heavy enemy fire By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Major Michael Wright Inside Opinion......................................6 Worship....................................39 Entertainment..........................35 Sports.......................................42 Real Estate................................46 Classified .................................49 Full Delivery: Dominion, Leon's Canadian Tire, Food Basics, Superstore, Zellers, MDG Partial Delivery: Price Chopper, Food Basics, Tax Services, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Fortino's, Rabba Fine Foods, Rogers Video, Sears, Stoney Creek Fine Furniture, Goeman's, Toys R Us, Pacific Carpet and Flooring, Shop & Save, Best Buy, The Barn, Michaels, Future Shop He's a soon to be decorated Canadian hero, who fought off a Taliban attack in Afghanistan and he didn't even mention it to his parents. Major Michael Wright, raised in Oakville, will soon be awarded the Medal of Military Valour for the exceptional courage and leadership he demonstrated during combat in Afghanistan. On the night of Aug. 19, 2006 Major Wright of Task Force Afghanistan's Alpha Company was directed to move to the Panjwayi District Centre to enhance security. As he did so his troops were suddenly attacked and surrounded by a significantly larger enemy force. Under intense fire from small arms and rocket-propelled grenades from all directions, Wright refused reinforcements for safety reasons and led his force to outmaneuver the enemy inflicting serious casualties on them. Wright's citation reads: `His courage and his lead BARRIE ERSKINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER EMERGENCY HELP: Oakville firefighters come to the aid of a passenger trapped inside a car involved in a serious two-vehicle collision on Speers Road Wednesday. Crash closes Speers Road By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF BARRIE ERSKINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER TO THE RESCUE: Halton paramedics and an Oakville firefighter rush the injured driver of a van to an emergency vehicle. Speers Road was the scene of a serious car crash Wednesday, injuring several people and rendering the stretch of road between Morden Road and Fourth Line impassible for hours. At approximately 11:30 a.m. a black Honda Civic travelling westbound on Speers Road suddenly pulled into the oncoming traffic of the eastbound lane where it was struck by a silver Dodge Caravan. "I saw him coming up in the rearview mirror and he tried to swerve between me and See QEP page 3 See Several page 8 ACCIDENTS HAPPEN Don't pay too much to repair your vehicles! We'll fix it better for less! We Handle all types of body work, including: · COLLISION & VANDALISM · FRAME STRAIGHTENING · RECONDITIONING & RESTORATION · REPAIRS OF ALL MAKES AND MODELS · COLOR MATCHING AND MORE! DORVAL DR. VAL QEW R S. SERV E IC 905.845.1646 0 OAKVILLE WYECROFT