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Beaver THE OAKVILLE A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 47 No. 65 OT winning tradition continues SPORTS www.oakvillebeaver.com www. oakvillebeaver .com FINANCING 0 % FINANCING 0 HELD OVER % % HELD OVER FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008 (plus 56 Pages $1.00 GST) "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" EA layoffs Study in concentration at HDSB? Board superintendent says rumour of potential cuts is false By Tim Whitnell SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Mayor promises no more OMB losses By Kim Arnott SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER The head of the association representing Halton educational assistants is worried there could be layoffs next year, despite assurance from the Halton public school that there will be not cuts. Lynne Gurzi, president of the Halton District Educational Assistants Association, said she doesn't believe Halton District School Board superintendent Kathy Schaffer, who oversees special edu See Parents page 2 Inside Artscene......................................32 Worship ....................................40 Sports ........................................41 Real Estate ................................44 Classified ..................................49 Full Delivery: Petcetera, Dominion, Curry's, Bulk Barn, Canadian Tire, Food Basics, Tiger Direct, RCSS, No Frills, Sleep Factory, Zellers, Sobeys Partial Delivery: Covers, Citrex, Bluestone Project, 2001 Audio, Taylor Made, Home Hardware, Amerisource Bergen, Price Chopper, Food Basics, Gino's Pizza, Ho Lee Chow, Holland Park, Sobeys, Fortinos, Home Outfitters, Pharma Plus, Sears, Stoney Creek Furniture, Future Shop, Shoppers Drug Mart, Best Buy, The Barn, The Brick, The Source By Circuit City For home delivery & customer service call (905) 845-9742 Mon., Tues. and Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Fri. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS call (905) 845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com See inside today's paper for special subscription offer. LIESA KORTMAN / OAKVILLE BEAVER CALCULATING HER NEXT MOVE: River Oaks student Jennifer Zheng calculates her next move at the Halton Intermediate Chess Tournament at River Oaks School on Tuesday. Zheng's team, the Bruins, finished first in the tournament, which saw 36 students compete in six teams from four schools. Another River Oaks team, the Jaguars, placed second in the competition. The ability of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to override planning decisions made by town council has long been the bane of Oakville's local politicians. For years, councillors have been complaining that the provinciallyappointed board has run roughshod over local opinion, often imposing unpopular developments on the town. But Oakville's mayor says those days are over. "I'll say confidently that we're not losing any more cases at the board," Mayor Rob Burton told a meeting of Bronte residents on Tuesday night. Burton said that changes made to provincial legislation, combined with a new planning framework in Oakville, have developers shying away from taking their proposals to the OMB. New provincial rules, which came into effect in at the beginning of 2007, closed some of what Burton called "loopholes," which many critics saw as giving developers unfair advantages before the board. "It's much better than it was," he told about 40 people gathered for the annual general meeting of the Bronte Village Residents Association (BVRA). The mayor's assurance of future successes before the OMB came shortly after BVRA president Brian Miller introduced a recently-released report calling for changes to Oakville's planning process. See BVRA page 7 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 Between Kerr & Dorval DORVAL DRIVE KERR ST. TRAFALGAR QEW WYECROFT RD. SPEERS RD. The "GREAT BIG SAVE THE FREIGHT EVENT" Ends Tomorrow YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS! www.lockwoodchrysler.com