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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 OAKVILLE'S BEST REAL ESTATE SECTION INSIDE! www.oakvillebeaver.com Mortgages G R E AT R AT E S Visit our Website for Locations and Times www.survivorbootcamp.com Generosity without Sports borders www. oakvillebeaver .com MORTGAGE CONSULTANT M08005472 1500 Upper Middle Rd. Abbey Plaza at Third Line HO: 104 ­ 5770 Hurontario St. Mississauga, ON L5R 3G5 Powered by PAUL FOLEY AMP 905.827.8009 Purchases Over 40 Renewals Lenders Refinances Credit Lines Vacation Rental Properties Properties A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 52 No. 106 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 60 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) OPA delays power plant decision By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Is it a promising environmental initiative or half-hearted PR move? That is what many Oakville and Mississauga residents are asking themselves following Friday's announcement by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) that plans to award a power plant contract to one of four companies have been delayed until late September. In an interview with The Oakville Beaver, shortly after the announcement was made, the OPA's Ben Chin stated the extra time was being taken to enhance the power plant selection process. Chin said this enhanced process will not require the bidding companies to meet additional environmental standards. It will, however, give the OPA time to examine how the area around the final bid can be environmentally enhanced. "Now we're looking beyond the power plant and we're looking at all the sources of emissions in the airshed in the southwest GTA and we're saying, `Is there anything we can do, that the Ontario Power Authority can do, to make the airshed cleaner by partnering with local industries Back to school rekindles flu concerns By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER HANDWASHING HABITS: Proper handwashing techniques will be emphasized in Halton classrooms in an attempt to prevent a second wave of the pandemic H1N1 virus as students return to school next week. Health officials are concerned about what impact the virus will have locally. As parents prepare to send their children back to school, the Halton Region Health Department, Halton District (HDSB) and Halton Catholic District (HCDSB) school boards are also getting ready for Sept. 8. Following the "What we don't know high incidence is that when it comes rate of the pandemic H1N1 back, which I don't strain in Halton think is a matter of if, schools in May and I do believe it will be June, the Health circulating, but when it Department and does, will the disease the school boards are bracing for a severity be the same, will second possible it be more severe or could recurrence of the it even be less severe?" virus this fall. Dr. Bob Nosal, Dr. Bob Nosal, Halton Region's Halton Region's medical officer of medical officer of health health, said all levels of government and local school boards have been hard at work developing solutions to possible H1N1 virus scenarios. "There has been an incredible amount of planning over the late spring and all summer being done at the national, provincial and local levels," he said. See Power page 3 See Officials page 4 SHUTTERS · Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed · Serving Oakville with Shop at Home Service · Wood & Vinyl Shutters, Supplied & Installed · High Quality at Affordable Prices CALIFORNIA & PLANTATION Authorized Eclipse Shutters Dealer Shop at Home Service FREE (Food Basics Plaza) SHUTTERS ETC. 905.691.4455 www.shuttersetc.ca