www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, January 13, 2012 · 2 SEASON 2011 - 2012 JUNO-AWARD WINNING JAZZ ARTIST! VIVA ITALIA! PHOTO BY ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER TRAGEDY: The Halton Regional Police Service Tactical and Homicide units were dispatched to the scene of a suspicious death on Treetop Terrace Thursday. The area was cordoned off, nearby Mother Teresa Catholic School went into lockdown and tactical officers moved into the residence. MICHAELS Oakville mother's death FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012 8 PM "He's incomparable and you simply must see him." Toronto Star ROBERT treated as suspicious By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Halton Regional Police have confirmed the identity of a woman killed Thursday morning in her Oakville home as Katherine Newman, 43. Shortly after a man was shot and killed in the parking lot of an Oakville police station on Thursday morning, officers from the Halton police tactical and homicide units descended on a townhouse located at 1151 Treetop Terrace. A neighbour of the Treetop Terrace address confirmed to The Oakville Beaver r that the residence under investigation was that of Katherine Newman. Halton police, late Thursday, reported that shortly before noon that day, a woman contacted police to report the suspicious death of an Oakville woman. The witness had arrived at the victim's residence and upon entering, discovered the victim inside to be unresponsive and immediately contacted police. Members of the Halton Regional Police Service Homicide Unit have assumed the investigation. Newman is reported to be the mother of three young children and the daughter of a recently retired Hamilton Superior Court Justice Walter Stayshyn. Newman grew up in Ancaster, where she attended high school. She was educated at the University of Western Ontario and did her post-graduate degree at the University of Toronto, receiving a bachelor of science in nursing and a master of health sciences. Newman's family has been active and well-known in the Hamilton community. Her father, a former Superior Court Justice, was the auditor of the Hamilton Law Association, he has been involved with Legal Aid as chairman and director and president of the Hamilton Lawyers Club. Aside from the law, he has been involved in the health community in a number of capacities. Newman's mother, the late Katherine Josephine Stayshyn, had a lifelong dedication to volunteering in the community. Newman's aunt, Irene Stayshyn is a member of the Hamilton Police Services Board. The Halton Regional Police Service is investigating the death and anyone with information is asked to call the Halton Regional Police Service Homicide Unit at 905-825-4776 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477). SWAN LAKE STATE BALLET THEATRE OF RUSSIA SHANNON butcher Mississauga's Own! JANUARY 27, 2012 8 PM FEBRUARY 9, 2012 7:30 PM FOR TICKETS CALL 905.306.6000 1 .888.805.8888 www.livingartscentre.ca 4141 LIVING ARTS DRIVE, MISSISSAUGA, ON L5B 4B8 HWYS 403 & 10, JUST WEST OF SQUARE ONE UNDERGROUND PARKING