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www.independentfreepress.com Ted Brown............... 7 Sports .............25-27 Calendar ....30, 32, 33 Directory .......34, 35 Classified........36-39 50 Cents (+ GST) Circulation: 22,800 DRAFT DAY NEARS NHL hopeful Stephen Silas is in L.A. awaiting Saturday's draft PAGE 25 CANADA DAY Glen Williams and Acton set to host parties next Thursday 8-PAGE SECTION 64 Pages Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS By TIM WHITNELL Metroland Media Group Close to 230 Halton Police uniformed officers will be providing security at the upcoming G20 conference in downtown Toronto. Halton's contingent will be part of the 12,000-member throng of officers from various police services across Canada, including the RCMP, that will be providing security at the political summit. The high-level global economic summit, which is attracting world leaders, takes place Saturday and Sunday (June 26-27). Approximately 140 Halton police officers per day will be deployed for conference security under the command of the Toronto Police service. They will work days and afternoons between June 21-27. Halton Police Superintendent Signy Pittman, who is co-ordinating the service's involvement in the G20 security, said, "It's been a long process, a couple of months. They were provided excellent training, several hours of online training that they had to complete." THURSDAY, June 24, 2010 Halton officers to work G20 summit Pittman noted some Halton supervisory officers had to attend an intensive one-day G20 training session in person in Toronto. She said Halton cops will be deployed in teams of about 30 along with some officers from other services. Halton's officers will wear their own uniforms and baseball caps. The local police contingent is comprised of supervisors, constables, sergeants, staff sergeants and plainclothed intelligence officers. Three marine unit officers are also being sent, along with the service's new police boat, to help patrol Toronto's harbour. One of the three marine officers will work aboard a Canadian Coast Guard vessel. Halton Staff-Sgt. Chris Lawson, in charge of one of the 30-officer contingents, said his group will be used in the Interdiction Zone. They will be patrolling inside the long, tall metal fenced-in portion of the downtown. "We'll be covering four city blocks," Lawson said of the area of responsibility for his three teams of 10 officers. See HALTON, pg. 3 Dance of the Turtles Jennifer Martin, of the Six Nations Mohawk Turtle Clan, demonstrated numerous traditional dances Tuesday at George Kennedy School's assembly, aimed at educating the students about Aboriginal customs. Martin dances with a group called Tribal Visions, from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford. Photo by Ted Brown Quake felt here th ne 30 u J s End Sale An earthquake which shook central Canada and the United States was also felt in Halton Hills Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. See story page 10. REFINANCING? PURCHASING? 3 YEAR VARIABLE. CALL FOR DETAILS. 1.80% FSCO #10259 Division of 1490845 Ont. Ltd. Georgetown Volkswagen 203 Guelph Street 9 0 5 . 8 7 7. 5 2 8 5 georgetownvw.com BOB WOODS, Broker (905) 877-1490 360 Guelph St., Georgetown Additional Jetta TDI Clean Diesel savings exclusively from Georgetown Volkswagen. Visit us for details and selection.