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www.carstaroakville.com 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. HALTON TRANSMISSION SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 A Taste of NHL Sports 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT #3 (905) 842-0725 dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 32 pages $1.00 (plus tax) A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 51 No. 13 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013 Bringing back the dinosaurs SNOW CREAtion: Nine-year-old Lisa Crisp, along with mom Marion and dad Bryan, built a large snow dinosaur outside their Sagewood Crescent home after Monday night's heavy snowfall in Oakville. Unfortunately, Tuesday's rain quickly made the dinosaur creation extinct. OOSS hopeful extracurriculars will be back soon By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The young people behind the Oakvillefounded Organization of Ontario Secondary Students are hopeful extracurricular activities will be back soon in their high schools after speaking with the president of the secondary school teachers' union. Approximately 20 OOSS representatives from Niagara and Whitby to North Bay met with Ken Coran, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF), at a downtown Toronto hotel on Monday. They discussed the ongoing dispute between the Province and the union, and the effects it has had on students, such as the teacher withdrawal from extracurricular activities. But most crucial for students was the discussion about the future of extracurriculars and how soon they may return. "I'm feeling pretty hopeful and pretty optimistic about it," said Abbey Park High School student Eisha Ahmed, a co-founder See OOSS page 3 PHOTO COURTESY MARION CRISP