Firefighters remember 9/11 Page 3 Buren is an Ironman Sports www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com Collision & Glass Service 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, September 12, 2013 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun 24° 15° 14° 9° 17° 7° 20° 10° Oakville Fire issues alert over heat recovery units by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff The Oakville Fire Department is warning residents to check their heat recovery ventilation systems following two recent res in Oakville. Oakville Fire Prevention Of cer Michael Harrison said Tuesday faulty heat recovery ventilation systems may be responsible for two local house res -- including one which took place over the weekend that caused extensive smoke damage to a home on Creekwood Trail. Fire crews were called to the scene around 4 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports of a re in the home's basement. "The re appears to have started in the same area as this heat recovery unit. The re seems to have started in that unit and then the smoke and see Residents on p.4 Winning team, Mattamy's Supermen, pull an Oakville Transit bus at the launch of the United Way of Oakville's (UWO) 2013 campaign launch at the Winston Park Complex Tuesday. United Way of Oakville pulling for those in need by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff | photo by Nikki Wesley Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) Town of Oakville staff, labour, business and nonpro t organizations literally pulled together Tuesday, to kick off the United Way of Oakville (UWO) 2013 campaign to raise $4.35 million. More than 250 people gathered at the Winston Park Complex, near the QEW and Winston Churchill Boulevard, to support the start of the campaign -- marked by the third annual bus pull. "Like the bus pull, it will take all of us pulling together to reach our goal and provide support for children and families, isolated seniors and people struggling with life's challenges," said Brad Park, United Way of Oakville CEO. Crowds cheered as 18 teams competed to see which could pull a 19.3 ton Oakville Transit bus 40 metres in the least amount of time. The teams of eight could be seen gritting their see Oakville on p.7