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Trying to stay warm at the rink Spotlight Waste collection halted due to weather Tuesday Page 8 www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. www.carstaroakville.com t k ill Collision & Glass Service dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. Stay Connected! Thursday, January 9, 2014 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun -6° -13° 1° -7° 8° 2° 4° 1° Rob Burton seeking third term as mayor by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Mayor Rob Burton and most Town councillors want to be re-elected in October -- according to nominations, which opened Jan. 2 for Oakville's 2014 municipal election. Incumbents registered as of Jan. 2 included Burton, Councillors Ralph Robinson and Alan Johnston in Ward 1; Councillor Cathy DudMayor Rob Burton deck in Ward 2, Ward 3 Councillor Dave Gittings, Ward 4 Town and Regional Councillor Allan Elgar, Councillors Marc Grant and Jeff Knoll in Ward 5, and in Ward 6, Councillors Max Khan and Tom Adams. see Next on p.3 Police seize $1.3-M of marijuana in raid by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Halton police display some of the $1.3 million in marijuana plants seized at an Oakville apartment building early Wednesday. | photo by Andrew Collins - special to the Beaver Halton police credit a landlord's vigilance for leading them to a $1.3-million marijuana seizure at 41 Speers Rd., early Wednesday. Police said the landlord became suspicious about the amount of electricity one of the apartments in her building was using and inspected the unit. "When she went in, she found the grow op and a female inside," said Det. Sgt. Brad Murray of the Halton police Integrated Drug, Gun and Gang Unit. "The female ed and the landlord called the police. We arrived and took down the grow op." At 1 a.m., of cers raided the apartment where the grow op was discovered and two others. The raids resulted in the seizure of 1,605 mari- juana plants and 30 pounds of dried marijuana. No arrests had been made as of press time. "This is a big seizure, but we have a lot of work ahead of us now to identify the people responsible," said Murray. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Halton police Integrated Drug, Gun and Gang Unit at 905-825-4747 ext. 8710 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). sothebysrealtyoakville.ca 905.845.8908 We Sell Homes Just Like Yours 132 Allan Street, Oakville, ON L6J 3N5 Sotheby's International Realty Canada, Brokerage. Not intended to solicit propeties already under contract.