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Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun -11° -19° -11° -22° -2° -12° -8° -10° Spotlight MOH says it's time to retire Olympian arrives home from Sochi Sports www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 t k ill www.carstaroakville.com Collision & Glass Service 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. Stay Connected! Thursday, February 27, 2014 | 24 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Here's what your Oakville councillors earned in 2013 by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff Oakville lawyer, wife rescued from their burning Milton home by Julie Slack Metroland West Media Group Robert Day sifts through the rubble of his childhood home, which was destroyed by a re early Saturday morning, while his parents, Oakville lawyer Richard (Rick) Day and his wife Karen, were asleep. His parents escaped with the help of the Milton Fire Department, but were preparing to climb down from the balcony using sheets and curtains. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog Days after being rescued from a house re with his wife, Oakville lawyer Rick Day says he's doing "excellent." "It's bricks and mortar that was destroyed -- not esh and blood," said Day. "Nobody died and there were no injuries -- that's the important thing." The former long-time Milton councillor, who retired from politics in 2010, and his wife, Karen, were rescued by the Milton Fire Department (MFD) from a second-storey balcony as re ripped through their historic home in rural Omagh shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday. As re raged on the rst oor of the 1830s home, they were forced outside to their bedroom balcony, barefoot and in pyjamas. Day said he tied a bedsheet to the balcony railing see Fire ghters on p.3 Mayor Rob Burton earned $148,435 in salary, bene ts and expenses last year while other Town councillors took home between $53,000$62,000. The annual salaries and expenses paid to local councillors were released publicly in a report to council Monday night. Burton, who has been mayor for eight years, received $137,960 in salary and bene ts, $9,000 in car allowance and insurance and $1,475 in Mayor Rob Burton community outreach and professional development expenses. Among councillors, the top earners were Ward 1 Town and Regional Councillor Alan Johnston with $61,813 in salary, bene ts and community outreach and professional development expenses, followed by Ward 5 Town and Regional Counsee Most on p.5 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.