Page 5 Student ready to leave for Ghana Oakville teeming with talent 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, March 6, 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 B A N K R O B B E D D O W N T O W N -3° -11° -1° -11° -9° -8° -8° -13° Spring slow to arrive this year: expert by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff New rules for cell towers headed in the right direction by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff Don't put away your hats, mitts and scarves just yet. Spring may be two weeks away, but the warmer temperatures that typically arrive with the season are still a dream away. The Weather Network meteorologist Elena Lappo told the Oakville Beaver yesterday, it Elena Lappo will be "a slow start to spring" with colder, winter-like temperatures lingering into the rst half of the season. "In terms of March, and even into the beginning of April, we're expecting to have more below-seasonal days see Snow on p.9 Halton Regional Police of cers investigate a robbery at the CIBC branch at 197 Lakeshore Rd. E. downtown Oakville at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Police say a white man wearing jeans and a checkered coat went into the bank and demanded cash. An undisclosed amount was handed over and the suspect ran out. No weapon was seen and no one was injured. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).| photo by Riziero Vertolli Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) New rules on cell-tower construction announced by the federal government this month are a step in the right direction, says Oakville-based Canadians 4 Safe Technology This is a good step (C4ST). -- at least people The policy promises to will be more aware, keep residents and municipal governments at more often, that an the forefront of the tower antenna is being placement process. It also located close to closes a major loophole, them, but it does the local lobby group not solve the issue told the Oakville Beaver recently. in any way. The new rule also requires residents get noWendy Perkins ti cation of intentions national team co-lead for legislative change to build new antenna C4ST towers in their community, said Wendy Perkins, C4ST's national team colead for legislative change. Perkins said in the past, a telecom company was see Cell on p.3