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Glenburnie hosts Willy Wonka Jr. Artscene Oakvillians among elite snowboarders Sports www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Friday, May 2, 2014 | 56 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon B I T I N G I N Cat rescuer handed a lifetime ban by Lisa Tallyn Metroland Media South 13° 9° 12° 8° 12° 7° 11° 6° Saying thanks to Halton's rst responders Emergency Preparedness Week by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff The founder of a cat rescue and adoption facility must do community service and is banned for life from owning or caring for animals after 117 cats -- including 10 dead ones -- were found in her home last September. Halton Hills resident Ruth Nacsee Ban on p.10 breakingnews Get local reaction and full details of the newlyreleased Ontario budget, by visiting www. oakvillebeaver.com. Bennett Desmarais, 11, digs into his meatball pasta dinner as students from Iroquois Ridge High School's Interact Club, a youth extension of the Rotary service club, hosted a pasta fundraising night. Proceeds will support Plan Canada Gifts of Hope Foundation. The event, which also included live music, was held at Munn's United Church. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Members of the Halton police, Oakville Fire Department and Halton Paramedic Services came together at the Halton Region Centre Thursday to celebrate the inaugural First Responders Day as an early kickoff to Emergency Preparedness Week (May 4-10). As people paused to appreciate the work carried out by emergency services personnel, of cials said they cannot do it alone and called on the public to keep the three `P's in mind when it comes to emergency preparedness -- Prevent. Protect. Prepare. "I'd like to thank Halton's rst responders for their ongoing commitment to community safety and for keeping Halton Region the safest community in Canada," said Regional Chair Gary Carr. "As a community, we can make a difference, too, by preventing harm, protecting each other, and being prepared for emergencies." Carr said the three `P's stress the actions residents can take to keep Halton safe. Prevention includes simple deeds, such as making a re safety plan and ensuring smoke detectors are working. Protection stresses thinking ahead, such as stopping at a red light and not using a mobile device while driving. Preparedness is about being ready for emergencies, no matter the scenario. see First on p.3 · HOME · AUTO · LIFE · BUSINESS · AV I AT I O N T H E M A G N E S G RO U P I N C . 1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 Tel: 905-845-9793 Fax: 905-845-9149 www.magnesgroup.com END INSURANCE CONFUSION. For informed decisions that you can feel good about, contact us!