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Blades just the ticket for hockey fans SPORTS Best friends walk at Paws for the Cause PAGE A3 O a k P a rk M e d ic a l C lin ic I I IM on. - F ri. 8:30am- 8:30pm 1Saturday 9:00am- 4 :0 C I Sunday 10:00am- 3 :C 2530 Sixth l.inc, Oakville 905-257-1006 www.oakvillebeaver.com NORTH T H E O A K V IL L E , A M E R I C A 'S M O S T AWARDED Cm* "U SING C O M M U N IC A TIO N TO BUILD B E TT E R C O M M U N ITIE S WEDNESDAY, September 29, 2004 PER 6 4 Pages $1.00 (plus C ST) A Metroland Publication Vol. 41 No. 116 Town tells Province where growth should occur Councillors want to protect downtown and Brontefrom high-density development By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF T he Town of Oakville w ants the Province to know that high-density, transit-oriented grow th in Oakville should occur near the G O Stations and on T rafalgar Road, north o f Cornw all Road -- not downtown Oakville, not in B ronte, o r in o ther neighbourhoods. Councillors did a lot of wordsmithing at Monday's Planning and Development Council to ensure the Province gets that message. The Town was sending its own comments to Queen's Park after a joint Halton Region/Halton municipalities submission was approved at regional council. It's all in response to the Province's proposed growth plan, set out in the Places to Grow: Better Choices, Brighter Future, discussion paper. Released in the summer for public consultation, the vince will now set about making it a growth plan before the end of this year. The provincial paper sets out that the Greater Golden Horseshoe population is expect ed to double in the next 25 years -- growing by four million peo ple and two million jobs -- with 75 per cent of it coming to the GTA and Hamilton. Mayor Ann Mulvale noted that Oakville people opposed to growth should now see that growth demands are coming from the Province. "It reaffirms to me that the public hasn't connected the dots," said the mayor, calling the Provincial paper, "a major "These population numbers are coming from the Province and are driven by the federal government and its immigration policy." · Mayor Ann Mulvale Jill Kitchener · Special to the Oakville Beaver FASTEST TUB IN TOW N: T he St. Ignatius o f Loyola team had the fastest tu b in town Sunday afternoon as they won the 41st annual United Way B athtub Race in dow ntow n Oakville. T he annual event kicks off the United Way of O akville's annual fundraising cam paign which this year aim s to raise $3,642 million. F or m ore pictures and inform ation see today's Focus section. Foodbank shelves are nearly bare By Howard Mozel O A K V IL L E B E A V E R STAFF It's no exaggeration to say that this gear's Thanksgiving Food Drive (Oct. 2-16) is a makeor-break event for Faru dw uu I wwrifruitk. "I've been with the foodbank since 1992 and I haven't seen the shelves as empty as they are now," said spokesperson Dudley Clarke. "This year we need to break all records if we are to replenish our stocks." Not since the late '80s and early '90s has the foodbank seen such demand, an increasing drain that is rapidly rising toward the record number of clients set the year Clarke began volunteering at the Speers Road facility. To illustrate how bad the situation is. Clarke explained that in recent months Fareshare has had to purchase food items, like macaroni-andcheese and baked beans, which it usually has in abundance. In fact, more money in general is going to buy food of all kinds, eating into Fareshare's financial reserves. To make matters worse, Fareshare's tradition al surplus of food has dried up to the point where sharing with other foodbanks is impossible. "The demand is such that we're not giving anyone anything because we don't have anything to give," he adds. "That puts into perspective how important this food drive is." A successful drive is vital. Clarke continued, to create enough of a cushion so that staff won't have to continually worry about having enough to feed their needy clients. "We don't want it to get to the point that we can't help the next person who comes in," he said. (See `Foodbank' page A2) planning document," but noting the audience was absolutely empty -- no people, no TV cameras and sparse media. Mulvale said the discussion paper reaffirms evidence given in the 1978 Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing that occurred after the Town of Oakville refused to grow north of the QEW and was struck down by the OMB which then allowed Glen Abbey and River Oaks to proceed. "These population numbers, like the population numbers in the 1978 hearing, are coming from the Province and are driv en by the federal government and its immigration policy," said the mayor. "If we look at this in a (See 'Town' page A8) IN S ID E Focus ...............B1 Entertainment Cl Classified .. C4 Homes........................C8 Sports......................,.Di Full I M m -TM Sport Chek, Best Buy. Agabi, Value Village, Alexanian Carpets, Rona Cashuuy, Staples Business Depot, Erinuvod Ford, Goodyear, Thorny Edge, Ho Ixe Chow, Hy & ZePs, Ijxm's, little Caesar's, Party Packagers, Tappers Pizza, Royal W age, 2-4-1 Pizza. The Bay Third Line interchange construction stops By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Work on the partially-completed Third Line and QEW interchange has come to a halt. The O akville-based BOT Construction Group ordered the work stoppage Monday as part o f its ongo ing dispute over cost overruns with the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO). "Oakville motorists may have to deal with detours and temporary lanes at Third Line and the QEW for months. And the Town of Oakville may see their approximately one-third share in the cost o f the proj ect continue to increase." said Steve Bot, vice-president and general manager of BOT Construction. Work on the new interchange was halted because Bot says the MTO has failed to pay BOT for the extra costs the construction company has incurred on the $26.3 million project. BOT claims it is owed an extra $5 million due to cost overruns and says the MTO has substantiated $3 million o f that amount. Bot said the company was prepared to continue work on the project if it received the agreed-upon $3 million, and would pursue the remaining $2 million through the courts. "In July. MTO representatives told BOT that the Ministry had substantiated $3 million dollars in extra costs owing to BOT because of MTO-imposed con tract changes," said Bot. "Two months later, the unpaid portion of the undis puted S3 million has still not been paid by MTO. In fact, after 18 months of gathering information from BOT. MTO merely says that the information will be reviewed and assessed at the Assistant Deputy M inister level," said Bot. DELIVERY For Ittwne debtry A customer ser\ice call (905) H45-9742 Mon., Tun., A Thun. 9 am. - 6 pjn.. Wed. A Fri. 9 am. · 8 pm. or Saturday10 am. 4 pm. For new sutncriprinai, call (905) H45-9742 in iuhxriH online ® WHXKikvilkUmercam BA., CMA A ssociate B roket John Vail COMMERCIAL 905-84 2-8690 RE/MAX Aboutowne Realty Corp. Realtor 905-842-7000 (office) Each office independently owned and operated Peter C. McCusker · Oakville Beaver Heavy equipment from B O r Construction Group sits idle at the Third Line/QEW interchange construction site thanks to an ongoing dispute between the company and the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO). "The bureaucrats at MTO don't seem to care that each month they drag their feet the cost of the project to tax payers goes up. They don't seem to care that as a respected Oakville business, we must meet our payroll and pay our bills on time," said Bot. On Sept. 17, BOT served the MTO with a Notice of Default as required by its contract. Pursuant to the contract, the MTO had seven days to rectify the default. It hadn't as of Monday, so Bot called off his workers. "MTO's refusal to pay what they admitted they (See 'BOT' page A3) H ot *fre sh Iroq u ois Ridge MEDICAL CENTRE 3 6 0 D u n d a s S t. E. 9 0 5 -2 5 7 -8 7 7 7 (behind Longos & next to Guardian) New Patients and Walk-Ins welcome 9-8 M o n -F ri: 70-5 Sat-Sun PEPPERONI PIZZA 2 5 3 0 S ix th L in e , O a k v ille (1 block Soufh o f Dundas Sc. in River Cilcn Mews Plaza) M ED IU M · OntAfWf #1 9 6 7 1 1 1 1 905-257-1006 U PSIZE lO iA R C if. h ttp ://o a k p a rk m e d ic al.trip o d .c o m