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W A L K -IN C U N IC H O U R S November Special Vitamins & Herbals N O R T H THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A M E R I C A ' S M O S T A W A R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2004 6 0 Pages $1.00 w w w .o a k v ille b e a v e r .c o m S P A P E R ( p iu s C S T ) A Metroland Publication Vol. 41 No. 134_________ " U S I N G C O M M U N I C A T I O N T O B U I L D B E T T E R C O M M U N I T I E S " Landowners may appeal northern development freeze By Angela Blackburn O A K V IL L E BEAVER STAFF A S A D EN D Discovery of Randy Mogridge's body brings some relief to his grieving family By Craig MacBride O A K V IL L E BEAVER STAFF Despite some disgruntled landowners, the Town of Oakville is holding fast to its year-long freeze on development north of Dundas Street. The Town passed the freeze, an interim control by-law, in September to further study development in north Oakville. It then took two months to discuss the by-law with affected landowners. Some property owners are not content and have until Friday to appeal the Town's decision to the Ontario Municipal Board. They want the Town to exempt them from the freeze. Lyn Townsend Renaud was at Monday's Planning and Development Council meeting to say the conglom erate of developer/property owners called the North Oakville Management Group (NOM I) still isn't happy. The lawyer told council, NOMI wants to see the Town repeal the by law on all lands except those of con cern. so it wouldn't end up stalling the progress of the North Oakville Secondary Plan (NOSP). The NOSP is under way refining details of growth to be allowed after Official Plan Amendment fOPA) 198 earmarked north of Dundas for urban dcve\opment. The purpose of the freeze is to fur ther study the area so inappropriate development doesn't occur. Planning and Development Commissioner David Cash told coun cil Monday that to proceed properly, (S e e T o w n ' p a g e A 5 ) Cnxh I C*** t** X * u i L Xtallh T w o w eeks a f te r R a n d y M o g rid g e d is a p p e a re d fro m O a k la n d s R e g io n a l C e n tre , th e d isco v ery o f his d e a d b o d y in S ix tee n -M ile C re e k p ro v id ed so m e so la ce to h is b r o th e r D ean . "There could have been worse ends. He wasn't out there freezing for a week and a half waiting for us. a weirdo didn't get him. If I had to j have this tragedy at all, this (ending) would be my pick." Police believe that Randy died the night of his disap pearance, Oct. 24, very near Oaklands, a home and sup port centre for people with multiple developmental dis abilities. He left the home where he had lived for more than 20 years, at the comer of Kerr Randy Mogridge and Bond Streets, at about 8 p.m. and he descended the steep west bank of Sixteen-Mile Creek, losing his shoe before ending up in the frigid water. Randy, 46, had autism, epilepsy, was bipolar, and could n't speak, and it was the shoe that he lost that ended up lead ing the police to the body. It has also led to some controversy. Not matching the original description released by the police, based on information given to them by Oaklands, the shoe was seen and passed over, first by Randy's nephew, then again by a police officer. They were looking for black walking shoes with velcro straps, the kind of shoes Randy had worn for 14 years, according to Sgt. Jeff Corey of the Halton Regional Police Services. It was only this past Saturday, when an Oaklands care giver told police she had bought Randy new shoes for him Photos by Ken Kerr · Special to llie Oakville Beaver (S e e `S h o e ' p a g e A 3 ) SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY! 1 W cr4 U f t t* jiO T T E R ^ Oi&T TtW h. G« U 77.M 3.J300 We will never forget The B ronte Legion, Branch 486 held its R em em brance Day Service on Sunday. (Above) T he cerem o n y 's Reviewing O fficer R.S.M. Duke Stone MiD, C.D. (centre, salutes while M aster C orporal Ed Sculthorpe, o f the 23 H am ilton Service Battalion, a w reath at the Bronte C enotaph. (Right) Maggie B eaucham p, who laid a w reath on behalf of th e Silver Cross M other, wipes a te ar away from h er eye. An am bulance driver, who served in Holland d u rin g the Second W orld W ar, B eaucham p is w earing the D utch Cam paign m edal. She is also w earing h er h u sb an d 's Victoria Cross. (Below) W ar veterans stand at attention a t the cenotaph. The O akville Legion, Branch 416 holds its R em em brance Day C erem ony a t the Oakville C enotaph at G eorge's S quare on T rafalgar Road at 11 a.m ., T hursday, Nov. 11. Hospital CUPE workers say their jobs are vital By Howard Mozel O A K V IL L E B E A V E R STAFF Editorials................ A6 Focus......................B1 Artscene.................. C l' Business...................D5 Sports......................D1 l*artiaJ D H hw y. TfteShoedub, Lean's, Partial D H h trv . Sport On*. Sport Mart H « / ofthe City. Reiolutkn Akxanian Carpets, CanAsia. Rona Cashuuy. BBQGaJorc, Staples Business Depot. Genie Electric. GuanHan Drugs, Hy&ZeTs, Ma Cherie. Michael's ofCanada. Home (XdStters. Salvation Army, The Bay. Block's Photography Sheridan Xurseries Ltd, ToppersPizxi DELIVERY For home detnrrx A aatvnrr senkr call <W>MS-V742 A t * . Tun. A Ttm 9am. -6pm. \M. A Fri. 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The source o f this con tempt and the lightning rod for CUPE's criticism, says Local 815 vice-president and Registered Practical Nurse Sharon Allan, is Health M inister George Smitherman, who last month said Ontario hospi tals can cut costs by slash ing the wages of hospital workers and contracting out the jobs to for-profit private companies. As a result, said Allan. Ontario hospital workers have waited patiently for weeks for the Liberal gov ernment to offer them an apology for "demeaning their work" and for sug gesting they are overpaid and unskilled. Hospital workers who Peter C. McCusker · Oakville Beaver O T M H C U P E w o rk e rs held an inform ation pick et Tuesday m orning are CUPE members, Allan explained, are fed up with a government that "clearly does not understand how critical the work they do is to direct patient care." Hospital employees are in fact skilled staff whose work is vital to the well being o f patients, she added. 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