Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun -7° -17° -12° -21° -8° -15° -16° -25° Pan Am Torch Relay heads here Page 5 Oakville Oscar wins Artscene www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, February 26, 2015 | 40 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Town council re-thinks move to ban election signs on public property by Michael Gregory Oakville Beaver Staff T H I N K I N G G R E E N After meeting opposition from some residents, ratepayer associations and a couple of political party representatives, Oakville Town council is going to rethink its proposed ban of election signs on public property. Councillors at Monday's council meeting asked staff to organize public consultation on alternatives. The proposal, tabled by Ward 2 Councillor Cathy Duddeck, was submitted in part, she said, because of a Halton Regional Council decision in November to prohibit election signs on regional road rights-of-way. After hearing from several delegates, many supportive of restrictions on elections signs instead of an outright ban of them on public property, council voted 12-1 to send the issue back to staff for further consideration. Duddeck told the Oakville Beaver, that after hearing from delegations, she had become concerned that several residents appearing before council thought their democratic rights were at risk of being violated. see Public on p.16 At the Oakville Municipal Greenhouses on Cornwall Road, greenhouse operator Galina Tchouprikova prunes a potted kalanchoe plant, while an Agave plant is seen in the foreground. It is also known as a Century plant, as some take up to 80 years to ower. The greenhouses are open to the public and offer a lush land- scape against a record-cold February outside. For more photos, see Spotlight on p.6 or visit insidehalton.com. | photo by Graham Paine Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER ~ A Legacy of Excellence ~ Wendy Saunders Sales Representative Kim Saxton Sales Representative Ruth Anne Winter Broker Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage 136 Church Street, Suite 4A, Oakville, ON 905.845.1223 sswteam.ca | johnstonanddaniel.com luxuryportfolio.com JOHNSTON & DANIEL DIVISION 54 Birch Hill Lane