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Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun 3° 1° -1° -5° 0° -8° 3° -7° Skate Canada takes the ice this weekend Artscene www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. Stay Connected! Thursday, March 26, 2015 | 48 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Turning the lights off for Earth Hour Saturday by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff D I N O P O W E R Town to vote on budget hike next Monday by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Proposed 2.79 per cent hike would translate to 1.7 per cent on tax bill Oakville residents can expect to see a 1.7 per cent hike on their 2015 property tax bill -- if the Town's proposed budget gets the green light March 30. Oakville is actually eyeing a 2.79 per cent total increase to its portion of the overall tax bill. We will continue with However, the overall hike will be performance-based, reduced once the program-based Town's tax rate is budgeting, otherwise combined with lesser known as PB2, to ensure increases from Halef ciency of the money ton Region and the school board. we spend. Oakville's 2015 Budget Committee Mayor Rob Burton made the tax hike Oakville re c om m e n d a t io n during its Monday morning meeting. Committee members also called for the overall property tax increases for 2016-2018 to be in line with in ation. see Town on p.7 The lights will be going out this Saturday, March 28 as Oakville observes Earth Hour. The Town of Oakville, Halton Region, Halton Regional Police and Halton public and Catholic school boards will be turning out the lights and joining the global event -- and residents are encouraged to do the same. From 8:30-9:30 p.m., all non-essential lighting and electrical equipment that does not compromise public safety or interfere with essential services will be shut off at Town, Regional and police facilities. The municipal agencies are inviting local residents and businesses to follow suit. Earth Hour is a global lights-out initiative created by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). It encourages people as well as businesses and governments to be accountable for their ecological footprint. see Using on p.3 Barney drew a crowd at Oakville Place's Centre Court Saturday morning as part of the mall's March Break activities. Above, Niko Frasca, 3, can't contain his excitement as he catches a glimpse of Barney while his sister Eilee, 1, shields her eyes from the big purple dino, which she found scary. The two are sitting on mom Rhoda Frasca's lap. For more photos, see Spotlight. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER Real Estate Real Advice Real Results 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 319 Maple Avenue, Oakville