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Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon 7° --1° 6° 0° 3° -1° 4° -2° Options for Syrian refugees Page 5 Santa arrives Saturday Page 7 www.insidehalton.com www. oakvillebeaver .com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Friday, November 20, 2015 | 44 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Standoff ends peacefully in Glen Abbey Mother and son facing charges I N S E A R C H O F P E A C E by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Town eyes tax hike of 1.68% in budget vote set for Dec. 14 by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff A 33-year-old man and his mother are facing charges after a man barricaded himself in a Merchants Gate apartment for more than four hours early yesterday morning (Thursday, Nov. 19). Police said at 12:30 a.m., they spotted a man wanted by Toronto police near Third Line and Merchants Gate in Glen Abbey. When an of cer confronted him, the man allegedly ran to his mother's apartment on Merchants Gate. As the man approached the residence, police allege keys were dropped down to him so he could enter. The man barricaded himself inside, initiating a standoff with police that lasted until 4:43 a.m. The Halton police Tactical Rescue Unit (TRU) attended the scene along with a police negotiator. Police said as the negotiator spoke to the man on the phone, the Tactical Rescue Unit entered the residence and arrested the individual without incident. The man was not armed and no one was injured. see Tactical on p.4 At Iroquois Ridge High School yesterday, as part of YMCA Peace Week activities, Natania Olusanya, 14 (left), and Wendi Huang, 15, listen to Zak Ebrahim (inset) author of The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice, speak about his background and decision to choose the path of peace. For related stories, see p.3 and 11. | photos by Nikki Wesley ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Oakville residents can expect a 1.68 per cent hike to their 2016 property tax bill -- if the Town's proposed budget gets the green light Dec. 14. The 2016 Oakville Budget Committee is actually eyeing a 2.45 per cent total increase to its portion of There are no service the overall tax bill. However, the overreductions in our all hike will be reduced recommended budget. once the Town's increase The budget ensures the is combined with a proprograms and services posed 1.9 per cent invalued by our residents crease in Regional taxes are maintained. and no increase in education rates. Town staff presented Nancy Sully the budget committee Deputy Treasurer, Director Financial Planning with an overview of the proposed budget during a Wednesday meeting. The increase would see residential property taxes increase by $14.29 per $100,000 of assessment, meaning a home assessed at $400,000 would pay an additional $57.16 per year or $1.10 per week. see Residents on p.8