Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 26° 17° 25° 14° 24° 15° 25° 17° Page 7 Heavy damage in double fire Cross makes CFL debut Sports www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, June 30, 2016 | 48 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Canada Day celebrations take over Bronte by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff N E W W I N N E R A T R I B F E S T The Oakville community is celebrating the nation's birthday in a big way tomorrow (Friday). The Bronte BIA is hosting its annual Canada Day festivities at Bronte's Heritage Waterfront Park July 1, featuring family-friendly activities, live entertainment, a vendor village and a reworks display off the Bronte Pier at 10:15 p.m. Bronte BIA Executive Director Ann Sargent said they're continuing a tradition that began more than 50 years ago as a way of celebrating Canada's birthday by Oakville's waterfront. She described how since she began helping organize the event in 2008, she's witnessed it grow from attracting about 5,000 people to about 65,000 people throughout the course of the day. It's also been named the seventh best festival in Ontario and 22nd in Canada in a nationwide WestJet customer contest, she boasted. see Something on p.5 The nal day of the fth annual The Co-operators Oakville Family Ribfest culminated with the crowning of the Best Sauce and Best Ribs as voted on by ribfest attendees. The three-day rib-extravaganza boasted nine of the top ribbers in North America, as well as a dozen assorted food vendors, enough to satisfy all appetites. Ribs Royale BBQ came out on top, winning both the Best Sauce and Best Ribs categories. Finishing second was Boss Hog's and taking third was Kentucky Smokehouse. Pictured, Gus Sakellis, of Ribs Royale BBQ, holds up both his trophies and a rack of his award-winning ribs. Story on p. 3; for more photos from Ribfest see Spotlight. | photo by Graham Paine Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twit- ter @halton_photog or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER ~ A Legacy of Excellence ~ Wendy Saunders Kim Saxton Ruth Anne Winter Sales Representative Sales Representative Broker 136 Church Street, Suite 1A - Oakville, ON | 905.845.1223 sswteam.ca | sswteam @ johnstonanddaniel.com 4141 Derry Road - $2,299,000 1259 Lawrence Cres,West Oakville ~ $4,288,000