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T h e O a k v ille B e a v e r N OR T H L ike a good n e ig h b o u r STA TE FARM A M E R I C A ' S MOS T A W A R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S P A P E R w w w .o a k v ille b e a v e r . c o m Deborah E Bartucci Agent 905-337-3276 Find out what's going on Downtown This Week! FEATURE INSIDE " U S IN G C O M M U N IC A TIO N TO B U ILD B E TTE R C O M M U N ITIE S > FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3,2006 C h u b b H o m e A la r m S y s te m s C a f f C h u b b F * rst IN S U R A N C E S tate F arm is th e re . '1 1 -8 0 0 -6 6 8 -2 4 8 2 A Metroland Publication Vol. 44 No. 14 48 Pages $1.00 ftto cot Oakville sends care package to Dominican Republic By Krissie Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF E n d a n g e r e d fa lc o n A plane loaded with 15,000 pounds of supplies for impoverished kids and families in the Dominican Republic takes off today from the Trenton Air Force Base. The goods in that plane and the muscle that got them to Trenton are the result of a huge number of local volunteers who, over the past three or four years, have lent a hand to the cause. Wheelchairs, bikes, medicine,, clothes, shoes, games, household See Helping page 3 Inside Artscene......................................27 Sports........................ .................34 Real Estate................. .................39 Classified.....................................42 Full Delivery: Superstore, Loblaws Insider Report, LI ESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER * ft U P C L O S E : Maya Basdeo, of Project School Visit, brought a Peregrine falcon to several schools in Oakville last week, including Gladys Speers Public School. Sponsored by the TD Bank Friends of the Environment, the visit raised awareness among school children of endangered and threatened wildlife such as the Peregrine falcon. Stoney Creek Furniture, 2001 Audio Video Partial Delivery: Office Depot, Lakota, Italtile, RCSS Cooking School, Canadian Tire, Centennial Windows, Price Chopper, Food Basics, Home Hardware, Loblaws, Longo' s, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Rabba Fine Foods, Fortino' s, Toppers Pizza, Wal-Mart, MDC, Zellers, Sears, Home Depot, Dominion, Best Buy, Bulk Bam, Shoppers Drug Mart, Michaels, The Source by Circuit City, Future Shop, The Bam Residents denounce Palm Place high rise By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF G r e a t F is h / Oakville Town Centre I, (QEW at.Dorval) C a 9 0 5 -3 3 8 -0 6 0 2 Mon.-Sat. 11am-9pm Sun. 12pm-9pm Bronte is not Burlington and lakefront high rises are not welcome by Bronte residents and others in Oakville. A dozen people took the witness stand, backed by nearly 100 others in the audience, to deliver that message to the Ontario Municipal Board (0MB) Wednesday night. It was a public night in the six-week 0MB * hearing where Palm Place Developments is appealing Town of Oakville council' s refusal of its high-rise proposal for the west half of the for mer Shell House property on Lake Ontario' s shoreline. The Town wants a maximum of 27 low-density homes, not taller than, three storeys. Even that is considered a poor second to Council's preference for the site to be a public waterfront park. "We're eager to hear the view of the public to tell us the impact of the proposal on them, said 0MB officer Norm Jackson, a former city solici tor of 30 years, who is adjudicating the hearing with 0MB officer Gary O'Connor, a former politician who has a doctorate in forestry. `"W e intend to take your evidence into serious consideration," said Jackson at the outset See Crombie page 7 E n d in su ra n ce co n fu sio n . F o r in form ed d e cisio n s tha t yo u can feel good about, contact u s! We are pleased to o ffer com petitive in su ra n ce so lu tio n s in person, by em a il, o r fax. Y o u r h o tlin e to g r e a t in s u r a n c e p r o d u c ts & s e r v ic e s : 9 0 5 - 8 4 5 - 9 7 9 3 w w w .v in c e to m e n s o n .c o m The V ince T omenson D ickerson a div. o f T h e M A G N E S G ro u p In c . D O M IN IO N O F C A N A D A G e n era l I n s u r a n c e C om p a n y 1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON IJ3J 7W5 Tel: (905) 845-9793 Fax: (905) 845-9149 Vince Tomenson Dickerson has its roots in S yd A . Vince Insurance, Est. 1 9 5 3 · H o m e · A u t o · L i f e · B u s i n e s s · As chosen by Oakviiie Beaver Readers