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www.insidehalton.com |OAKVILLE BEAVER |Thursday, December 14, 2017 |6 Spotlight Blades'annual beartoss "Connected to your Community" the Oakville community REEVES 1 jj L 1 l\ \ Jt J M , v | Graham Paine/Metroland The Oakville Blades held their annual Teddy Bear Toss Game in support of the Oakville Firefight ers Toy Drive Friday, Dec. 8, night at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Fans showered the ice with teddy bears after Blades player Teth Burles scored the team's first goal partway through the first period. Their opponent the North York Rangers went on to win the game 2-1. Clockwise, from top left, Blades players share high-fives to celebrate their first goal as the teddy bears begin to rain down on the ice. The ice is covered in stuffies. Burles moves in to take his shot on goal. Oakville firefighters Tyler Kuglin, left, and Anthony Farrugia hold up bags of the donated bears. Beaver* Volume 55 | Number 76 ILLE o*o -metroland media A Defending principles to inspire public trust O n tario P ress C ouncil 5046 Mainway, Unit 2, Burlington (905) 845-3824 O akville Beaver is a m e m b e r o f th e O ntario Press Council. The co u n cil is located a t 8 0 G ould St., S u ite 2 0 6 , Toronto, Ont., M 5B 2 M 7 . Phone ( 4 1 6 ) 3 4 0 - 1 9 8 1 . A dve rtising is acce p te d on th e c o n d itio n th a t, in th e event o f a typ o g ra p h ica l error, th a t po rtio n of adve rtisin g sp a c e o ccu p ie d by th e erron eous ite m , to g e th e r w ith a reaso nable allo w ance fo r signa ture, w ill no t be charged for, b u t th e bala n ce o f th e adve rtise m e n t w ill be paid fo r a t th e a p p lic a b le rate. The p u b lis h e r reserves th e right to categorize adver tise m e n ts o r decline. E dito rial and adve rtisin g c o n te n t o f th e O akville Beaver is pro te cte d by copyright. U nauthorized use is proh ib ite d . Vice-President and Group Publisher of Metroland West Neil Oliver Advertising Director Daniel Baird / dbaird@metroland.com / 289-293-0624 M anaging Editor Angela Blackburn / editor@oakvillebeaver.com / 289-293-0617 Regional General Manager Kelly Montague kmontague@metroland.com / 289-293-0614 Director of Distribution Charlene Hall / chall@metroland.com / 905-631-6095