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37 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,M ay 16,2019 insidehalton.com BMFA Annua l Gene ral M eeting Monday J une 3 fro m 7-10pm at Centra l Arena A uditorium in Burlin gton www.bu rlingtonf ootball.c a Regis teR O nline nOw At Summer Stampeders Tryouts start in April Bantam, JV and Varsity (Birth Year 2000 - 2007) Spring Flag Football Opening Day April 20, 2019 Tyke to Varsity (Birth Year 2001 - 2013) Fall Stampeders Tryouts in August Atom to Bantam (Birth Year 2006 - 2011) BurlingtonMinorFootballAssociation burlingtonfootball_official @bmfa_football Follow us… www.haltonfoodforthought.com THANK YOU! Together, we raised an incredible $65,000! From the Halton Food for Thought Board of Directors, Staff, Volunteers and Students, we thank you for being a part of our Breakfast Bash and for bringing us one step closer to a Halton Region where no student goes hungry at school! At less than $1 a day to provide a child a healthy breakfast, this money will allow us to feed a lot of hungry Halton students. Why cook when you can simply enjoy? Made for Seniors The answer to "What's for dinner?" just got a lot easier! With Heart to Home Meals, you can have delicious Mediterranean- Style Chicken (or one of over 200 other breakfasts, lunches, dinners or desserts) on the table in minutes! Delivered frozen | Delivered FREE* | No subscription *Some conditions may apply. Get your FREEMenu 1-855-444-0640 HeartToHomeMeals.ca ment areas, advocating a mix of affordable housing to attract talent and ad- dress demographic gaps and connecting businesses to support resources, among other things. The strategy also dis- cussed the importance of implementing the down- town mitigation strategy as the Lakeshore Road con- struction project gets un- derway; bringing a short- term restaurant solution to the Bronte Harbour Ban- quet and Conference Cen- tre and exploring longer- term options for that prop- erty. Another directive in- volves exploring the feasi- bility of a short-term tech- nology hub at the former post office building down- town. The strategy also high- lights professional and fi- nancial services, digital media, information com- munications technology, film and life sciences as keyfilm and life sciences as keyf sectors of growth. "We commend the town's economic develop- ment department for iden- tifying opportunities where the town can support exist- ing businesses while pro- moting the long-term health of our local econo- my," said Tim Caddigan, Oakville chamber chair. "As an advocate for the Oakville business commu- nity, we look forward to further consultation withfurther consultation withf the Town of Oakville as it embarks on finalizing its five-year strategy and itsfive-year strategy and itsf commitment to making Oakville the best place to work in Canada." The chamber's com- ments were well received by Oakville Ward 3 town and regional Coun. Dave Gittings, who said based on that response, he thinks the town is on the right track. Public consultations to finalize the strategy are on-finalize the strategy are on-f going and a final report on this matter is expected to come before the planning and development council for approval on July 8.for approval on July 8.f Discussion of the draft strategy came on the heels of Oakville's 2018 economic update. That update noted that during 2018 various compa- nies brought more than 1,600 jobs to the communi- ty. Some of these compa- nies included: • Aviva Canada, which brought 700 jobs; • GVA Lighting, which brought 150 jobs; • Farm Boy, which brought 150 jobs; • ErinoakKids, which brought 140 jobs; • Metrolinx, which brought 100 jobs; • The Ontario Cannabis Store Distribution Centre, which brought 100 jobs. Not all the news was pos- itive. The report noted that in 2018 Tim Hortons moved its Canadian headquarters to downtown Toronto to gain access to a young labour market and changing cus- tomer base. NEWS Continued from page 36