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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, Ja nu ar y 2, 20 20 | 18 Gary Carr Regional Chair Get active to improve your health and well-being Meetings at Halton Region, 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, L6M 3L1 Visit halton.ca for full schedule.for full schedule.f Jan 15 9:30 a.m. Regional Council 01 02 19 Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURE Westbound Burnhamthorpe Road (Reg. Rd. 27), betweenTrafalgar Road (Reg. Rd. 3) and Ninth Line (Reg. Rd. 13), in the Town of Oakville A temporary road closure is scheduled to take place on the westbound lane of Burnhamthorpe Road (Reg. Rd. 27), from Ninth Line (Reg. Rd. 13) to the intersection with Trafalgar Road (Reg. Rd. 3). The road closure will start Monday, January 6, 2020 at 7 a.m. and end Friday, January 10, 2020 at 9 p.m., pending weather conditions. At the intersection of Burnhamthorpe Road and Trafalgar Road, the westbound lane will be closed to all traffic. Access for local traffic and emergency vehicles will be maintained between Ninth Line and Trafalgar Road. Eastbound traffic along Burnhamthorpe Road will not be affected. For more information about this project or other Regional improvement projects: • visit halton.ca; • sign up to receive email notice and updates; or • email accesshalton@halton.ca or call 311. N IN TH LI N E TR AF AL G AR R D . DUNDAS ST. E. BURNHAMTHORPE RD. E. CONSTRUCTION AREA LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY WESTBOUND TRAFFIC CLOSED DETOUR ROUTE DETOUR ROUTE OAKVVVILLE MILTON (REG. RD. 5)(REG. RD. 5)(REG. RD. 5)(REG. RD. 5)(REG. RD. 5)(REG. RD. 5)(REG. RD. 5)(REG. RD. 5)(REG. RD. 5) (R EG .R D . 3 ) (REG.RD.27) (R EG .R D .1 3) Project Number: PR-2991A Building physical activity into your daily routine can have a positive impact on your overall health and well-being. Participating in regular activity can boost energy levels, contribute to better sleep, reduce stress and even prevent disease, helping you live a longer, healthier life. Whether you are at home, school, work or on the road, there are many ways to add healthy activities into your day. Visit halton.ca to find healthy living resources, including physical activity guidelines and nutritional resources for children, adults and older adults, plus tips on how to be active at work or school. Recently, the Halton Climate Collective hosted the "Genera- tion Green Youth Un-conference" at Sheridan College. Over 200 attendees, ranging from Grade 7-12 from schools across Halton Region, participat- ed in the day's workshops and panel discussions. The day fo- cused on teaching students how to track, measure, and reduce the carbon footprint in their every- day lives. It was an amazing experience, and I am extremely grateful that I had the opportunity to attend this fantastic event. We had a great panel of experts, including Chief Stacey Laforme of the Mis- sissaugas of the Credit First Na- tion, Dan Scott and Francis Ed- monds. Each panellist spoke to us about what they have done and are currently doing in their lives to fight climate change - as well as providing insight into what we can also do to join the push for cli- mate action. It was especially great to have the lieutenant-governor of Onta- rio, The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, as a keynote speak- er. She discussed why it's impor- tant to stop climate change. It was very inspiring to see such an important and admired woman come and talk to all of us. Along with Her Honour, we also had MP Pam Damoff, MPP Ste- ven Crawford, and Mayor Rob Burton attend the event and talk to the students. It's really amaz- ing to see big-shot politicians in- terested in an event like this. We had some great workshops such as "How to Lobby Politi- cians," "Low Impact Develop- ment," and "How to Start a Youth Movement," along with many other really engaging and fun workshops facilitated by leaders in their industry. These workshops taught us how to be more conscious of our carbon footprint as well as how to track our impact on the environ- ment. The best part about this event is that it's not too late to join! This is an ongoing event, with webi- nars happening every other week so that the students can stay up- to-date with what is going on. It's all leading up to an event in March where we will present our findings. If you are a student or you know one who is interested in this kind of topic, it's not too late for them to join! This was a great experience for me and I know it can be for you too. You can go to climatecollective.ca to learn more. Luka Simeunovic is a Grade 11 student at Garth Webb Second- ary School and a youth stake- holder on the Halton Climate Collective, who's doing a co-op at the Halton Environment Net- work. REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT OPINION YOUTH CLIMATE CONFERENCE AN INSPIRING EXPERIENCE, WRITES LUKA SIMEUNOVIC LUKA SIMEUNOVIC Column Newsletter Sign up for our newsletter at insidehalton.com /newsletter