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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, Ju ly 28 ,2 02 2 | 24 PENTECOSTAL Tel: 416-892-8123 Fax: 1-866-281-5983 Bishop M. Brissett (Pastor) Email: mjbrisse@yahoo.ca Jesus is lOrd Oakville PenTecOsTal aPOsTOlic cenTre 454 Rebecca St (St. Paul's United Church) Oakville, ON Sunday Service 12:30 - 3PMWorship Service Sunday Evening: 7:30-9PM (Via Zoom Virtual Platform) *Covid-19 Safety Protocols Strictly followed.* NON-DENOMINATION SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Tel: 289-830-6717 Pastor Mark Ewen (Senior Pastor) Pastor Carl Cunningham (Associate Pastor) Pastor Dean Lashington (Lead Elder) Twitter: @Oakvillesda Pastoral Services Available for Community In-person worship resumes July 9th, 2022. As of July 9th, 2022 - choose between In-person (1250 McCraney Street East) and virtual zoom services. Services may be accessed virtually and in person Virtual Worship Services on Zoom: Zoom ID : 867 6764 2331 PW: worship Saturdays 10 AM - 1:00 PM Wednesdays 7:00 PM Thursdays 6:30 PM Email: oakvillechurchsda@gmail.com OAkVIlle ADVenTIST COMPAny "We Press On" DIRECTORY If you'd like to advertise your place of worship in this feature please email Fiona frudder@starmetrolandmedia.com or call 289-293-0691 Worship Master's Grace ChurCh Are you looking for a place to worship the Lord Jesus Christ? We meet at the Meadowvale Community Center every Sunday at 10:00 am. Master's Grace Church, Auditorium 1 & 2 6655 Glen Erin Drive Mississauga, ON All COVID-19 safety protocols followed. Pastor Joseph Thomas Pastor Mini Thomas mastersgracechurch.com www.instagram.com/mgctoronto 416-951-0884 UNITED GLEN ABBEY UNITED CHURCH 1469 Nottinghill Gate, Oakville 905-825-5292 www.glenabbeyunitedchurch.com REV. TED VANCE IS ON A MIX OF SABBATICAL AND VACATION. HEWILL RETURN SEPTEMBER 6th. SUNDAY JULY 31St thanks to GLENN MACPHERSON for leading worship this Sunday! It's your choice: WORSHIP LIVE AT 10AM! masks are now optional OR VIEW ON-LINE SERVICE ON YOUTUBE LATER Click on www.glenabbeyunitedchurch.com to help your Church survive the pandemic, please send e-transfers to: donations@glenabbeyunitedchurch.com thank you and God Bless you! (The following letter is in response to the Oakville Beaver story titled "Town council rejects plans for 9- storey condo.") As a homeowner in the Joshua Creek area, I am always amazed at Oakville council's constant rejec- tions for intensification in the southern portions of Oakville. Meanwhile, the Dundas corridor is seeing rampant condo develop- ment that is already giving rise to significant traffic volume and increasing difficulty in navigating Dundas Street, particular- ly through the rush hour periods. Many of these develop- ments back directly on to townhomes and single- family homes that are clearly in the shadow of these large buildings. How is it OK to place all of your intensification tar- gets in one portion of the town and to constantly re- ject them in another? How is it OK to accept shadow and rush hour traffic arguments in one area of town and to bla- tantly reject them in an- other? NIGEL REYNOLDS, OAKVILLE TOWN'S INTENSIFICATION SHOULD BE SPREAD OUT The Oakville Beaver values the opinions of its readers, and the communi- ty at large. With that said, we wel- come your letters to the ed- itor on all matters that im- pact area residents. We ask that letters be no more than 275 words, and include the full name and town of the writer. Your address and tele- phone number must also be included for verification purposes only. We do not publish anon- ymous letters. Letters will be edited or rejected for of- fensive content, factual er- rors, legal issues or space restrictions. Send your letters to insi- dehalton@metroland.com. SEND US YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We have achieved so much together during the past four years. The Halton Region 2019-2022 Strategic Business Plan is a reflec- tion of the priorities that matter to the community and has guided our work for this term of council. While faced with the un- precedented COVID-19 emergency, we have made progress on many priori- ties set out in the plan, maintained our essential programs and services, and kept tax rate increases at or below the rate of inflation. Objectives set out in the region's 2019-2022 Strategic Business Plan were identi- fied across five themes. Some of our key achieve- ments in each area include: • Planning and growth management: Housing grew by an additional 15,000 units and established a framework to accommo- date provincial growth tar- gets that minimizes urban boundary expansion through the adoption of Re- gional Official Plan Amendment (ROPA) 48 and 49. • Transportation and in- frastructure: Halton invest- ed more than $900 million in transportation infrastruc- ture and almost $1 billion in water and wastewater in- frastructure since 2019. • Community well-being: New assisted-housing op- portunities were created and we invested approxi- mately $13M through the Halton Region Community Investment Fund. The emergency shelter pro- gram was modified and ex- panded, and the Ontario Se- niors Dental Care Program launched to support low in- come seniors. • Environment and sus- tainability: Declared a cli- mate emergency, we achieved a decrease in cor- porate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and a re- duction in heating con- sumption per square foot. • Effective government: Halton achieved the highest credit rating (AAA) each year from independent credit agencies and kept tax rate increases at or below the rate of inflation. In addition to planned priorities, Halton Region al- so had significant responsi- bilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 to 2022. More than 50,000 cases and 176 institutional outbreaks were managed, and the needs of vulnerable resi- dents and those most im- pacted financially and so- cially by the pandemic were supported. Through the co-ordinat- ed delivery of the COVID-19 vaccination program, more than 1.35 million doses have been administered and 89 per cent of residents aged five and up have received at least two doses. For a comprehensive summary of key achieve- ments, please visit halton- .ca. Gary Carr is Regional Chair of Halton Region. He can be reached at gary.carr@halton.ca. KEEPING A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN HALTON OPINION GARY CARR Column