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Oakville Beaver | Thursday, November 17, 2022 | 36 REGION NOTICE OF ROAD SURE Dundas Street (Reg. Rd. 5) Improvements, Appleby Line (Reg. Rd. 20) to Tremaine Road (Reg. Rd. 22), in the City of Burlington AHalton Vv ‘ oon "EET a nananetm I (REG ROT) BURLINGTON Project number: PR-2672B To support improvements to the Tansley Bridge, Dundas Street will be temporarily closed from Sutton Drive to Tremaine Road on weeknights starting November 21, 2022. Closures will take place Monday to Friday (including Friday night) from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. These closures are scheduled to end by December 23, 2022. Transit users can expect delays and longer than usual travel times ‘through the | affected area. Please visit jit.ca and www. ca for more information. Access for local residents and emergency vehicles will be maintained at all times. For more information about Regional improvement projects: sae _ Building + visit halton.ca; + sign up to receive email notice and updates; or = email accesshalton@halton.ca or call 311. Halton ig Peoples Month November is Indigenous Peoples Awareness Month, an opportunity to continue the important conversation and learning about Truth and Reconciliation. There habe several key dates ‘throughout November that fo Canada, including Treaties Recognition Week, National Indigenous Veterans Day and Louis Riel Day. This Gary Carr month we celebrate Indigenous heritage, Indigenous leaders of the past and Pedienal Chalr present and increase awareness of Indigenous voices today. To learn about the steps Halton Region is taking to build meaningful relationships with Indigenous Communities, visit halton.ca. insidehalton.com ere at Halton Region Regionale Council meetings are taking place through web conferencing until further notice. leos will be posted to halton.ca. Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. IBNEWS OPTION TO NAME SCHOOLS AFTER PEOPLE REMAINS KATHY YANCHUS. kyanchus@metroland.com Naming schools after i ‘in- trict School Board to contin- ue the pol Following a lengthy de- bate at an Oct. 7 committee- of-the-whole meeting, there was more discussion at the Oct. 26 regular meeting of and policy, which had been under review for months. decision was not without its detractors. "We know there are a lot of great individuals, but we "The obvious thing that comes to mind is the what if? Humans are fallible," said at the earlier COW meeting. Nowhere in the policy does it specify “we will abso- lutely name schools after people," countered Milton Tre BRI Graham Paine/Metroland It was not unaminous, but HDSB trustees have voted in favour of allowing schools to be named after people after much discussion. trustee Donna Danielli. “There seems to be a per- ception that we wi wild definite: ly be naming sch people; all this does i : ne the door open," said Danielli. In addition to being against naming a ter people, student trustees Cindy Wang and Ethan Rug- giero said students should have a voice in how school are chosen, an oppor- tunity that doesn't currently exist. Students are the ones who wear these names; they are probably the most rele- vant stakeholders at play, said Cindy. surlington tee Leah Reynolds said big lack of a jus" vetting process of SAVING YOU MORE ovenber 18-28, 2022 esc names leaves the board and is vulnerable to the risk of having to rename a school. Halton Hills trustee Jeanne Gray agreed, saying she was unsure of the depth depth at which the board could in- vestigate a person's name to ensure it was appropriate to adorn a school. TI feel like nobody has their mind over the last wumber of months and weeks, I don't see us coming to a landing on this," said HDSB vice-chair Tracey Ehl Harrison who voted in fa- vour of the motion to main- tain the status quo, which “in no way precludes the next board from taking a look at this again." SAVING YOU MORE For more details shop instore or online at thebrick.com