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OAKVILLE'S BEST REAL ESTATE SECTION INSIDE! Beaver THE OAKVILLE A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 47 No. 82 Jewelry store heist foiled Suspect still loose By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Several merchants at Olde Oakville Market Plaza at Cornwall and Trafalgar roads spent Tuesday cleaning up after police tactical teams swept through their businesses searching for a suspect earlier that morning. "We've been in the business for 30 years, so we've had incidents in the past and you hope they never happen, but it is kind of naive to think they're never going to happen." Greg Buzbuzian, co-owner Knar Jewellery Inside Living ..........................................13 Artscene......................................28 Automotive................................22 Sports ........................................31 Classified ..................................36 Full Delivery: Good Year Partial Delivery: Sport Chek, West of the City, Sport Mart, XS Cargo, University Painters, Topper's Pizza, Planet Workout, Golf Town, Henry's Camera, Home Depot, Black's Photo, Staples For home delivery & customer service call (905) 845-9742 Mon., Tues. and Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Fri. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS call (905) 845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com See inside today's paper for special subscription offer. Optimize Performance (Adults and Children) · Attention span is short · Difficulty organizing & completing work · also helpful for Asperger's · also Psycho-educational testing ADD Centre Neurofeedback and learning strategies can provide a lasting improvement. Director: Lynda M. Thompson, Ph.D., Co-author with Pediatrician William Sears of The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child. www.oakvillebeaver.com St. Matthew strikes gold LIVING 321 Cornwall Rd. Old Oakville Market 905.815.8777 DUNDEE MORTGAGE SERVICES INC. Renew your mortgage rate 3-4 months before your current term ends. No Broker Fees on Mortgages. 5 YRS 5.45% 7 YRS 5.70% 5 Year Variable -.65% PAUL FOLEY A.M.P. MORTGAGE CONSULTANT 905-827-8009 ABBEY PLAZA, OAKVILLE · Third Line at Upper Middle "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2008 76 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Yellow police tape marked off Knar Jewellery, which was the target of an attempted robbery early Monday night. The incident has been linked to a hostage taking in Burlington. It will be a few days until the high-end jewelry store is open again for business, according to Greg Buzbuzian, co-owner of Knar Jewellery. "It will be two or three days until we open," said Buzbuzian. "We're anxious to get back up and running and serving our clients again and want everyone to rest assured that we are taking this very seriously." Buzbuzian and his brother, Jeff, opened the first Knar Jewellery store in Guelph in 1978. Today, there are two additional locations, with one in Waterloo and another in Oakville, which has been in the Olde Oakville Market Plaza for the past three and a half years. Despite state-of-the-art security systems, Buzbuzian said this is not the first time one of his stores has been involved in a robbery in conjunction with hostage taking. "We've been in the business for 30 years, so we've had incidents in the past and you hope they never happen, but it is kind of naïve to think they're never going to hap- MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER TENSE MOMENTS: Tactical team officers surround the Knar Jewellery store at the Olde Oakville Market Plaza on Cornwall Road. pen," said Buzbuzian. "Our main concern is for the employees directly involved and certainly for our staff in general. We really have the best state-of-the-art security system, but in this case they were able to bypass it. You do what you can, but the bad guys are willing to take a greater risk than what the system is built for." Irvin Chadha, owner of Designer's Optical located next door to the high-end jewelry store, was busy overseeing cleanup of his store and helping the owners of Knar Jewellery on Tuesday morning. See Mall on page 3 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 Between Kerr & Dorval 905-803-8066 www.addcentre.com VISIT OUR ALL NEW WEBSITE YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS! www.lockwoodchrysler.com