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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 PRINTER EMPTY? REFILL AND SAVE UP TO 60% Poets among us See Artscene FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010 Upper Oakville Shopping Centre 905-842-5600 www.thinkrefill.ca refill Just a Countertop SELL-INSTALL-DELIVERY 905-569-8900 3375 Laird Rd. Unit 2, Mississauga. A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 32 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 64 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Blink cash He scores could go to hospital? Mayor says it's too soon to say By Tim Foran OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Turn out the lights Saturday By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Media giant Rogers Communications says it will pay $130 million cash to Town-owned Oakville Hydro for the purchase of Blink Communications and a local councillor is calling for the proceeds to go to the new Oakville hospital. Rogers, which bought Blink in a sale announced in late January, released the purchase price in its recently released annual report. Blink is a data-focused telecom services provider and was a subsidiary of Oakville Hydro, the holding company that also owns the local electricity provider and which, is in turn, owned completely by the Town of Oakville. "I would take 100 per cent of the net proceeds of the sale and put it toward the hospital," said Ward 5 Regional Councillor Jeff Knoll. As the sole shareholder in Oakville Hydro, the Town's council could demand the holding company's board of directors do just that. But Knoll said he isn't sure he would get support from his council colleagues if he put forth such a motion. "For anybody who follows local council, they'll know I'm not in the in crowd," Knoll admitted. See Council page 3 KAREN NEWMAN / OAKVILLE BEAVER HERO WORSHIP: Toronto Maple Leafs player Dion Phaneuf was at Oakville Nissan last Friday to sign autographs for fans. People brought in sticks, hats and jerseys to have them autographed. Here, Tyler Milford, 7, smiles as Phaneuf signs a hat for one of Tyler's brothers. Earth Hour is happening this Saturday, which means it's lights out for many local organizations and individuals. Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when more than two million people turned off their lights for one hour. Since then, the annual World Wildlife Fund-organized event has grown to include hundreds of millions of people around the globe in an initiative to take a stand against climate change. Locally, several public organizations have signed on to switch off. Both the public and the Catholic district school boards in Halton Region are taking the environmentally friendly challenge and joining more than 900 schools across Ontario in the initiative. Joining the school boards are the Town of Oakville, the Region and the Halton Regional Police Service -- all trying to reduce electricity consumption. Both school boards said their schools will lead into Earth Hour, which is from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, with several initiatives this Friday. The staff will turn off all non-essential lights and electric devices See Showing page 10 The family business that service built. 2 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU 410 South Service Road, West 905.845.1681 buddschev.com 547 Trafalgar Rd. at QEW, Oakville 905.844.2320 buddschev.com