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Oak-land Ford Lincoln 905.844.3273 www.oak-land.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 PRINTER EMPTY? REFILL AND SAVE UP TO 60% SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Page 3 Woman found Upper Oakville Shopping Centre 905-842-5600 www.thinkrefill.ca refill 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 51 No. 2 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013 24 pages $1.00 (plus tax) A taste of winter fun By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Province to impose contracts on teachers FOR OAKVILLE: Local residents took full advantage of the snow storm that hit Oakville last week and finally got their first real taste of winter fun. Here, front to back, Kathryn Patton, Natalie Patton, Thomas Coleman, Daniel Coleman and Addison Coleman create a long toboggan snake to go down the hill together near Overton Place in Oakville. ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog Approximately 5,000 Halton public high school and elementary teachers and education support workers will return to classes on Monday with contracts imposed on them. Education Minister Laurel Broten announced on Thursday morning the provincial government will be using its powers through the controversial Bill 115 (Putting Students First Act) to impose contracts on public school teachers across Ontario. Broten will also repeal Bill 115, saying it has now served its purpose. She admitted the bill has led to labour strife, including Laurel Broten public elementary teachers holding one-day rotating strikes. Elementary and secondary school teachers have also boycotted extracurricular activities. "We're removing that barrier and we're very, very hopeful we'll see the return of extracurricular activities," Broten said at a news conference at Queen's Park. The bill affects approximately 120,000 members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' See Imposed page 5 · HOME · AUTO · LIFE · BUSINESS · AV I AT I O N THE MAGNES GROUP INC. 1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 Tel: 905-845-9793 Fax: 905-845-9149 www.magnesgroup.com END INSURANCE CONFUSION. For informed decisions that you can feel good about, contact us!