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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, December 26, 2013 | 32 Taxation is Not a Four-Letter Word book launch on Jan. 16 Poverty Free Halton, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ontario office and Community Development Halton are hosting a book launch for Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word. It's on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Freeman/Indian Point Room at Burlington Seniors' Centre, 2285 New St., Burlington. Guest speaker is Alex Himelfarb, author and director of York University's Glendon School of International and Public Affairs, and a former Privy Council clerk. Trish Hennessy, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Ontario office director, will also speak. Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word provides new information on perceptions regarding taxation. Admission is free. To RSVP , visit www.taxbooklaunch2014. eventbrite.ca, email office@cdhalton.ca or call 905-632-1975. Halton.ca 311 Please contact us as soon as possible if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. More than three bags/cans must have garbage tags Maximum of six garbage bags/cans: three untagged, three tagged Household Waste Collection Notice Please Note Collection Day Changes Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Area 1,2,3,4 No Change Christmas Dec 23 24 25 26 27 Area 5,6,7,8 28 Collection Moves Area 1,2,3,4 No Change New Year's 30 31 Jan 1 2 3 Area 5,6,7,8 4 Collection Moves Waste Collection Calendar Never miss your waste collection day again! Visit www.halton.ca/wastecalendar to find your waste collection day: · · · Sign up for weekly email, Twitter or phone call waste collection reminders. Download your waste collection calendar to your personal iCal, Google calendar or Microsoft Outlook calendar. Print your own collection calendar. Print Sign up Download Household waste collection takes place as usual on Christmas Eve (Tuesday, December 24). There is no household waste collection on Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25). Due to the holiday, household waste collection will take place the day after your regular collection day starting on Boxing Day (Thursday, December 26). Household waste collection takes place as usual on New Year's Eve (Tuesday, December 31). There is no household waste collection on New Year's Day (Wednesday, January 1). Due to the holiday, household waste collection will take place the day after your regular collection day starting on Thursday, January 2. Please place your waste at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled holiday collection day. Halton Waste Management Site will be closed Wednesday, December 25, 2013 and Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Regular Operating Hours Open Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The new 2014 Waste Management Guide & Collection Calendar will be distributed to all houses in mid-January 2014. Stay Connected 271213 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton @HaltonRecycles HaltonRecycles HaltonRecycles.ca HaltonRecycles Celebrating the Holidays Safely As you ring in the New Year, help us keep Halton safe by being another set of eyes on the road. Road safety is a top priority for Halton Regional Council. Through the Halton Drive SAFE program and its Safe Roads...Your Call campaign, you'll see road signs reminding you to call 911 if you see a suspected impaired driver on the roads. Your call could save someone's life. Visit www.halton.ca/impaired for tools on how to plan for a safe ride home, ways to talk to teens about impaired driving and more. On behalf of Regional Council, I wish you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a safe and healthy 2014. Gary Carr Regional Chair 000000 Christmas Day and New Year's Day Oakville Garbage Tag Exemption Your first garbage collection day after Christmas Day (December 25) will not require garbage tags; however, the six garbage bag/can limit applies. Visit www.halton.ca/garbagetags for more information. $2 Garbage Tag