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\^ o fc & u $ £ y y iv O A K VtLLE-C EN TR E T o S erve Y o u B etter, W e A re R e n o v a t in g A g a i n !!! (905) 842-5000 A Metroland Publication Vol.37 No. 133 Weekend Oakville's Award-W inning Com m unity Newspaper The O akvele Beaver BIG ON SERVICE 24 Hr. Pager * <a Sfllfci REP 48 Pages B p g n k r is S U N D A Y , N O V E M B E R 7 ,1 9 9 9 75 C ents Plus GST Town eyes * emergency homeless shelter By Sandra Omand SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER The Town of Oakville is looking at turning the Grace House on Old Mill Road into a temporary emergency shel ter for the homeless. The move is in response to a sevenmonth-old regional report identifying an urgent need for such a shelter. "We are at this molten moment in this town and if we don't do something we will see them (the homeless) sleep ing in our doorw ays in downtown Oakville," said M ajor Ray Braddock of the Salvation Army. Therefore, before the snow flies and the temperatures plummet, the Town is applying for a temporary use permit so Grace House, located at 12 Old Mill Road, can be used as temporary emer gency shelter for up to 10 people. "This is a temporary solution to get us over the worst m onths," said Braddock. Grace House is currently being oper(See `G race House' page 3) Photo by Barrie Erskine Ontario Eat Smart steering committee member Chris Klugman, corporate chef for the Liberty Entertainment Group which operates three Toronto restaurants, invites everyone to make healthy choices on what and where they eat INSIDE today' s paper U pdate.......... . Focus...........................................11 Health......... ............................... 13 Family Fare.................................14 Business.................................... 42 Ravel................................... 3 7 -3 8 Sports .................................39"^!1 Classified............................. 43-47 M ake a healthy choice: E a t S m art By Wilma Blokhuis OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Eat Smart and make healthy choices about what you eat, and where you eat it. Given that average Canadians spend more than one-third of their food budget on dining out and take-out meals, and that 85% of Canadians consider nutrition an important fac tor in their food choices, Halton Region has launched its Eat Smart restaurant program. The program First began in Toronto with 200 participating restaurants during its Good Food Festival in May, the Eat Smart restaurant pro gram is expanding across the province. Halton is among the first municipalities to launch Eat Smart. The goal of Eat Smart, said Dr. Robert Nosal, Halton's Medical Officer of Health, is to contribute to the reduction of chronic disease such as heart disease and cancer, and foodborne illnesses in the region. "With the average Canadian eating out about five times a week, restaurants are ideal places to support healthy lifestyle change by increasing access to safe, nutritious food in non-smoking environments," said Nosal. "Halton's Eat Smart program will identify local restaurants that have done that little bit extra to support the health of their customers." Participation by restaurants in Eat Smart is voluntary. Participating restaurants are identi fied by Eat Smart logo stickers on their main entrances. More than 75 restaurant owners and chefs attended Wednesday's healthy breakfast launch of Eat Smart at the Halton Region Auditorium, where they were informed of the three criteria for this designation. The three requirements for an Eat Smart restaurant designation are: offering healthy food choices, safety in food handling, and 15% more non-smoking seating than required by local bylaws. Local bylaws require restaurants in Oakville, Burlington and Milton to provide 70% non-smoking seating - Eat Smart increas es that requirement to 85%. (Only in Burlington does the non-smoking seating drop to 50% after 9 p.m., dropping the Eat Smart requirement to 65%.) In Halton Hills, where the non-smoking bylaw is under review, the requirement is 25% non-smoking. However, under the Eat Smart criteria, non-smoking seating cannot be below 50%. (See R estaurants' page 5) Sean (3), Wal-Mart, National Sports Partial Delivery: Fortino X Home Hardware, M AM Meats, Scholar's Choke, Solarex, Sports Card Expo, Sears Whole Home, Centennial Windows, Keene Guardian, Pharma Plus, L ittle Caesars C anadian P ublications M a il P roduct A greem ent # 4 3 5 -2 0 1 1/2 P R ICE 4 - f 0 ld . 58-9078-6 Sale price in effect S a t November 6 to Fri. November 12,1999. While quantities last UPPER O AKVILLE SHOPPING CENTRE .Upper Middle at 8th Line O pen Sunday 9 a.m .-5 p.m. 8 4 9 -8 4 7 3 OAKTO W N SHOPPING PLAZA 55 0 Kerr Street O p e n Sunday 9 a.m .-5 p.m . 8 4 4 -0 2 0 2