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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 52 No. 64 Priceless TEAMWORK: Jack Yeilding makes sure his mom, Jodi, enjoys her lemonade at the third annual Jack's Lemonade Stand fundraiser for Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. This year, 2,400 glasses of lemonade were consumed and Jack raised $71,240 to help ailing youngsters. The joy of watching a six-year-old rally a community was "priceless," said Jodi. The day also offered pony rides, a bouncy castle, games, live entertainment, food, LEGO and more. Jack is a frequent patient at Sick Kids as he lives with a severe form of epilepsy. Since 2007, he has been running lemonade stands and has raised more than $90,000. First Student bus drivers ready to strike By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Oakville and Burlington parents whose children go to elementary and high schools on First Student Canada school buses are encouraged to arrange alternative transportation starting Friday morning, according to a spokesperson with Halton Student Transportation Services. Approximately 130 bus drivers, as well as six mechanics, represented by the Canadian planning a VIEW AT florida vacation myholidayhomerental.com The best place to start planning your Florida Get-Away! Visit our Website for Locations and Times www.oakvillebeaver.com www.survivorbootcamp.com Green counts PAGE 3 Mor tgages G R E AT Purchases Renewals Refinances Rental Properties MORTGAGE CONSULTANT M08005472 1500 Upper Middle Rd. Abbey Plaza at Third Line HO: 104 ­ 5770 Hurontario St. Mississauga, ON L5R 3G5 Powered by PAUL FOLEY AMP 905.827.8009 Over 40 Lenders Credit Lines Vacation Properties R AT E S "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009 · 64 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Oakville hotspot for H1N1 By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 2177, will decide tonight (Wednesday) whether to accept First Student Canada's latest two-year contract offer. If they reject the offer, the drivers will be on strike as of midnight on Thursday. All students taking First Student Canada school buses in Oakville and Burlington will be affected. This means parents of approximately 4,000 students will have to make their own transportation arrangements, as Halton Student MANY vacation homes to choose from! Book Now! Choose from Condos, Villas, Pool homes and from 3 to 8 Bedroom homes Transportation Services is not able to find enough additional buses and drivers to fill the affected routes. "We strongly encourage them make tentative arrangements for their child if they aren't able to transport them themselves," said Karen Lacroix, general manager of Halton Student Transportation Services, which represents all four school boards. "With the number of students affected, it is impossible to put in any temporary-type transportation.... In the See Parents page 9 Halton has the highest number of confirmed H1N1 influenza cases per capita in Ontario -- with the majority of cases in Oakville. Dr. Bob Nosal, Halton Region's medical officer of health, verified this Monday with news of 13 new cases. This brings the total to 56 in the region. "We have the highest incidence rate in Ontario in Halton and given that most of our cases are in Oakville, it is fair enough to say Oakville clearly would Dr. Bob Nosal have the highest incidence rate of this infection in Ontario," Nosal said. Nosal said it is unclear why H1N1 influenza has been so prevalent in Oakville and Halton compared to other parts of the Greater Toronto Area and the province. "That is the question," he said. "We are getting as many cases as ever reported to us over the last week. We have had three weeks of sustained transmission here in Halton, particularly in Oakville.... What is surprising to me is why we are not seeing this in a lot of other places. We are seeing this in other communities in Halton, but we are not really seeing this outside of the Greater Toronto Area." And there are likely more people with the virus in Halton because not everyone with symptoms is going to a doctor to get tested, he said. "Clearly, there are significantly more cases than the 56 that we're reporting, but not everyone is going to go to a physician, not everyone is going to get a nasopharyngeal swab," he said. "Some of the cases may be so mild they are not aware that they are ill. There is a whole spectrum of the way this can present." See Second page 10 SERVING OAKVILLE FOR 25 YEARS! 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 Between Kerr & Dorval rates as low as $ 85 /night Deal directly with the owners VISIT OUR ALL NEW WEBSITE YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS! www.lockwoodchrysler.com