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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com CELEBRATING 26 YEARS! Between Kerr & Dorval YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 www.lockwoodchrysler.com OUT OF INK? REFILL AND SAVE UP TO 60% Reaching new heights to fight MS PAGE 3 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009 Upper Oakville Shopping Centre (Upper Middle & 8th Line) 905-842-5600 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 52 No. 147 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 48 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Hospitals and schools before new homes Region ponders new rules for growth By Tim Foran OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF United Way needs boost to meet target The United Way of Oakville (UWO) is nearing its 2009 campaign touchdown and crossing fingers it will meet its goal. "The two United Way thermometers are at the 63 per cent mark with more money arriving daily as the final corporate gifts and in-house employee campaigns conclude," said UWO Campaign Cabinet Chair Ann Mulvale. Despite the economic challenges, or because of them, people across town have responded as best as they can, said Mulvale. "The energy of the in-house campaigns has been heartwarming, the individual cheques and pledges from Leaders of the Way, impressive, causing the United Way team to believe that the goal can be met with one final push in the next few days," said Mulvale. That said however, the UWO campaign is making final appeals to get the pledges counted. "To those who have their pledge form in their `good intentions to do pile' we need to hear from you; your gift is vital to goal being realized," said Mulvale. The goal achievement announcement is set to be made on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at a touchdown breakfast to be held at the International Union of Operating Engineers training facility at 2245 Speers Rd. Besides announcing the results of It might no longer be enough for water pipes, sewers and roads to be in place before new homes can be built in fast-growing Halton. Regional staff are now looking to enshrine in the municipality's Official Plan (OP) that future growth must wait until hospitals, schools, a far higher level of transit than exists now, and other "human services" required to support such development are not only planned for, but the cash is in place to build them. According to the update, human services are defined as services relating to health, education, culture, recreation, public safety and social services. Making itself responsible for such a category is unusual for the upper tier municipality of Halton, which has traditionally been responsible for collecting money from developers to plan and build the basic `hard services' of transportation and water and wastewater infrastructure to accommodate growth. However, it's in keeping with other proposed policies in the OP, LISA KIRTON/ SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: This coyote ventured out of the woods and paid a visit with Lisa Kirton's Labrador-poodle. The coyote appeared on the other side of the chain-link fence in the backyard of her Ravine Gate home, which backs on to the wooded area east of Bronte Road and south of Upper Middle Road. Coyotes getting bolder By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF See Final page 19 Abby, the Labrador-poodle cross, made a very special friend last week, coming snout to snout with a coyote as she played in the backyard of her Ravine Gate home. The house backs onto a wooded area east of Bronte Road, south of Upper Middle Road. Separated by a fence, the canine cousins gave each other a very thorough going over before Abby's owner, Lisa Kirton, saw what was happening and intervened. "Our daughter, who's four, was looking out and she said, `Mommy, who's Abby playing with?' So I went over to the window and it was almost nose-tonose with our dog. I couldn't believe how close it was," said Kirton. "It was acting really playful and my dog, of course, was waging her tail thinking, `Oh, a playmate.'" Kirton grabbed her camera and snapped a few photos of the encounter before attempting to shoo the coyote away with an extensive barrage of yelling and clapping. See Urban page 4 See Donations page 3 End insurance confusion. For informed decisions that you can feel good about, contact us! We are pleased to offer competitive insurance solutions in person, by email, or fax. 1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 Tel: 905-845-9793 Fax: 905-845-9149 The Magnes Group Inc. has its roots in Syd A. Vince Insurance, Est. 1953 · Home · Auto · Life · Business · THE MAGNES GROUP INC. www.magnesgroup.com