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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 SCHOOL'S www.brantflorist.com/ob OUT Part 1 of 3 905.639.7001 www.dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 www.carstaroakville.com 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. HALTON TRANSMISSION (905) 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT #3 Schools close forever Page 11 842-0725 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 71 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010 32 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Quake shakes Oakville By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF An earthquake reported as being as high as 5.5 in magnitude shook southern Ontario yesterday with numerous residents in Oakville reporting light tremors around 1:45 p.m. Halton Police Public Affairs Officer Sgt. Brian Carr said police received dozens of calls from residents claiming to have felt the tremors, but said no damage or injuries had been reported as a result as of press deadlines. Carr did say the tremors were felt at Halton Regional Police Headquarters, located at 1151 Bronte Rd. "Quite frankly, the building shook back and forth," he said. "It was almost like in a windstorm where the building has a little bit of play to it and I looked outside and didn't see the wind and that was kind of unusual." Elizabeth Carmichael, who lives on Kerr Street, also said she felt the tremors and initially questioned whether what she was feeling had more to do with the cold she currently has than any kind of seismic event. "I said to myself, `Is my fever really so high?' and then I said, `No this See Earthquake page 5 G8 is old hat for Oakville mom By Nathan Howes OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF S ERIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER G8 EXPERT: Oakville resident Ella Kokotsis is director of external relations for the University of Toronto's G8 and G20 Research Groups. he is a G8 specialist by day and a wife and mother of two by night. This year will be her 15th appearance at a G8 summit. If anyone knows what to expect at these summits, it's Ella Kokotsis of Oakville. Kokotsis works with the G8 and G20 Research Group on a volunteer basis as director of external relations, which is situated at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. The groups consist of scholars, professionals and students interested in the activities of the G8 and G20. She will be attending both summits this year, which will mark her first appearance at G20. She began working with the group director, professor John Kirton, a leading international expert on the G8 and global governance in 1994 while working on her See Researcher page 3