The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

547 Trafalgar Rd. 905-845-7579 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 905-847-2595 www.carstaroakville.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 www.brantfl orist.com/ob 905.639.7001 HALTON TRANSMISSION 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT #3 (905) 842-0725 64 Pages $1.00 (plus tax)A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 49 No. 89 USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011 Homeless Page 12 Halton police are asking for the publics help in appre- hending a man responsible for the theft of a $19,000 diamond ring, which was stolen from a jewellery store in Oakville, Tuesday. Police said the incident took place at around 7:50 p.m. when a man entered the Birks Jewellery store at Oakville Place Mall and asked to see a specific grade of diamond. The clerk opened the display case to show the man a par- ticular diamond ring at which point the man grabbed the ring, fled to an awaiting vehicle and drove away. An unknown male was in the front passenger seat. The getaway vehicle is described as a silver coloured car, possibly a Honda. The suspect is described as a white male, more than 6-feet in height, more than 220lbs in weight with short hair, a scruffy/unshaven appearance and a deep voice. Police said the same culprit is believed to be responsible MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER WHAT'S UP: Dawson Roossien has a close look, if not a little chat, with a cockatoo named Elmo at Heritage Square in Kerr Village last Saturday. Both were spending some time in the park. Police seek man who swiped diamond See Suspect page 3 By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF As Ontario small businesses struggle to recover from the recession, Halton MPP Ted Chudleigh says the McGuinty government is binding the busi- nesses with job-killing red tape. Standing outside the Jelinek Cork facility on Speers Road Tuesday, Chudleigh, accompanied by Oakville PC candidate Larry Scott and Jelinek Cork owner Sonny Jelinek, announced that if elected a PC gov- ernment would cut through this red tape and help small businesses create jobs. Small business is the engine of job creation in Ontario. Around 80 per cent of the jobs in Ontario are in small- and medium-sized businesses, but one in four small business owners said that if they knew how much red tape and unnecessary paperwork they would have to deal with, they would have fnever set up shop in Ontario. Seventy per cent o them said government regulation is their number one concern, said Chudleigh. Dalton McGuinty doesnt understand this. After eight years in his bubble at Queens Park he thinks fit makes perfect sense to tell a business what size o paper to print documents on (8.5 by 14) and then to fine them up to $1,000 for failing to comply. Is that crazy? He believes we need 21 separate pieces Local PCs promise less red tape Larry Scott See Jelinek page 4 Hey there SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ONTARIOS TOP NEWSPAPER - 2005-2008