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Oakville Beaver, 22 Mar 2012, p. 1

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www.carstaroakville.com 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 Ask us about 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Beaver Trails 40 Years of Helping Kids www.chisholmcentre.com THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 bleaching for new patients FREE 905-842-6030 90 32 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) dentistoakville.com den A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 35 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" Oakville council defers decision on cell towers By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF A discussion on how far from residential areas the Town of Oakville wants cell towers to be will have to wait for another day. Council voted Monday to defer an examination of its proposed final Radiocommunications Facilities Protocol to a special council meeting at a future date, which has yet to be determined. Oakville Mayor Rob Burton said a decision was postponed because some residents were concerned that interested parties still on March Break vacation would not be able to participate. See Residents page 5 MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER filling the cupboard: Dudley Clark, the volunteer executive director of Oakville's Fareshare food bank on Speers Road, is preparing for the annual Easter food drive, which begins tomorrow (Friday, March 23) and continues through April 7. Trucker charged in Monday rollover The driver of the tractor-trailer, which rolled over on top of an Oakville woman's car on Hwy. 403, near Dundas Street Monday, has been charged with careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Port Credit detachment announced Wednesday, it had charged the driver, a 52-year-old Mississauga man, following the conclusion of the investigation into the accident. The crash took place around 3 p.m. Monday, when a tractor-trailer, travelling on the westbound Hwy. 403 off ramp to Dundas Street, flipped on its side landing on top of a Mazda CX7, driven by a 38-year-old Oakville woman. Emergency crews spent two hours working to free the woman who was pinned precariously in her vehicle, under the truck. Amazingly she was not injured. The truck driver received minor injuries. Fareshare is stocking up at Easter By Nathan Howes SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER With Easter around the corner, Oakville's Fareshare food bank is preparing for the long haul ahead -- to keep its shelves full through not only the summer months, but early fall, too. Fareshare's annual two-week Easter food drive begins tomorrow (Friday) and contin- "We really need to stock up our warehouse and shelves so that we're going to be alright until the Thanksgiving food drive. It's to make sure we get through the summer months." Dudley Clark, Fareshare food bank, volunteer executive director ues through Saturday, April 7. Although Fareshare doesn't receive as much food at Easter as it does during its drives at Christmas and Thanksgiving, the timing of the spring drive is critical because it's the last one until Thanksgiving rolls around, said the food bank's volunteer executive director Dudley Clark. "We've got a lot of months to go. We really See Food page 3

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