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Page 7 They leave no one behind All the world's her stage Artscene www.insidehalton.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE Stay Connected! Friday, December 6, 2013 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon H O L I D A Y F E S T I V I T I E S Artist's work destined for the Louvre by Abigail Cukier Special to the Beaver 1° -3° -2° -6° -2° -7° 4° -4° Matthews takes a tour of Oakville's new hospital by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Masters abound at the Louvre Museum -- Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Van Maurik. Van Maurik? Yes, Oakville painter Michele Van Maurik will have her Sun ower painting hang in the renowned Paris museum from Dec. 13-17. Her work was chosen by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (SNBA) to be part of the Canadian delegation in one of the most prestigious and oldest shows in Paris, France. "I received a message from an art dealer who had seen my work online," Van Maurik said. "They asked if I would like to be part of the show and told me to send ve images. My Sun ower painting was chosen. I was thrilled. I am so excited." The SNBA was created 153 years ago to exhibit artists who were refused by the Academy of Fine Arts, including see Oakville on p.8 Hanukkah celebrations were recently held at the Iroquois Ridge Community Centre. Festivities included music, food, children's craft activities as well as the lighting of the Menorah. Here, Bella Gershenovich, 2, paints her own Menorah at the children's craft table. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog Ontario's Minister of Health Deb Matthews stopped by Oakville yesterday (Dec. 5) to discuss how the province's healthcare system has improved over the last decade -- and to tour the new Oakville hospital construction site. The minister's presentation, hosted by the Oakville Chamber of Commerce, drew more than 200 to the Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre where business and political leaders heard about the change that has occurred. "We have had to make Deb Matthews some tough decisions when it comes to drug reform, physician negotiations, hospital funding reform, physiotherapy changes, to name a few ," said Matthews. "I make no apologies for those decisions because my mantra as health minister is this -- `Is it better value for patients? Is it better value for money?' If we can do something that's better care for patients and better value for money then we must do it." see Dollars on p.10 · HOME · AUTO · LIFE · BUSINESS · AV I AT I O N T H E M A G N E S G RO U P I N C . 1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 Tel: 905-845-9793 Fax: 905-845-9149 www.magnesgroup.com END INSURANCE CONFUSION. For informed decisions that you can feel good about, contact us!