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News that Jim Flaherty, Canada's former finance minister, died at age 64, yesterday, came as a shock to many -- on Parliament Hill, Queen's Park and here in Oakville. "Jim will be sorely missed, not only by his many friends on both sides of the House... but he will also be missed by the countless thousands of Canadians that he devoted himself to and who he helped during his long and success- News of Flaherty's sudden death came as a shock to Canadians ful career," said a visibly-upset Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a press conference. Flaherty was the country's finance minister for the past eight years. He stepped down March 18 saying it was not health-related. He served as the Tory Whitby-Ajax MPP from 1995-2005 and Tory Whitby-Oshawa MP since 2006. His wife, Christine Elliott, represents WhitbyOshawa in the Ontario Legislature. The couple had triplet sons. · "Jim Flaherty was a loyal friend and a principled, resolved politician and Minister . This is a great loss for all who knew him." -- Tweet by Oakville MP Terence Young · "I'm still in a bit of shock. This is really just out of the blue. I'm very sad to see him go especially so soon after he retired. We hosted Mr. Flaherty a few years ago. He was a very gra- 9 | Friday, April 11, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com cious guest and was very surprised at the size of the audience. They had phoned us late on a Friday to say he could come the next Friday... We had more than 500 guests booked in three days. Whenever I saw him after that he would bring that up and say `You guys did an amazing job.' -- John Sawyer, Oakville Chamber of Commerce president. For full story, visit www.oakvillebeaver.com Interlocking & Concrete Specialists LIMITED SPACE available for September 2014 APPLY NOW · Pebble Concrete · Stamped Concrete · Flagstone · Walkways · Garage Floors · Patios · Driveways · Curbs (French) HSC PREPARED ME WELL FOR UNIVERSITY. Studying with motivated, intelligent students at HSC challenged me to continuously raise my academic standards. - HSC Graduate Tel: 905.842.7171 Call Mario · sunmarlandscape.com Hillfield Strathallan College is an independent day school for Montessori Toddler and Pre-Kindergarten students to Grade 12. Visit us at www.hsc.on.ca. We are accessible and affordable. Call Scott Barton 905-389-1367 2544 Speers Road (Corner of Speers & Bronte) GREAT FOO D A GREAT PR FOR ICE! Fridays: Halibut Fish & Chips & Salad Buy 1 Get Second HALF Price Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays: HALF Price Wings Tuesdays: HALF price Burgers Thursdays: Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Saturdays: $8.99 "NEW" Jerk Chicken Complimentary Entrée! TALL BOY Tuesdays & Thursdays $ BUY 1 ENTREE GET 1 FREE. 4.87 +tax (500ml cans) With purchase of 2 beverages and presentation of this coupon. *Can not be combined with any other offer LIVE Entertainment: Thursday ­ Saturday UFC Events ­ watch it on our BIG Screens! 905.847.8595