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Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun 23° 14° 26° 16° 25° 16° 25° 16° Valour Road hero to be honoured Spotlight www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, July 31 2014 | 24 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax CN cleaning up fuel spill in Wedgewood Creek area Representatives from CN con rmed Tuesday they are working with the Town of Oakville and Ontario Ministry of the Environment to clean up a fuel spill, which entered the Morrision/ Wedgewood Creek water system from the CN rail yard on South Service Road Monday. Lindsay Fedchyshyn, CN Public and Government Affairs regional manager, attributed the accident to heavy rains, which caused drip trays containing diesel and motor oil to over ow. "Due to yesterday's heavy rainfall in the area, an estimated 50 to 100 litres of used oil was pushed out from product drip trays at CN's locomotive refueling station in CN's Oakville yard," said Fedchyshyn in an email. "The trays normally separate the oil from any water, but yesterday's heavy rainfall caused the product to over ow into a culvert structure that leads to Morrison Creek." Baldwin Drive residents Sandra and Ian Blane noticed something wrong with Wedgewood Creek, which runs through their backyard, around 7 a.m. Monday. "(Monday) morning the creek was very high because of the thunderstorm and we went to look at it. My husband said he could smell diesel fuel," said Blane. "He called me later and said that as the water receded there see Ministry on p.3 by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Oakville resident Sandra Blane is upset over a CN diesel spill that has affected Wedgewood Creek, which runs through the backyard of her home on Baldwin Drive. Blane handed out notices to her neighbours letting them know about the spill and providing them with contact information for involved parties. | photo by Franki Ikeman ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) saunderssaxtonwinter.ca 905.845.8908 Sotheby's International Realty Canada, Brokerage. Not intended to solicit propeties already under contract. 132 Allan Street, Oakville, ON L6J 3N5 SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER Wendy Saunders Sales Representative Kim Saxton Sales Representative Ruth Anne Winter Broker