Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun 0° -5° 4° -3° 4° -2° 1° -4° Breakfast with Santa 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, December 4, 2014 | 40 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Movie prop causes bomb scare at Queen Mary building Home for the holidays Galleries removes ad after receiving complaint by John Bkila Oakville Beaver Staff Halton police say a suspicious package, at rst suspected of being a bomb, found in a vacant Queen Mary Drive apartment just before 4 p.m. last Thursday was an inert movie prop. More than two dozen residents were evacuated as police and Oakville reghters investigated at 205 Queen Mary Dr. Residents were allowed to return to their homes at 8:40 p.m. that night. According to Halton Regional Police Supt. Chris Perkins, a suspicious package was found by the building superintendent in a vacant apartment on the fth oor. Described as "elaborate" by police, it was found in a corner unit on the north side of the building. Residents on that oor, as well as those above and below, were evacuated. Those living on other oors in the building remained in their homes, however, anyone leaving was not allowed to return until it was deemed safe to do so. see Bomb on p.3 Woodcrest Drive resident Robert Gerlai spotted this northern raptor, a snowy owl, in his neighbourhood while walking his dog Sunday morning. Having lived in the GTA for more than 25 years, he'd never seen a snowy owl at large. He snapped a photo and said the owl appeared healthy. It stayed put for half an hour then ew off as a crowd of spectators arrived to check it out. A representative from Mountsberg Conservation Area said it's not that unusual to see these exciting birds at this time of year. | photo by Robert Gerlai - special to the Beaver Editor's Note: This story and photograph may contain material offensive to some readers. Reader and viewer discretion is advised. Oakville Galleries, responding to a public complaint, reIf a member of the moved a poster it was public is uncomfortable using as promotion of its current exhibit with a sexual image in a at the entrance of the common area, I support space it shares with the their voicing it and am Oakville Public Library happy to exchange the Central Branch. image with something Monday, the Gallerless provocative. ies con rmed it would remove the illustraShary Boyle artist tion, after a resident's complaint about the promotional poster for The Illuminations Project, and its suggestive nature and positioning on the wall of the Navy Street entrance to the shared space. see Poster on p.5 HOURS: MOn.-Wed. 10:00-6:00 THURS.-FRi. 10:00-8:00 SaT. 10:00-6:00 SUn. 12:00-5:00 Everything must go! Oakville · 905-829-8197 · 2525 Hampshire Gate STORE CLOSING LIQUIDATION Glass sinks CeramiC sinks FauCets shower panels www.vanitiesnmore.com Last Month Left!