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C. jp g e g g i BFO fundraiser shows the latest Lundstrom A r tsc e n e The Stress Doctor is in Pa g e C 2 F -"- · w w w .o a k v ille b e a v e r.c o m NOR A Metroland Publication Vol. . M A E BEAVER "c ^ S F m o s t a w a r d e d c o m m u n i t y 40 No. n e w s p a p e r 1, 2 0 0 3 4 8 Pages 117 " USING C O M M U N IC A T IO N TO B UILD B E TTE R C O M M U N ITIE S " WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER $ 1 .0 0 (plusGST) Municipal election has 64 candidates No m atter w ho wins or loses in the Nov. 10 municipal election, one thing is certain. Town Council will look very different on Nov. 11. Even if all the incum bents win reelection. at least six o f the 12 council lors on Town Council w ill be new faces. W hether it's the interest generated by issues such a s O akville's growth or the num ber o f vacancies created by depart ing councillors, com petition is fierce this election. U nlike the 2000 municipal election w hen acclam ations were plenti ful. there is only one acclam ation this tim e around -- Ward I Town C ouncillor Ralph Robinson. There are contests for every other position in the O akville and Halton R egional C o u n cils. Halton D istrict School Board and the Halton Catholic District School Board. Even the M ayor o f Oakville and C hair o f Halton are being challenged by m ore than one candidate. The registration deadline for the Nov. 10 municipal election was last Friday at 5 p.m. and some candidates w aited until the last day to announce their intentions. In total 64 candidates - for local, regional and school board seats - have registered to run on election day. The election ballot will even contain a question on whether voters support a ban on the use of pesticides on private property (excluding golf courses and farm s). Challenging M ulvale in her bid for a sixth term as mayor are Rob Burton, founder o f the C lear the Air Coalition, w ho announced he w as running last Jan u ary , and R ichard Serra o f Falgarw ood Drive. Besides picking the next mayor, vot ers will also choose one local councillor to serve on Tow n C ouncil, and a coun cillor to sit on both Town and Halton Regional Council. In W ard 1. the Regional Council seat is vacant because long-tim e councillor Kevin Flvnn is running as the Liberal candidate in the O akville riding in tom orrow 's provincial election. Trying to fill F lynn's shoes in a wide open race is a q u artet o f hopefuls including form er Halton District School Board trustee D rew ( uriah. M ike (S ee Full' p ag e A3) McGuinty wins over Loyola students By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF A lthough m any St. Ignatius o f Loyola Secondary School students are not old enough to vote, provincial Liberal leader Dalton M cGuinty made it clear to them Tuesday that they aa* valued in so m any w ays other than being able to cast a ballot. In O akville for the second lime in five days, M cGuinty w as the only m ajor party leader to accept the school's invi tation to appear and the first thing he did to win the students over w as jo k e that it elected hom ework would be banned in Ontario. "G ot your attention now !" he laughed. In strictly prac" Don't give tical term s. Me up your right G uinty explained that it is "enlightchange ened self-interest" the future." to have students do . Ontario w ell since a U bera, U lld e r healthy tuture for r. , O ntario depends on their success. M cG m nty "You have a lot to offer and Ontario needs you," he said. Especially valued. McGuinty contin ued, is students' idealism which, sadly, can often dissipate as young people grow older. "N o matter what anyone tells you. you have that to offer," he told the quiet and attentive crowd. (The only discord was a result o f M cGuinty's comment that his hometown O ttaw a Senators were the "best team.") To help ensure their future. McGuinty outlined his party's position on reducing class sizes and raising the drop-out age from 16 to 18. Currendy. he explained, 25 per cent o f students don't finish high school. "We need you to develop your poten tial," he said. For those students w ho are 18. McGuinty - who said only 25 per cent o f youdi aged 18 to 24 vote - impressed upon them the need to fill out a ballot on TTiursday. "D on't give up your right to change the future." said McGuinty. who later brought the house down when he threw (See McGuinty' page A4) f Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver O n ta rio L ib e ra l L e a d e r D alton M cG u in ty sp e ak s inform ally to St. Ig n atiu s o f Loyola Secondary School stu d e n ts while O ak v ille L ib e ra l c a n d id a te K evin F lynn, H alto n L ib eral ca n d id a te B a rb Sullivan an d M cG u in ty 's wife, T erri, look on fro m b ehind. Union tries to reverse refinery closure decision Editorials..................A6 Focus........................B1 Entertainment............Cl Classifieds................. C5 Homes........................C8 Best Wheels................D1 Sports.........................D4 I'jrlu l IVHvrrv [k*iun>\ Sumto Tbps, CMS, Sahution ,4mm S/tvp Factory. By Angela Blackburn ( ). \KVILLE BEAVER STAFF The union representing 140 o f the 350 people w ho will be out o f work when Petro C anada closes its O akville refinery in D ecem ber 2004 wants a review o f the plant closure decision. The C om m unications. Energy and Paperw orkers Union o f Canada (CEP) asked for a review last week in a legal sub mission filed with the N ational Energy Board (NEB). It was the NEB w hose ruling last sum m er paved the way for the plant closure. T hat's when the NEB decided to allow a reversal in the flow o f oil in the Trans-Northern Pipeline. That flow reversal will allow refined products to be brought to O ntario from M ontreal. It would also replace Alberta crude oil with product im ported from Europe, said Huget. The C E P has asked the NEB to review its decision and. in the interim, to stay the decision pending the outcom e o f a review. Now the union is waiting for a response. CEP adm inistrative vice-president Bob Huget said yester day he's hopeful o f a prom pt response based on the N E B 's history. Huget said the CEP w ants a review because it was never (See Refinery' page A8) SliV ks, Stan. H em eIkput. T h eIkiy. Sfm nwy(hnwi Spurt CMc. Bocultx Party PuckaffiT S V L C ( S u p p o r t Y o u r L o c a l C a n rte ri Cjnadan Putortcm Mail r-rsouc' AQretmn *05 Xi DELIVERY Ft'r h m e delivtn A c u u tw f u*nur call H 4 f-V 7 4 2M m .. Tan, < & Thun9am . -6pm. H ta f. AFn V o jn . -$/m orS a n /rd a *1 0am ·4p.m F orrm i \uincnpiunx. niliIV Q 5 1 S 4 5 -V 7 4 2< v itdncnheu rtlu wtt?H M n ira h iU ehtm rr.aim Q u a n titie s as lo w as 1000 6 $ 905-845-3824 FLYER DELIVERY Peter C. McCusker · O akville B eaver DON'T WASH THE SWEATER: W alter G retzky signs the O akville H ornets hockey sw eater of Daniela Paniccia. while sister Nicole, N atndsha F ryer, D arcy Breaky. 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