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Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun -7° -12° -9° -14° -3° -11° -3° -9° Busy, busy beavers Page 22 Bair `zips' to Golden Globes Artscene www.insidehalton.com 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Friday, January 9, 2015 | 48 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax It's so-ooo cold Crime Stoppers takes on drug trade in 2015 Waging war on drugs by Kathy Yanchus Metroland West Media January has blasted into town bringing temperatures so bitterly cold mid-week that the mercury was dipping to near the -30C mark with windchill factored into the wintry equation. Oakville was set to pick up several centimetres of snow Thursday night with blustery winds and continuing dangerously cold temperatures into the weekend. It has combined to paint a bleak, but beatiful, tableau, pictured here, at the Oakville Harbour of Lake Ontario. | photo by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog Drug enforcement is the focus for Crime Stoppers of Halton in 2015. A poster depicting the theme -- featuring two hands swapping drugs for money with the message: "See this going down? Let us know" -- was unveiled during Drugs really are at the the group's open house heart of so much in Monday night at Halton Regional Centre. our community, as far Crime Stoppers is an as crime, impact to international, commufamilies, and sadly, the nity volunteer organizadevastation that comes tion which allows the from them. public to anonymously give police information about a crime. Deputy Chief Andrew Fletcher "Drugs really are at Halton Regional Police the heart of so much in our community as far as crime, impact to families, and sadly, the devastation that comes from them," said Halton Regional Police Deputy Chief Andrew Fletcher, one of several guest speakers at the theme launch, who applauded the local organization for taking on the drug enforcement theme. see Prescription on p.3 Winter Sale STOREWIDE SAVINGS ON 4 FLOORS OF HOME FURNISHINGS Furniture & Home Decor 217 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville · 905.844.3530 www.swissinteriors.com