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C C N A BETTER NEWSPAPERS COMPETITION 2 0 0 0 w w w .oak villeb eaver.com Halton all-star Why dogs bite & < # hoops battles (and why they don't) M e rc e d e s-B e n z , S p o r t s F o c u s For the finest in CUSTOM UPHOLSTERING call Baier's. M a k e r s o f f in e u p h o ls te r e d f u r n itu r e . 2333 W y e c ro n R o a d I n k 7 Q V T - ) £ 0 i (between Bronte& T h iid Line) Q L !m m0 0 1 A Metroland Publication Vol. 39 No. 37 ________ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,2001_____________________ /5 Cents R e s id e n t s oppose D o r v a l Dr. tru c k r o u te T o w n h a s b o u g h t f o r 4 o f 6 m um n o t h o u s e s n e e d e d r o a d By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Dorval Drive area residents don't care how many lanes Dorval Drive should be between Rebecca Street and Lakeshore Road West -- as the main truck route to down town Oakville. They don't want a truck route at all on what's now known as Margaret Drive. "I really hate it. I really want to see the issue (Dorval Drive as a truck route) revisited," said Lakeshore resident Russ Little at a three-hour public information meeting Monday night. The St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School meeting was the third public session held since last year on how the new road should look. The issue is now headed to Towr Council on May 22. (S e e `R oute' p age A 8) Senior dies in high-rise blaze A 65-year-old Oakville woman died in a fire on the top floor of a senior's apartment complex on Stewart Street, Saturday. According to Halton Regional Police, the victim, Christina Hughes, was alone in the apartment at the time of the fire. Deputy Fire Chief John de Hooge said the fire department responded to a 911 call from 17 Stewart St. around 11 a.m. and found smoke emanating from a unit on the 11th floor. Firefighters the apartment v `d liscovered a woman unconscious on the floor. She was removed to a staging area estab lished two floors down where she received treatment before being transferred to Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The fire was confined to a couch in the apartment and was doused by a hand-held extinguisher. The floor was evacuated to ensure the safety of other residents. The blaze caused between $20,000 and $25,000 in damages. Ti`e Halton Regional Police and the Ontrario Fire M arshal's Office are conducting an investigation. M o t h e r a s fire & d a u g h t e r th e ir r e s c u e d v e h ic le e n g u lfs A woman and her child were rescued from a burning car by the quick-acting witnesses of a three-car collision in rural north Oakville late Monday afternoon. The woman and her child received only minor injuries thanks to the action;, of the witnesses who were not involved in the collision. Their car, a Peugeot, was destroyed by fire after colliding head-on with a Hyundai on Bumhamthorpe Road. The driver of the Hyundai was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. "When you see the aftermath, it is quite amazing to see people walk out of there with the injuries they did," said investigating officer Detective Constable Rick Romaniuk. The accident occurred at 4:10 p.m. on Bumhamthorpe Road between Trafalgar Road and the Ninth Line. Police report a westbound Peugeot crossed over the cen tre line and struck two eastbound vehicles. The Peugeot sideswiped a Honda before colliding head-on with an oncoming Hyundai. None of the sustained injuries were life-threatening. Police are continuing an investigation and are asking any witnesses to call Detective Constable Rick Romaniuk at 825-4747, ext. 5108. W a r c a n b e p o s itiv e , f e w . 4 s tu d e n ts jo u r n a lis t te lls By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Don't be depressed by war on the evening news. It actual ly spells good news, says veteran journalist Gwynne Dyer. The London, England resident is a syndicated national affairs columnist whose opin ions frequent the Globe & Mail. Educated in Canada, the United States and Britain, Dyer, 57, has worked for radio, television, the print media, and produced the seven-part. War, for the National Film Board of Canada. Monday, Dyer opened a student conference at Iroquois Ridge Secondary School 1 * 0 Unmasking Reality: Media Photo by Barrie Erskine Reveals Canada's Global G w ynne Dyer: w ar can be Role. The conference was a good news for dem ocracy collaborative effort between Iroquois Ridge and St. Mildred Lightboum's School. Dyer responded to the challenge: Is the global scene a media-generated illusion? "We must have the media and we must not trust the media," said the seasoned journalist. Despite pressures to put a "spin " on a story or adhere to a media baron's viewpoint, Dyer said the media is rarely in business to give false information. (S e e `Journalist' p age A2) Photos by Barrie Erskine Em ergency M edical Services personnel (top) w ork on victim of fire in Stew art S treet ap artm en ts. T he fire took place in a top-floor unit, circled in photo to the right a n d enlarged above. T e e n a f t e r c o n t in u e d t e s t s w it h m e d ic a t io n w r o n g f o u n d n o th in g By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Vanessa Young continued using the drug linked to killing her even after tests ruled out the reason for which she was prescribed Prepulsid in the first place. Gastro-interologist Dr. Helena Lau testified Tuesday during the inquest into Young's death, that a test performed at McMaster Health Sciences Centre found no physical problem to explain the 15year old's symptoms of vomiting and bloating. Dr. Lau then said she suggested to Young family physi cian Dr. Ron Mittler that "behaviour modification" under a psychiatrist's care would be in order. Young family attorney Gary Will asked Dr. Lau why, if the test ruled out a physical problem, was Young still taking Prepulsid. Dr. Lau - who said she is "reluctant to change therapy" that seemed benefi cial - explained that this decision would be up to a psychiatrist. Asked by Will whether a placebo could have had the same effect on Young as Prepulsid, Dr. Lau said yes, but qualified her answer by saying that Young might have had a physical problem she "did not know about" that was indeed helped by Prepulsid. (S e e `P hysician' page A 2) today'spaper Automotive. Sports__ H o m e d e iv e r y :L a s e r M .tomtom OaMe, CWC. T h e S a y ,fM.eeC/w w ,H o m e Depot D r .Green, S im ia n N u r s e r ie s ,L a k e s h o r e P la c e , A utoP a r k ,F u t u r e S h o p ,L a n s in g B u U a l,W h ile R o s e Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435-201 P eter Watson I N V h S T M E N T S Dr. Otto Weiglein B.Sc., M.O. 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