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Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon 23° 13° 19° 14° 23° 14° 22° 15° A drone in Oakville's forests Page 16 www.insidehalton.com 50OFF % Details Detailson onpage page XX. 9. CLEARANCE dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Friday, September 11, 2015 | 64 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Marijuana clinic closed and moving to Burlington by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Oakville rallies for Syrians Residents' associations still assessing Downtown Plan by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff A Canadian Cannabis Clinic (CCC), which opened in Oakville earlier this summer, only enjoyed a few weeks of business before bowing to pressure to move. The facility opened in the Dundas Street and Bronte Road area on June 4 providing assessments and referrals to patients so they could order medicinal marijuana. The organization's director and general counsel, Ronan Levy, said this practice did not sit well with the facility's landlord. "The landlord was concerned about the operation of a cannabis clinic in the building," said Levy. "We were partnered with a local doctor, so it was his lease and he was seeing patients on our behalf. They were simply not comfortable with that." Levy emphasized the clinic was not a dispensary and, as such, there was never any actual marijuana on site. see Patients on p.5 Sandra Onufryk, right, speaks to a large group of people who gathered at Towne Square Wednesday evening for a peaceful demonstration to protest the processing time for Syrian refugees, claiming it is too long and urging the federal government to allow more refugees into Canada. Pictured at back, Daniela Jansson, holds a placard expressing the sentiment. For story, see p.10. | photo by Jayson Mills - special to the Beaver While the Town is showing plenty of enthusiasm about the future of the Downtown Oakville Cultural Hub (DCH), Oakville's major residents' associations are remaining silent on the issue -- at least for now. In June, the Town unveiled its preferred option for the downtown, which would see the library and Oakville Galleries, at Lakeshore Road and Navy Street, move to the former Post Of ce site at 193 Church St., where a full gallery and digital library would be offered. The entire area currently occupied by the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts and Oakville Public Library, would be redeveloped with the performing arts centre taking the library's current location. Mayor Rob Burton The redeveloped performing arts centre would result in a new 750-seat main theatre, new 325-seat secondary theatre, new lobby, new restaurant/lounge, new space for meetings/conferences, and new cultural innovation and program space. see Town on p.3 LEARN MORE. DO MORE. GIVE MORE. Oakville's 2015 is coming on October 6th. Request a copy here theocf.org/vitalsigns.