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Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 21° 13° 19° 6° 11° 1° 11° 2° Spotlight Nicklaus on Glen Abbey Suzuki speaks to Sheridan Page 5 www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, November 5, 2015 | 56 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Veterans honoured at luncheon by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff Every Remembrance Day, Gerald Walters feels the patriotism that runs through his blood. The Korean War veteran was among more than 700 guests, mostly veterans from across the GTA, who gathered at Oakville Conference Centre Monday for the 14th annual Veterans' Appreciation Breakfast. He's been attending the event, hosted this year by Access Abilities (previously called MediChair), annually over the last 12 years because it gives him a chance to pause and honour those who fought for the peace and freedom Canadians enjoy today. "It just makes you feel good," said Walters. The veteran comes from a long line of military men whose service began when his great, great grandfather served in the British Army. "One uncle was killed in the Second World War and my father was wounded in the First World War," said Walter, a long-time Oakville resident who now calls Burlington home, clad in a jacket proudly see Veterans on p.3 Deal reached with public elementary teachers by Tim Whitnell Metroland West Media Group The 14th annual Veterans Luncheon brought together veterans of the Second World War, the Korean War and current members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Pictured, Second World War veteran of the British Tank Corps James Glenville, 94. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Ontario's public elementary teachers agreed Monday to a tentative contract at the central bargaining table with the provincial government and the public school boards' association. The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has told its members to suspend work-to-rule action in light of a tentative agreement that has been reached with the Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) and the government. ETFO members have been without a contract since Aug. 31, 2014. ETFO represents 78,000 elementary public school teachers, occasional teachers and education professionals including about 2,900 in the Halton public board. "This round of bargaining has been exceptionally lengthy and dif cult but in the end we achieved a tentative agreement that ETFO believes is fair and meets the needs of our members," ETFO President Sam Hammond said in a press release late Monday afternoon. An ETFO all-member vote on the tentative agreement among teachers and occasional teachers will be conducted, with the results expected in mid-November. see Rati cation on p.15