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39 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,S eptem ber 5,2019 insidehalton.com 1276 Cornwall Road, Unit C, Oakville Ontario, L6J 7W5 T: 905-845-0767 • F: 905-845-5552 • www.haxelllaw.com • lawyers@haxelllaw.com Personal Professional Service at Competitive Rates Buying? Selling? Re Call us for a quote at 905-845-0767 ext. 223Jameson Glas GOLDGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOLDLDGOLDLDLDLDLDLD 905-845-0767 ext. 223Jameson Glas Canadian journalist, author and producer Steve Paikin will serve as the keynote speaker at the Oakville Chamber of Com- merce's 65th Annual Chair's Dinner on Wednes- day, Sept. 25. The event will be held at the Oakville Conference Centre at 2515 Wyecroft Rd., and begin at 5 p.m., with a networking recep- tion, followed by the din- ner gala at 6 p.m. Paikin has held report- ing jobs in private radio and print media and is best known as the face of TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Since joining TVO in 1992 Paikin has produced several feature documen- taries and has sat in the anchor chair for more than two decades. "The chamber is pleased to welcome Steve Paikin as the keynote speaker at the 65th Annual Chair's Dinner," said Drew Redden, president and CEO of the Oakville Cham- ber of Commerce. "Paikin is a leading me- dia figure on the Canadian political landscape - an au- thor of four books on Cana- dian politics and has mod- erated six federal and pro- vincial election leaders de- bates. It is fitting that we are hosting him prior to the 2019 federal election. We look forward to hear-We look forward to hear-W ing Steve Paikin's insights on the election and hear- ing stories from his nota- ble journalism career." The Oakville Chamber of Commerce will also in- troduce their 2019/2020 chair of the board and board of directors to the community at this formal event which includes a raf- fle.fle.f Residents can register for the 65th Annual Chair'sfor the 65th Annual Chair'sf Dinner online at oakville- chamber.com, by emailing info@oakvillecham- ber.com or by calling the chamber at 905-845-6613. Tickets are $135 for Oakville Chamber mem- bers and $175 for non- members. Tables of eight are available at a discountedavailable at a discounteda rate. CANADIAN JOURNALIST HOSTING OAKVILLE CHAIR'S DINNER Five YMCA of Oakville youth employees will eachyouth employees will eachy receive up to $5,000 for post- secondary education after being selected as recipients of the 2019 Peter Gilgan Leadership Award. The award, which was an- nounced Aug. 19, is present- ed each year to recognize the passion, dedication and lead- ership of exemplary YMCA of Oakville youth employees who have made notable con- tributions to the YMCA and the Oakville community. YMCA staff said the award recipients are philan-award recipients are philan-a thropy leaders who have giv- en generously of their time to impact the lives of those around them. Through the Peter Gilgan Foundation, five bursaryFoundation, five bursaryF awards of up to $5,000 areawards of up to $5,000 area presented annually to select- ed youth staff to assist them with their post-secondary education costs. "At the YMCA of Oak- ville, we know the power of our youth. We see it every day in the way they contrib- ute to the YMCA and our community," said Kyle Bar- ber, president and CEO of the YMCA of Oakville. "We are grateful to Peter and the foundation for con- tinuing to provide this in- credible bursary program for our youth staff."for our youth staff."f The 2019 award recipients are: • Jasmine Bhullar, who will be attending the Univer- sity of Guelph • Marie-Carmen Loyo-La- bastida, who will be attend- ing the University of Toron- to • Randee Martin, who will be attending Ryerson Uni- versity • Elisa Garcia-Casanova, who will be attending Wil- frid Laurier Universityfrid Laurier Universityf • Amal Khan, who will be attending McMaster Univer- sity. YMCA staff said the Peter Gilgan Leadership Award was created when Gilgan at- tended the YMCA to take swimming lessons. They said it was there that he met Michelle Ng, 22, his swimming instructor and a highly dedicated com- munity volunteer and stu- dent. Gilgan said he was so im- pressed with Ng's passion for success that he wanted to find a way to honour thatfind a way to honour thatf passion and support promis- ing young leaders in the community. For more informationFor more informationF visit ymcaofoakville.org. YMCA YOUTH WORKERS EARN LEADERSHIP AWARDS Recipients of the 2019 Peter Gilgan Leadership Award (left to right) Randee Martin, Marie-Carmen Loyo-Labastida, Jasmine Bhullar, Elisa Garcia-Casanova and Amal Khan. YMCA of Oakville photo NEWS