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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, D ec em be r 19 ,2 01 9 | 42 Gary Carr Regional Chair On behalf of Halton Regional Council, I would like to wish everyone a safe, healthy and happy holiday season! Essential Regional services will remain available over the holidays. Some public facilities will be closed from 4:30 p.m. on Monday, December 23 until 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 2. For assistance, please visit halton.ca, use our OneHalton app or call 311. Thank you for keeping our community a great place to live, work, raise a family and retire--enjoy your celebrations with family and friends! Oakville ChristmasDay andNewYear'sDay Householdwaste collectionnotice Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday December 22 23December 22 23December 22 23 24 Christmas Day 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NewYear's Day January 1 2January 1 2January 1 2 3 4 Waste collection calendar Reminder: The 2020-2021HaltonRegionGuideandWasteCollectionCalendarwill be delivered bymail at the end of January 2020. Stay up to date on your curbside collection information. Visit halton.ca/waste or download the OneHalton app to: • view your waste collection schedule online; • sign up for weekly collection reminders by email, Twitter or phone; • use the PutWaste in its Place sorting tool; • access HaltonWaste Management Site information; or • print a one-page collection calendar. 1 21 91 9 Please note collection day changes: HaltonWasteManagement Site Please place yourwaste at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled holiday collection day. Regular operatinghours Monday to Saturday I 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 5400 Regional Road 25,Milton ClosedWednesday,December 25, 2019 andWednesday, January 1, 2020 Garbage tag exemption Your first garbage collection day afterYour first garbage collection day afterY Christmas Day (December 25) does not require garbage tags. The six garbagebag/ can limit still applies. Christmas tree collection AreasAandB : Place Christmas trees at the curb for collection onTuesday, January 7 and 14. Areas C andD : Place Christmas trees at the curb for collection on Friday, January 10 and 17. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Meetings at Halton Region, 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, L6M 3L1 Visit halton.ca for full schedule.for full schedule.f Jan 15 9:30 a.m. Regional Council Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. Areas C & D Collection moves Areas C & D Collection moves Areas A & B No change Areas A & B No change A young woman remains fear- ful of being out in public after sheful of being out in public after shef said she was controlled by an Oak- ville man and "self-declared pimp" who punched her, pulled her hair, choked her, knocked her down and kicked her while leaving her with crushing debt in a terrible case of human trafficking. Easton Leduc, now 28, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison af- ter being convicted by a jury of hu- man trafficking, assault causing bodily harm and a number of fire- arm offences, according to court documents. The woman, who was 20 when she was recruited by Leduc and his team back in early 2015, testified that he started out as a "nice" young man and even paid for her flight from Montreal to Toronto af-flight from Montreal to Toronto af-f ter she expressed an interest in bartending and dancing, court heard. The woman stayed in Oakville and began making as much as $6,000 a week dancing, court heard, before she started perform- ing sexual services for men. But, suddenly Leduc's personality changed and he began to threaten her when she questioned some of the services she was being asked to perform. "He began to threaten her. He said he would knock her teeth out. She should not play around with him or he would beat her up," Jus- tice Alfred J. O'Marra said in his recent ruling. On several occasions, Leduc would beat her up, "pulling her hair, slapping her face, choking her, punching and kicking her. He also threatened her by stating that he would break her teeth," accord- ing to the ruling. "She stated that as a result of the nightmare she experienced as a victim of human trafficking and assault it changed her as a person," O'Marra said. "She was once joyful and confident, but as a result of her nightmare she has become ex- tremely anxious and fearful all the time." The woman testified Leduc left her in debt that exceeded $30,000 after promising her money and keeping it for himself. "I am terrified to be out in pub- lic because I was conditioned and told someone would come and find and hurt me if I ever ran off or went to the police," the young woman told the court. Leduc, along with Sewa Lacle and Jahmani Brown were found guilty of being in a criminal orga- nization, and conspiracy to pos- sess firearms offences on a multi- count indictment after a trial by ju- ry on May 28, 2019. Leduc was also found guilty of human traffickingfound guilty of human traffickingf and assault causing bodily harm. The trio was arrested as part of a large, multi-jurisdictional sweep relating to guns and gangs. The Crown's case against the accused was established largely through hundreds of hours of judi- cially authorized intercepted tele- phone calls and text messages in- volving the offenders and others recorded between February and June 2016, court heard. June 2016, court heard. J Leduc received a sentence of 12 years, while Lacle and Brown got seven years and 2.5 years respec- tively. CRIME OAKVILLE PIMP JAILED 12 YEARS MAN ARRESTED AS PART OF A LARGE SWEEP RELATED TO GUNS, DRUGS AND GANGS LOUIE ROSELLA lrosella@metroland.com Newsletter Sign up for our newsletter at insidehalton.com /newsletter