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9 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,June 18,2020 insidehalton.com DE RANGO PHARMACY INC 2501 Third Line | 905-465-3000 Open 24 hours | 7 Days a Week DE RANGO PHARMACY INC 478 Dundas Street West | 905-257-9737 Canada Post www.shoppersdrugmart.ca Fabio De Rango Pharmacist/Owner Voted Oakville's Favourite Pharmacist & Pharmacy • Patient Counselling • Complete Diabetic Care • Home Visits • Consultations • Free RX Delivery • Patient Counselling • Complete Diabetic Care • Home Visits • Pharmacogenetics • Free RX Delivery An Award Winning Oakville Pharmacy PLATINUMWINNER Pharmacist - Fabio De Rango Drug Store/ Pharmacy Open 24 hours | 7 Days a Week Thank You to the Oakville community for so generously supporting the efforts of the volunteers of Fare Share Food Bank in providing support to those in need during this challenging time. The number of households receiving support from Fare Share has increased by 60 % from 400 to 650 over the past 3 months Your support has been outstanding, you make us proud to call Oakville home Fare Share Food Bank Oakville Inc. #6-1240 Speers Road Oakville, Ontario L6L 2X4 Paid for by the volunteers at Fare Share Food Bank Oakville Inc. FARE SHARE FOOD BANK OAKVILLE INC; 1200 Speers Rd., Unit 12, Oakville, Ont. L6L 2X4 (905) 845 - 1408 | Fax (905) 845 - 5931 | ricky@rickywong.ca Ricky Wong CPA, CA, MBA, B. Eng Ricky WongRicky Wong DIAMONDDIDIDIDIDIAMAMAMAMAMONONDIAMONDONDIAMONDONDIAMONDONDIAMONDONDIAMONDONDIAMONDONONONONONDDD DIAMONDDIDIDIAMONDDIDIAMONDDIDIDIDIAMAMAMAMAMONONONONONONONDDDD Voted Best Accountant by Oakville Beaver Readersoted Best Accountant by Oakville Beaver ReadersVoted Best Accountant by Oakville Beaver ReadersV for 11 Consecutive Years For more information please check our website www.rickywong.ca •Accounting •Auditing • Taxation It's about trust. Our re-It's about trust. Our re-I lationship with our read- ers is built on transparen- cy, honesty and integrity.cy, honesty and integrity.c As such, we have launched a trust initiative to tell you who we are and how and why we do what we do. This article is part of thatThis article is part of thatT project. The outrage evoked by the unjust death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by police in the United States, has made us painfully aware we have work to do here when it comes to racism. As media we have an important role to play in sparking change. I have joined Torstar's editorial leaders in endors- ing seven calls to action from the Canadian Jour-from the Canadian Jour-f nalists of Colour (CJOC ) and Canadian Association of Black Journalists (CABJ), found here: https://www.cjoc.net/ white-paper. We recognize the needWe recognize the needW to build diverse teams and provide news cover- age that includes a vari- ety of voices to tackle is- sues that fully represent our diverse communi- ties. These actions will make us a better, more fair organization to workfair organization to workf for and produce betterfor and produce betterf journalism. Journalists in our newsrooms, including this one, will be invited to join us in this endeavour. We are working quick-We are working quick-W ly to answer the call to ac- tion, namely: 1. We are committing to an internal, voluntary demographics survey on an ongoing basis. 2. We recognize the need for a more diverse news team and commit to establishing recruitment initiatives and hiring practices to make that happen. 3. We are committed to identifying and develop- ing talented journalists of colour in our news- rooms. 4. We will set up com- munity advisory boards to meet and work with us regularly. 5. We will take part in representation training and workshops to hone our skills as journalists. 6. We are looking at scholarship possibilities. 7. We will be seeking insight on best practices in how to work with our friends in education tofriends in education tof ensure diversity and in- clusion in journalism schools. It takes a community to make a difference. We encourage you to look around your workplace, school, neighbourhood and dinner table to deter- mine what you can do to drive change. It will not be easy and it will take all of us to make a difference. But it's the right thing to do. Joanne Burghardt is the director of content for Torstar's community news brands of which we are a part. She has been a journalist for 40 years. We welcome your questions and value your comments. Email our trust commit- tee at trust@metro- land.com. TORSTAR RESPONDS TO CALLS TO END RACISM OPINION MEDIA HAS ROLE IN SPARKING CHANGE, JOANNE BURGHARDT WRITES JOANNE BURGHARDT Column President of Invisible Fence Golden Horseshoe Sandy Montgomery makes a donation of 12 pet oxygen mark kits to Oakville Fire Department Asst. Chief Training Officer Shawn Matheson and his training dog Sofi. Invisible Fence has donated more than 23,500 kits to fire stations across Canada. Terry Montgomery photo DOG-GONE GENEROUS