Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.brantflorist.com/ob 905.639.7001 www.dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 www.carstaroakville.com 905-8457579 547 Trafalgar Rd. Beaver Trails 12 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 52 No. 110 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 24 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Oakville woman has stunt-racing charge tossed Ian Marlow TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Bronte Rocks An Oakville grandmother has won an unprecedented court victory against Ontario's relatively new stunt racing law. An Ontario court judge in Napanee has ruled a section of the province's stunt racing law is unconstitutional because it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. On Sept. 4, Justice G. J. Griffin overturned an earlier guilty verdict on Jane Raham, 62, who was caught doing more than 50 kmh over the posted limit of 80 kmh on a stretch of Hwy. 7, near Kaladar. At the time, Raham was overtaking a truck. She had taken Hwy. 7 -- on her way from Kanata, near Ottawa, where her daughter had recently given birth, to her home in Oakville -- because she was afraid of all the trucks on Hwy. 401. "If one were asked to describe a stunt driver, the appellant would not immediately spring to mind," the judge wrote. Reckless street racers will still be charged and convicted under the stunt racing laws, but convicting someone on excessive speed alone -- as in Raham's case -- is now considered unconstitutional, More health staff needed to give H1N1 flu shots By Tim Foran METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUP RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER WIND IN THEIR SAILS: The 10th Anniversary Bronte Rocks Regatta was held last weekend with more than 81 boats competing in five races over two days.A complete list of the winners can be found at www.bronterocks.com. Halton Region needs more staff to give hundreds of thousands of H1N1 flu shots to residents this fall, according to Halton's medical officer of health. Dr. Bob Nosal told "We need to plan for regional council's health committee the worst and hope Tuesday the health for the best." department intends to ramp up its staff levels Halton Regional in order to deliver an Chair Gary Carr expected 200,000-plus vaccinations against pandemic H1N1 influenza later this year. Nosal said the public health department will be hiring nurses on contract, shifting existing staff from health promotion programs, and has asked two recently retired supervisors in communicable diseases to return to work. "We've got a good team working on this," said Nosal during an overview of his department's planned response to the expected return of H1N1 this fall and winter. Who will pay for the health department's response to H1N1 is still up in the air, as regional staff are waiting for details on funding to be released by the Province's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr, also the chair of Halton's Board of Health, said he has asked the health department to notify him and council if it requires any further resources. "We need to plan for the worst and hope for the best," said Carr. See Judge page 3 See Region page 9 DORVAL DRIVE I WYECROFT RD. SPEERS RD. BETWEEN KERR & DOR AL TWEEN ORVAL YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS! · www.lockwoodchrysler.com Celebrating 25 years in Oakville KERR ST. TRAFALGAR R 175 WYECROFT RD. OAKVILLE 905.845.6653 QEW