www.oakvilleshops.com 1011 Upper Middle Road E. 905-849-4722 Relax and Let our Licensed Staff Look After All the Government Paper Work, So You Dont Have To! Excellent Financing and Great Terms. Maintenance Specials on NOW! 905-844-2949 A1 Air Conditioning & Heating OAKVILLES REBATE EXPERTS! Thank You for your Votes! Diamond Award Winners Best Air Conditioning/Heating 56 Pages $1.00 (plus tax)A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 49 No. 103 USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 Seeing double in Twinsburg Page 7SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ONTARIOS TOP NEWSPAPER - 2005-2008 ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER GOODBYE JACK: Former Oakville NDP federal candidate James Ede shares his memories of Jack Layton during a candlelight memorial service for the former national NDP leader at Centennial Square on Friday night. By Nathan Howes OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Red, blue, green or orange it didnt matter what political colour people wore, Jack Layton touched the lives of many Canadians and knew how to bring them together. This was evident Friday night when close to 50 people showed up at Centennial Square to pay tribute to the 61-year-old politician who passed away Aug. 22 after a second battle with cancer. Among those in attendance were Mayor Rob Burton and former Oakville mayor Ann Mulvale, along with Oakville MP Terence Young and Oakville provincial NDP candidate Leslie Sprague and former Oakville federal NDP can- didate James Ede. I was very upset on Monday when I heard the news, and Jack being a person who influ- enced me greatly, meant a lot to me and judg- ing by the numbers here, I think I wasnt the only person who was influenced by Jack, said Ede, who organized the memorial for the fallen leader. He lived a very productive and ener- getic life in politics. Ede considers himself lucky to have met Layton a few times. He first met Layton last year in Toronto during a reception for all of the Ontario NDP federal candidates. Oakville vigil pays tribute to Jack Layton See Vigil page 3 The Oakville Chamber of Commerce is hosting a pair of pro- vincial candidate meetings on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The evening event will include both the Halton and the Oakville candidates. The Halton debate will run from 6 to 7:20 p.m. The Oakville meeting will run from 7:40 to 9 p.m. We are pleased to host this meet- ing and give the candidates the opportunity to publicly discuss their positions on key topics, notes Mark Brown, Chair of the Board for the Oakville Chamber. The meeting is at the Operating Engineers Hall, located at 2245 Speers Rd. No RSVP is required and attendance is free. Doors open at 6 p.m. Questions for the candidates can be submitted to the Oakville Chamber of Commerce for consider- ation. Questions can be mailed to 2521 Wyecroft Rd., Oakville, ON, L6L 6P8, by fax to 905-845-6475 or by email to: info@oakvillechamber. com. Put MEETING in the subject line. Question cards will also be distributed at the event. The provincial election is on Thursday, Oct. 6 and the campaign officially begins Wednesday, Sept. 7. Chamber hosts candidates debate Sept. 13 905.691.4455 www.shuttersetc.ca SHUTTERS ETC. g y Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed Serving Oakville with Shop at Home Service Wood & Vinyl Shutters, Supplied & Installed Hi h Qualit at Affordable Prices CALIFORNIA & PLANTATION SHUTTERS Authorized Eclipse Shutters Dealer FREE Shop at Home Service