kf for f Peace Do business with China and India YMCA Breakfast Oakville O k ill business b i owners are invited i it d t to a seminar on Global Trade, which will be hosted by Oakville MP Terence Young, at the 590 Argus Rd., Holiday Inn tomorrow (Friday). Ned Nedungadi of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) will serve as the featured speaker for the event, which will focus on how to do business with China and India. "Our government has already signed nine trade deals and we are working on another 50, including trade with India and China," said Young. "I have sponsored this seminar so that l l business local b i owners can h hear h how t to pursue or expand business opportunities across the world. The federal government can be a tremendous resource to business in many ways. Exporting business products is a key one." Nedungadi will discuss the difference between Outsourcing and Smart Sourcing and how other government agencies and crown corporations can help entrepreneurs to become global. The seminar will be held in the Holiday Inn's Lord Nelson Room with the event running 7:45-9 a.m. The YMCA of Oakville will recognize individuals dedicated to building peace locally or internationally at a breakfast event at its facility. The YMCA Community Breakfast for Peace will take place Friday, Nov. 25. The breakfast will feature a keynote speech by Michel Chikwanine, a former child soldier born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The speaker grew up witnessing and living the terror of the Great War of Africa and is now a speaker for Me to We. The event will run from 7-9:30 a.m. at the Peter Gilgan Family YMCA, located at 410 Rebecca St. For more information, visit www.ymcaofoakville.com. WE'RE MOVING ON DECEMBER 1ST 19 · Thursday, November 17, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com UPSTAIRS PRESENTED BY THE CANADIAN BALLET YOUTH ENSEMBLE The National Ballet of Cuba DECEMBER 9 - 10, HAMILTON PLACE Special appearance by Veronica Tennant with the Tauck Bridges family itineraries embody the company's philosophy of "shared excitement", with each trip crafted so family members of all generations can experience the bonding, or "bridges", that result when fun and learning provided by travel are enjoyed together. The approach, unlike cruise ships and all-inclusive resorts that emphasize kids-only facilities and activities, activities has been the guiding principal behind Ta Tauck uck Bridges. Bridges The Bridges trips are notable for being virtually allinclusive, and for the high degree of advance planning and on-site "do-it-all-for-you" service that Tauck provides, leaving families free to relax and get the most out of their time together. Tauck Bridges journeys average 40 guests, ages 8 and over, and each is led by an experienced, professionally-trained Tauck Director who handles all day-to-day details. Special Tauck Bridges experiences for 2012 will include having Elizabeth von Trapp join guests onboard the 04AUG11 departure of Tauck's "Blue Danube: Family Riverboat Adventure" on the ms Swiss Jewel. The company has added a special scavenger hunt at the Louvre, cycling through London's Royal Parks and a `Spy Walk" on the "Castles & Kings" itinerary to London and Paris. A chocolate factory visit for a tasting, a demonstration in the art of chocolate making, and lunch on Tauck's "Costa Rica; Jungles & Rainforests" adventure. Accommodations at the Le Parker Meridian hotel, just three blocks from Central Park, on the "Family Fun In The Big Apple" tour of New York City. 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