Ask us about www.carstaroakville.com 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. bleaching for new patients FREE 905-842-6030 90 dentistoakville.com den SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Sports www.chisholmacademy.com THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012 32 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) Academic Difficulties? New for September Grades 7 and 8 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 77 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" Visit kickstarts the revamping of childcare By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF On the eve of the last day of school, Ontario's Minister of Education Laurel Broten stopped by an Oakville school yesterday morning to promote a new discussion paper on modernizing childcare in the province. The provincial government is releasing its Modernizing Child Care in Ontario discussion paper to help begin a conversation aimed at moving Ontario toward a high-quality, accessible and co-ordinated early learning and care system for all children. A low-key visit by Broten to St. Luke's Catholic Elementary School with Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn was nevertheless aimed at raising awareness about Laurel Broten the discussion paper. Through it, the ministry is seeking input from the childcare sector and families that will guide the modernization of childcare so it works effectively with full-day kindergarten (FDK). FDK is scheduled to be fully implemented by the 2014-15 school year. A ministry press release states Premier Dalton McGuinty's government plans to create a more integrated early learning and childcare system to ensure children get the best start possible. According to the ministry, all four and five year olds in Ontario will have access to FDK, which will save families up to $6,500 per child, per year on childcare costs. In 2012-13, the province is investing an additional $90 million to modernize the existing childcare sector. To read the discussion paper or to make comments, visit the ministry's website at www.edu.gov.on.ca. travel arrangements: Nearly 900 geese have been rounded up in Oakville and transported to a conservation area in Aylmer, Ontario where their droppings will not be an annoyance until their molted feathers regrow and they are able to fly again. Diane Harty / special to the beaver Canada Geese moved out of Oakville By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF If it seems like Oakville's parks have significantly fewer Canada Geese in them, there's a reason for it -- it does. The Town of Oakville's Parks and Open Space Department implemented its annual goose relocation program, last Wednesday -- sending 865 of the waterfowl to a conservation area in Aylmer, Ont. The Town's Director of Parks and Open Space Chris Mark said the action is successful in removing the bulk of the birds along Oakville's waterfront for the summer months when residents want to use the town's parks the most. "The bird poop and the overall volume of geese that we have in our parks conflicts with the residents who want to use our parks," said Mark. "Prior to the roundup, we are sweeping the parks (for goose droppings) two or three times a week, we're hosing down pathways two or three times a week, we're hosing down our docks in our harbours every other See Geese page 3