Meet Oakville riding candidates Pages 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 Page 11 An eye on spring gardening www.insidehalton.com Erin Park YOURSELF INTO The family business that service built. NORMAN KARKADA 905-828-7727 EXT.333 norman@erinparklexus.com CHECK OUR AD ON THE BACK PAGE 905.845.1681 410 South Service Rd. W. Oakville Stay Connected! Wednesday, May 21, 2014 | 52 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Wed Thu Fri Sat 18° 10° 17° 12° 17° 10° 19° 10° Family rejoices as son fights off leukemia by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Deck project led to spontaneous combustion re on Holyrood Ave. by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff `Cancer does not live here anymore. I beat it.' These triumphant words were written on a banner at Hopedale Presbyterian Church where residents gathered for a very special party Thursday to celebrate four-year-old Matthew Foster's nal chemotherapy treatment. The youngster, who loves re trucks and Buzz Lightyear, was diagnosed with leukemia April 20, 2012. He has since come out on the winning side of his battle with the cancer -- he is now in remission. "I'm overjoyed," said Sean Foster, Matthew's father and Hopedale Presbyterian Church Pastor. "We're just celebrating the end. He's beaten cancer." Matthew's mother Bonnie echoed these remarks and said her son was a very brave patient throughout his 25 months of treatment. see Family on p.4 Matthew Foster, 4, has just completed his last chemotherapy to battle leukemia. A celebration party was held in the parking lot of Hopedale Presbyterian Church, complete with a visit from local re ghters and a re truck. Above, Matthew gets comfort and reassurance from his mom, Bonnie, as even the effects of a chemo treatment earlier in the day and rain could not dampen the signi cance of the event. | photo by Graham Paine Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) ceramics porcelain travertine marble glass natural stone mosaics slate granite quartz FACTORY TILE DEPOT 1360 Speers Road (East of 3rd line) Oakville We shop the world so you don't have to! MacLachlan College Offering a world-class education for students from Pre-school to Grade 12. Contact us about registration for September 2014. www.maclachlan.ca 905-844-0372 ext. 235 | 337 Trafalgar Road A deck staining project at a Holyrood Avenue home Friday led to a spontaneous combustion re that caused $150,000 in damage -- and Oakville Fire Department of cials advising caution to residents. At 6 p.m. re ghters were called to the Oily rags like that house after rags soaked will spontaneously in linseed oil, and left on combust... The re the rear deck, burst into started at the rear of the ames. deck and entered into The deck was quickly engulfed in re and the house. ames spread to the back of the home. No one was home Michael Harrison at the time of the blaze, Oakville Fire Department which re ghters quickly extinguished. "They were applying an oil-based stain to the deck and left the rags outside," said Oakville Fire Department spokesperson Michael Harrison. "Oily rags like that will spontaneously combust... The re started at the rear deck and entered into the house. The house was lled with smoke and there was a lot of water damage in the basement." Damage is estimated at approximately $150,000. The re department advises residents to place oily staining rags in a pail of water after use. Open 7 days/wk! 905-465-1650 Follow us on www.factorytiledepot.ca book Call and esign d e e fr r u o y on consultati BACKSPLASH · BATHROOM · KITCHEN · FIREPLACE · FEATURE WALLS