Oakville Fire going electric Page 10 Page 17 OAS 48th annual Art Auction www.insidehalton.com 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Friday, May 23, 2014 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon 17° 11° 20° 12° 22° 11° 24° 14° Oakville sailing coach facing 16 sex charges by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff An Oakville sailing coach is facing multiple charges in connection with a series of alleged sexual assaults against four former members of the Burlington Sailing and Boat Club. The victims, who came forward Wednesday, told police the alleged assaults happened in the Oakville, Burlington, Nepean and Kingston areas when they were between the ages of 13-16 years old. Police said the accused volunteered with the Burlington club for more than a decade. The alleged incidents date back to as early as 2003. For the past two years, the accused has volunteered at the Bronte Harbour Yacht Club (BHYC), 2514 No one was injured, but a ruptured gas line at a construction site in the area of Preserve Drive, near Sixth Line and Dundas Street, brought Oakville re crews to the scene and stopped work as the breakage was repaired Thursday morning. For story, see p.5. | photo by Andrew Collins - special to the Beaver PCs promise judicial inquiry into gas plants by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff A Progressive Conservative (PC) promise to, if elected, hold a judicial inquiry into the cancelled gas- red power plants, has been met with mixed reviews among Oakville's provincial candidates. Last Sunday, PC Leader Tim Hudak stated an Onsee Accused on p.5 tario PC government would launch an inquiry into the billion-dollar gas plant scandal and said Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne and former premier Dalton McGuinty would be called to testify. He argued money wasted through the cancellation process of the Oakville and Mississauga power plants could have hired 18,000 nurses, purchased 311 PETs (Positron Emission Tomography) or 272 MRIs (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) or provided 247,727 seniors with home care. MacLachlan College Contact us about registration for September 2014. The Liberal government scrapped the two unpopular plants before the 2011 provincial election -- in what was dubbed by some as a seat-saving move. "This money could have gone to a hospital or a subway. Instead, Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne spent this money solely to protect the jobs of Liberal politicians," stated Hudak in a press release. "We need to send a very strong signal to any govsee Candidates on p.4 Offering a world-class education for students from Pre-school to Grade 12. www.maclachlan.ca 905-844-0372 ext. 235 | 337 Trafalgar Road