Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 17° 9° 14° 2° 12° 4° 13° 2° Artscene Hotline blings twice Wang wins latest clash Sports www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, April 21, 2016 | 64 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Fatal crash on QEW claims life of woman, 54 by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff A W E - S S S S O M E Oakville Arena plans unveiled at community open house by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have identi ed the victim in Sunday's fatal multi-vehicle collision on the QEW as a 54-year-old Toronto woman. Nurten Kaska sustained fatal injuries at around 8 p.m., after several vehicles struck a piece of metal debris, which was laying in the roadway of the Torontobound lanes of the QEW in the vicinity of Winston Churchill Boulevard. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the debris was a solid steel component of a tow truck. At two feet in length, and about 8-10 inches high, he said the debris caused signi cant undercarriage damage to the vehicles that hit it and caused them to become disabled and pull over to the shoulder of the highway. "What happened was one of the vehicles that pulled over, the driver got out of their vehicle to look at the damage when another vehicle came and struck the same piece of debris," said Schmidt in a social media broadcast. see Police on p.9 The Halton Eco Festival, an environmental fair held annually at the Glen Abbey Community Centre, featured 35 booths set up on the centre's arena oor. Pictured, Aadhithya Kathirgamathamby, 9, is all eyes as he lets this corn snake from the Sciensational Sssnakes display slither around his neck. For more photos, see p.20. | photo by Graham Paine Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Area residents got a better idea of what the Oakville Arena will look like after its renovation during a public meeting held at the facility last Wednesday (April 13). Approximately 100 people atMany people have told tended the public information meetstories about how they had ing, which feagrown up here, how they tured diagrams of played hockey here, how the possible future their parents had played layout and a prehockey here, how they had sentation on the coming renovabeen to the circus here. tion by the Town Michael Brennan of Oakville and Recreational Services, Oakville Diamond Schmitt Architects. Following public consultation in 2014, Town council approved a resident-supported plan to revitalize and expand the 133 Rebecca St. facility while maintaining its historical features. The preliminary redevelopment design concept includes: see More on p.3 Optimize Performance (Adults and Children) · Attention span is short · Difficulty organizing & completing work · also helpful for Asperger's · also Psycho-educational testing ADD Centre High quality wood & vinyl shutters Neurofeedback and learning strategies can provide a lasting improvement. Co-author with Pediatrician William Sears of The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child. Director: Lynda M. Thompson, Ph.D., 905-803-8066 www.addcentre.com 905.691.4455 www.shuttersetc.ca WINNER OF BEST WINDOW COVERING & BLIND CENTRE SINCE 2006 SHUTTERS ETC.