www.insidehalton.com |OAKVILLE BEAVER |Thursday, June 8, 2017 |1 8 S P E C IA L R E T IR E E S ' H E A R IN G A ID ! A remarkable new hearing aid is now available and getting rave reviews from retirees! It is easy to use, looks great in the ear, and marks a MAJOR advancement in hearing technology! ((« O» ) ) Town attracts jobs, commerce in 2016 by Nathan Howes Oakville Beaver Staff A t last. The hearing aid that thou sands have wanted is now available. The latest digital hearing aid tech nology solves the biggest challenge for hearing aid wearers-hearing well in noisy environments. Nobody will notice it because of its minute size, fitting snugly and com fortably just behind your ear. E verything w orks autom atically. There are no controls to worry about and adjustments are easy to m a k e even from your smart phone. So you can get back to enjoying your rela tionships, rather than thinking about your hearing. Because these new hearing aids col lect and digitally processes natural, 360 degree sound thousands of times per second, they have been shown to reduce the strain that effortful-lis tening puts on the brain and even to improve recall from conversations in noisy listening environments. In fact, these hearing aids improve speech understanding in background noise 30% better than even the previous top-of-the-line hearing aids. Hearing professionals are celebrat ing the biggest advancem ent in 30 years of fitting hearing aids and pa tients credit it with providing a sub stantial improvement in their ability to communicate in large groups and noisy social settings. A hearing test takes less than 60 m inutes, you don't need a doctor's referral, and there's no cost or obliga tion whatsoever. Call now to try these hearing aids for yourself! Several new companies opened in Oakville in 2016, which helped the municipality exceed its target of adding 1,000 new jobs annually. The target is all but looked after for next year, too, as the Town awaits Aviva Canada, a property and casualty insurance group, to consolidate its operations in January 2018 in a new office, expected to bring approximately 800 jobs to Oakville. The numbers were highlighted in an April 25 Economic Development report, which earned a green light from Town Council this May. The report served as an update on 2016 economic activity, competitive positioning and departmental initiatives. Some of the new companies that opened in Oakville last year included: MMM, a WSP Company (engineering firm), Pusateris (grocery retailer), Dave and Busters (entertainment), Paladion (cyber security), Zeton (advanced manufacturing of pilot plants), Lifting Gear Hire (equipment rental) and Skyhawk (telematics firm). Many existing local companies expanded operations lastyear, including: AlphoraResearch (pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing), Laker Energy Products Ltd. (material and component manufacturing for nuclear and energy industries), Geotab (telematics), NVT Phybridge (switch technology), Indellient (software development), Promation (nuclear engineering and manufacturing) and Kingsway Soft (data integration software). The Town staff report also included statistics on significant non-residential development projects, a real estate market overview, new and expanding businesses, building permit activity and Oakville' s competitive position on land values, development charges and tax rates. Attracting new investment and expanding the existing business community is key for the Town' s vision to become the most livable town in Canada, according to the report. Oakville' s current companies provide job opportunities, generate tax revenue and act as "positive corporate citizens, all of which contribute to Oakville' s high quality of life." One of the Economic Development department' s initiatives is to track Oakville' s competitive position for attracting new business investment. Its analysis focuses on three major variables that impact investment decisions - land values, development charges and property tax rates. The 2016 data continues to indicate the Town is well-positioned to compete for and attract new office and commercial development, while remaining less competitive to attract new industrial development, relative to other GTA communities. see 2017 on p.22 NOW OPEN! · · · · · · G rand Opening O ffer d in n e r f o r 4 N o w p ro v id in g FREE, n o o b lig a tio n h e a rin g te s ts ! 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