in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, M ar ch 12 ,2 02 0 | 12 Now enrolling 30 people at each of our clinics across the country for our March free trial session.* We are looking for people like you, who may struggle to hear and understand conversations. Try the latest hearing technolo- gy for yourself and find out if this is the solution to your hear- ing difficulties. FREE 30 DAY TRIAL Call us toll-free today. All callers will receive a FREE hearing test**. If testing indicates a hearing aid would be useful, you will get your chance to test the latest digital hearing aid technology. WANTED 30 people for a FREE personalized hearing aid trial FREE Trial 2.5cm 1-844-225-5427 Trial spots are limited call to book your free trial or book online: HearingLife.ca/FreeTrial Clarkson Village 1865 Lakeshore Road W. Oakville 117 Lakeshore Road W. Oakville North 515 dundas Street W. is in your neighbourhood *Free trial participants must be private sale, or eligible for ADP. Some public insurers not eligible. See clinic for details. Offer valid until March 31st, 2020 and is subject to change without notice. **A comprehensive hearing assessment is provided to adults ages 19 and older at no cost. The results of this assessment will be communicated verbally to you. If you request a copy of the Audiological Report, a fee will apply. Child hearing tests are conducted at select locations for a fee, please contact us for more information. Some conditions may apply. Mention this code: NSP-WNTDE-OAKB Oakville is not be get- ting a cannabis retail store any time soon. The majority of council decided during a special meeting on Monday, March 2 that they didn't have enough information to revisit the issue of per- mitting private retail can- nabis stores within the community. They opted to give town staff one year to gather in- formation about how mu-formation about how mu-f nicipalities that have opened up to the stores are faring and then return with their findings. Council voted Jan. 14, 2019 to take the province's opt-out option and bar private retail cannabis stores from the town, but said the matter would be re-examined in one year. That ban remains in place. "We are still in an opt- out position, but need ad- ditional time for staff to gather more details about the industry as well as the pros and cons of retail op- erations," said Oakville Mayor Rob Burton. "We still have concerns with the province not al- lowing municipalities to control the locations of cannabis stores through zoning rules. This is not a decision to be made in haste and it's in our best interest to take a wait and watch approach." According to the prov- ince, cannabis stores must be 150 metres from schools and must be in an area zoned for commer- cial retail. Municipal Enforce- ment Services Supervisor Margaret Boswell said no other location criteria have been provided. Boswell also pointed out there is no cap on the number of cannabis stores the province per- mits in a municipality. She noted Burlington, Milton and Halton Hills have all opted to permit cannabis stores. Burlington now has three licensed cannabis stores and three licence applications pending while Milton and Halton Hills currently have no cannabis stores and no li- cences pending. Burton has argued that for Oakville to get zoningfor Oakville to get zoningf control and business li- censing for cannabis re- tail stores, it needs to hold off joining the other Hal- Melody Yang Xu calls on the Town of Oakville to not permit cannabis retail stores. Town of Oakville photo CANNABIS STORE BAN WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER YEAR NEWS DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com MAJORITY OF COUNCIL WANTS MORE INFORMATION BEFORE ISSUE IS REVISITED See - page 13 VISIT INSIDEHALTON.COM TO READ CURRENT AND PAST INVESTIGATIONS