in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, A pr il 1, 20 21 | 10 1200 Speers Rd., Unit 12, Oakville, Ont. L6L 2X4 (905) 845 - 1408 | Fax (905) 845 - 5931 | ricky@rickywong.ca Ricky Wong CPA, CA, MBA, B. Eng Ricky Wong DIAMONDDIAMOND DIAMONDDIAMOND Voted Best Accountant by Oakville Beaver Readers for 11 Consecutive Years For more information please check our website www.rickywong.ca •Accounting •Auditing • Taxation oakville.ca Visit oakville.ca and have your say Lakeshore Road West Improvements Online Public Information Centre April 6 - April 13, 2021 The town is moving forward with the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) Study for improvements to Lakeshore RoadWest fromMississaga Street to Dorval Drive. Following extensive public consultation, we are now ready to share with you the final preferred design concept and get your feedback. The updated preferred design aligns with the recommendations of the Scenic Corridors Study completed by the town in 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Public Information Centre will be held in an online format. Information materials will be available in a virtual consultation platform on oakville.ca and searching Lakeshore Road West Improvements, starting April 6, 2021. We encourage you to participate by reviewing the information materials and providing any comments on the online comment form by April 13. Following this public consultation, the Class EA study team will review all the comments received and incorporate them into the Environmental Study Report (ESR), as required. A Notice of Completionwill be issued once the ESR is finalized, and it will be made available online for review for a minimum 30-day review period. We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions or comments at this time, please contact the following Class EA study team members: Syed Rizvi, M.Sc., P.Eng. Transportation Engineer Town of Oakville 905-845-6601, ext.3981 syed.rizvi@oakville.ca Bob Felker, B.E.S., M.C.I.P, R.P.P. Senior Environmental Planner, Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions 226-751-3854 bob.felker@woodplc.com 1276 Cornwall Road, Unit C, Oakville Ontario, L6J 7W5 T: 905-845-0767 • F: 905-845-5552 •www.haxelllaw.com • lawyers@haxelllaw.com Personal Professional Service at Competitive Rates Buying? Selling? Re Call us for a quote at 905-845-0767 ext. 223Jameson Glas GOLDGOLD 905-845-0767 ext. 223Jameson Glas she said. Of the 383 total Halton variant cases at the time of the meeting -- 26 con- firmed for the U.K. variant and 357 that screened posi- tive -- only nine per cent of the individuals had trav- elled or been in close con- tact with someone who has travelled, noted Meghani. "This means that the vast majority of our cases likely acquired their vari- ant strain infection from community transmission right here in Ontario," she said. The U.K. variant, along with variants originating from South Africa and Bra- zil, have been labelled "variants of concern," as they are believed to be more contagious than the regular strain of COVID-19. The doubling time and reproduction number of variant cases "support the assessment of a parallel variant pandemic that has become a third wave," said Meghani. Now, Halton and the rest of the province are in "a race between the rise of variants and vaccinations efforts," she added. With vaccinations in Halton's long-term care and retirements homes al- most complete, and the in- oculation of older adults in the community underway, Meghani said Halton is be- ginning to see the benefits of the vaccines, with cases declining significantly among those 80 and older. The number of out- breaks in hospitals, long- term care and retirement homes has also decreased, going from double-digits throughout the fall and winter to only one as of March 25. "However, we are con- tinuing to declare many new outbreaks in work- places and schools particu- larly, with some involving variant cases," she noted. For further details on lo- cal COVID-19 cases and vaccines, visit www.hal- ton.ca/COVID19. - With files from Louie Rosella. NEWS Continued from page 3 MAJORITY OF VARIANT INFECTIONS BY COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION: DR. MEGHANI Dr. Hamidah Meghani, Halton Region's Medical Officer of Health has expressed her concern with the rapid rise in COVID-19 variant cases. Metroland file photo