The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

www.oakvillebeaver.com Beaver N O RT H A M E R I C A' S M O S T AWA R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S PA P E R A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 46 No. 140 THE OAKVILLE Christmas sparkles in Downtown Oakville! Festive Feature Inside LIAISON COLLEGE Largest trainer of Chefs & Cooks in Ontario OTELLO'S BANQUET CENTRE 2nd Floor 2273 ROYAL WINDSOR DRIVE (at Ford Drive) 905-842-4336 www.chefcollege.ca Mississauga Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Clinic 20% OFF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2007 BOTOX INJECTIONS Expires December 14/07 905-273-3045 64 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" Catholic schools pull book By Kristin Rushowy SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Halton's Catholic school board has pulled The Golden Compass fantasy book ­ soon to be a Hollywood blockbuster starring Nicole Kidman ­ off school library shelves because of a complaint. Two other books in the trilogy by British author Philip Pullman have also been removed as a precaution, and principals have been ordered not to distribute December Scholastic book flyers because The Golden Compass is available to order. "(The complaint) came out of inter See Date page 2 Inside Artscene................................47 Sports....................................52 Classified..............................58 Full Delivery: M&Ms, Petcetera, Dominion, Canadian Tire, Telus, Food Basics, Vistek, Superstore, No Frills, Zellers Partial Delivery: Sport Mart, Linens N Things, Rogers Wireless, Bargain Warehouse, Stratford Tourism, Price Chopper, Perfect Closets, Ho Lee Chow, Holland Park, Home Hardware, Home Outfitters, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Rabba Fine Foods, Fortinos, Sleep Factory, Wal-mart, EB Games, Future Shop, Shop & Save, Toys R Us, Besty Buy, 2001 Audio Video, The Barn, Get Connected, Michael's, Swiss Herbal, Shoppers Drug Mart LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER DO YOU NEED A DOCTOR?: If so, you are likely going to face doing much more than searching a telephone book for a family physician. The good news is that various government levels are working to make more family doctors available to everyone. The bad news is they don't seem to be keeping pace with our growing communities. Is there a doctor in the house? B DOC+OR lock fees and blind solicitation letters to patients are part of the new daily life of Ontario family doctors. As workloads get heavier for general practitioners, more are sinking under the weight of impossible patient rosters and never-ending paperwork. One million adults and 130,000 children in Ontario still don't have a family doctor. Every community still wrestles with how to recruit and keep GPs. Despite assurances by the government that IS THERE A IN THE HOUSE? www.oakville.ca things are changing, the situation remains largely unrelieved. Is There a Doctor in the House?, a Metroland West Media Group investigation, reports on what's what for physicians, patients, recruiters and the province five years into Ontario's family doctor shortage. We begin this investigative, two-part series with a special section inserted in today's paper. Check out The Oakville Beaver Weekend edition for the second installment of Is There a Doctor in the House? Also, visit oakvillebeaver.com for a link to the full coverage of Is there a Doctor in the House? by the Metroland West Media Group team. 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED Come see the best selection in town! $ 28,799* Financing Provided by 646 4TH LINE Between Dorval MOVING TO SERVE YOU BETTER! and Third Line SALES HOTLINE 905-845-4211 · sales@oakvilledodge.com