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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 HALTON TRANSMISSION www.dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 www.carstaroakville.com (905) 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT #3 842-0725 For Kids Sake Page 13 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. www.brantflorist.com/ob 905.639.7001 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 34 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010 32 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Interim bylaw Easter celebration extension prompts legal action by TransCanada By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Fresh legal action from TransCanada failed to keep Town councillors from voting to extend an interim control bylaw, which is threatening to hold up construction of the 900-megawatt gas-fired power plant proposed for the Ford-owned lands at 1500 "The minimum distance Royal Windsor Dr. separation from sensitive The bylaw, land uses to large-scale passed by council power generating facililast March, bans the construction or ties remains an outstandexpansion of power ing issue that requires plants with a capacadditional analysis." ity greater than 10megawatts pending n Diane Childs, manager the completion of a of long rrange planning, detailed study outin report to council lining where such power plants can best be accommodated. The bylaw was scheduled to expire Tuesday, but was extended for one year by council Monday night, after Town staff and representatives from the consulting agency conducting the study stated more time was needed to truly understand the impact the power plant would have. "As noted in the study, the issue of emergency response, including potential fire, explosion, hazardous spills and gas leaks is not addressed in the land use See Staff page 8 MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER RECREATING THE PAST: The Reverend Canon Joseph Asselin keeps an eye on Bob Ray, a donkey from the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada (DSC) in Guelph, who took part in the Palm Sunday Procession at St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church. While the donkey was involved in a procession that recreated a chapter in the story of Easter, the donkey also took some time to visit with, and be petted by, local children. SRING 2010 OAKVILLE MAZDA BECOMES