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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.carstaroakville.com www.dentistoakville.com 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. 905-842-6030 www.brantflorist.com/ob Beaver Trails around the world Travel 905.639.7001 HALTON TRANSMISSION (905) 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT #3 842-0725 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 50 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010 32 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Removing the Sing out stigma from mental illness Journalist and daughter speak out to raise awareness By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Shame must be removed from mental illness because too many children are suffering in silence, said broadcast journalist Valerie Pringle in Oakville on Monday. Pringle and her daughter Catherine were the featured speakers at the Talking Out Loud: DeStigmatizing Mental Health Issues for Children and Families forum. The event was hosted by Y.O.D.A.'s (Youth Overcoming Depression and Anxiety) Youth Advisory Committee. Valerie Pringle The event featured displays by community groups and talks from experts as well as local youths who are suffering from things such as depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar and unipolar disorders, insomnia and others. "It's people like you, speaking in rooms like this, that will make it totally normal," said Catherine to the youths. Catherine herself suffers from panic, anxiety and depression. After she learned what was causing her to frequently cry uncontrollably she and her mother have become spokespersons for mental health issues and for organizations such as the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto. See Suicide page 3 RIZIERIO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER MUSIC MONDAY: These Brookdale students, including Chelsea Jensen (pink), were among 700,000 Canadian students from coast to coast to participate in the sixth annual Music Monday. Organized by the Coalition for Music Education in Canada, the program saw students perform Sing Sing, the official theme song of Music Monday, written by Juno Award-winning Canadian artist Serena Ryder. Other participating Oakville schools included Appleby College, Captain R, Wilson, Ecole Munn's, King's Christian Collegiate, Linbrook, Montclair, Pilgrim Wood and St. Joseph School. Second fox pup rescued from viaduct By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF No sooner had one fox pup been rescued from a Sixteen-Mile Creek viaduct at Sixth Line and Leighland Avenue than his young sibling decided to try it out. "Oh yes, it's great fun, there's a big slide and a waterfall," joked Brenda Dushko, fund development manager with the Oakville and Milton District Rescued fox pup Humane Society. All kidding aside, the second young fox pup was rescued, it's believed, safe and sound early Wednesday morning -- less than a week after its older brother had gone on the same adventure. While the first fox was rescued by local resident Trevor Daly and animal protection officer Renata Helmich last Thursday, the second pup was in a such a precarious situation the humane society nearly See Viaduct page 5 291 Speers Road, Oakville 905.827. Over 200 Cars! MASSIVE MOVING SALE Moving May 17th to 1501 North Service Road West, Oakville SRING 2010 OAKVILLE MAZDA BECOMES