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

OOSS has committees in 25 schools across Ontario Continued from page 1 3 · Thursday, January 31, 2013 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com and co-president of OOSS. "I know particularly with the recent election (of the new Ontario Liberal leader) there's definitely a new feeling of hope that's going around, both with the students and of course the union as well." The students said they spent more than an hour speaking with Coran. All OOSS members across the province were invited to attend. Attendance was relatively low as students are currently in their exam period. However, OOSS got representatives from across southern Ontario and from as far away as North Bay. Ahmed said the group of students heard about the series of events that led to the current labour dispute and were able to ask Coran about the union's rationale behind cutting extracurricular activities. She added, the sooner extracurriculars "It's really easy to point fingers, to blame one or the other. However, our focus as students should not be to criticize the past decisions of either the government or the teachers' union, but to rather try to understand the conflict from all points of view, express our concerns of course, and to push for a proper resolution." Eisha Ahmed, OOSS founder and co-president return the better. During the discussion with Coran, a number of students shared anecdotes of how the loss of extracurricular activities has affected them negatively. OOSS was formed by a group of Abbey Park students in December 2012 with a focus to educate students about Bill 115 to promote the student voice. It is also working to assist in the creation of an expedient resolution to the conflict between the government and union. The group has functioning committees in 25 schools. Ahmed has asked students to be patient during this time of conflict. "It's really easy to point fingers, to blame one side or the other," she said. "However, our focus as students should not be to criticize the past decisions of either the government or the teachers' union, but to rather try to understand the conflict from all points of view, express our concerns of course, and to push for a proper resolution." Inside Opinion.............................................6 Travel..............................................20 Health.............................................22 Sports..............................................23 Classified........................................26 Full Delivery: Freshco, Food Basics, Metro, Critelli's Fine Furniture, Gino's Pizza, M&M Meats, Home Hardware, Drug Trading, Real Canadian, Sodhi Furniture, Palma Pasta, Ward Funeral Home, Hibachi Seafood & Steakhouse, Richard Turner, Klca Accounting, 2001 Audio, Water Depot, The Bay, Dairy Queen, Michael-Angelo's, No Frills, Sobeys, Fortinos Partial Delivery: Pharmaplus, Red Plum c/o Valassis, Rexall, Sears Canada, Reliance Home Comfort, Future Shop, Canadian Tire, Shoppers Drug Mart, Centennial Windows, Pharmasave, The Brick, Denny's, Best Buy, Walmart For home delivery & customer service call 905-631-6095, 5300 Harvester Rd., Burlington New subscriptions call 905-631-6095 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com Winter Sale ends February 9th *Please note: Store will be CLOSED FOR VACATION February 11-18th Furniture & Home Decor 905-844-3530 | www.swissinteriors.com 217 Lakeshore Rd. E., Downtown Oakville OAKVILLE S C I R T A I D E P ARE PEDIATRIC URGENT C PEDIATRIC URGENT CARE PEDIATRICS CLINIC · PEDIATRIC ASTHMA CLINIC · TRAVEL CLINIC · ALLERGY CLINIC First Oakville's Children Walk-IN clinic Our pediatrician is accepting new PATIENTS now. Providing Compounding & FREE medication flavouring, Insulin Pump Supplies & Diabetes Specialty for Kids 15% DISCOUNT PROGRAM. Hours: Mon-Fri: 9:30am - 7:00pm Sat: 10:00am - 3:00pm 905-469-9988 2540 Postmaster Drive @ Dundas St. W. · www.Oakvillepediatrics.com · 905-847-KIDS (5437)