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500 works on exhibit at Loyola Artscene Diving into Halton swim meet Sports www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 Stay Connected! Friday, February 7, 2014 | 24 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon C A R N A V A L T R E A T -10° -16° -8° -16° -6° -11° -8° -14° Halton throws weight behind municipalities on storm costs by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Series of attacks prompts college to patrol trails with an ATV by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Halton may not qualify for disaster relief assistance, but it will seek to recover what it can of the estimated $3.5-million price tag of December's ice storm. The Region will pursue cost recovery from both the provincial and federal governments. At a recent administration and nance committee meeting, Halton's Chief Administrative Of cer Jane MacCaskill reported costs incurred by the Region due to the storm response and recovery activities are estimated at $3.5 million. That includes $1.9 million for debris clean up (waste management) and $1.6 million for plowing and de-icing Regional roads (winter control). MacCaskill said a staff review indicated the nancial impact was not severe enough for Halton to be eligible see Debris on p.8 Forest Trail Public School celebrated its version of the annual Québec Winter Carnival -- Carnaval -- with a two-day event for students last week. Here, Connor Melber enjoys pancake day, stocking up on energy for the following day's games and events. Schools across town are hosting similar celebrations this month in honour of the annual festival that is a celebration of winter. | photo by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Of cials at Sheridan College's Trafalgar campus conrmed Wednesday an ATV is now being used to patrol a nearby wooded trail system where several recent sexual assaults have occurred. Susan Atkinson, Sheridan's commuThere is quite the nications manager, extensive trail system said campus security began using the ATV behind the campus and a few months ago to it (the ATV) allows us to supplement foot pacover more ground in a trols in the area. more ef cient manner. The vehicle is used by college security on the nearby Susan Atkinson wooded trails, which Sheridan College communications director extend as far north as Upper Middle Road and as far south as McCraney Street. "There is quite the extensive trail system behind the campus and it (the ATV) allows us to cover more ground in a more ef cient manner," Atkinson said. "This is just another measure to enhance our security." see Security on p.3 · HOME · AUTO · LIFE · BUSINESS · AV I AT I O N T H E M A G N E S G RO U P I N C . 1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 Tel: 905-845-9793 Fax: 905-845-9149 www.magnesgroup.com END INSURANCE CONFUSION. For informed decisions that you can feel good about, contact us!