Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon 2° -2° 4° -2° 0° -4° 3° -3° W.H. Morden rallies for Liam Page 10 www.insidehalton.com 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Friday, December 5, 2014 | 60 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Ford takes nothing for granted: Craig by Dennis Smith Special to the Beaver R A P T A T T E N T I O N Microbes are not the enemy: The Germ Guy by Nathan Howes Special to the Beaver Ford Canada's leader is con dent about keeping pace as competing sites chase auto plant jobs at full throttle. Dianne Craig expressed excitement about adding 1,000 jobs at the Oakville plant for the 2015 Ford Edge crossover utility vehicle. "The announcement sent a big message that we're Dianne Craig a global player in the eld and can compete in North America," she said. The Oakville Assembly Complex will be a global platform for the Edge, Craig told a Burlington Chamber of Commerce audience Wednesday (Dec. 3). see You on p.4 Pups Coco and Doozie perform to the song Sisters as the Christian Horizons Halton Day Program hosted the Dancing Dogs Wednesday at the Central West Specialized Development Centre on Bond Street. It marked the International Day of Persons with Disability. Christian Horizons provides day support to people with various abilities and disabilities, and invited the clients of all the Bond Street facility's service providers, including Seneca Seniors and Supported Independent Living, to the show. | photo by Eric Riehl Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Love 'em or hate 'em, germs have a signi cant role in shaping human health and it's important to understand our relationship with them. That's according to author Jason Tetro who spoke at the Canadian Club of Halton Peel dinner, at the Oakville Conference Centre, Nov. 27. Tetro's book, The Germ Code: How to Stop Worrying and Love Microbes, was shortlisted for this year's Canadian Science Writers' Association awards that honour outstanding contributions to science writing for the general public. He has worked in the scienti c community for more than 25 years, most recently as a microbiologist at the University of Ottawa, and now in Toronto as a social marketer for health and Jason Tetro hygiene. Known as `The Germ Guy,' Tetro said many people aren't aware of their relationship with microbes, which is needed to maintain good health. To understand the human-microbe connection, the best see Human on p.5 · 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!