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Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 24° 13° 23° 13° 23° 12° 13° 9° Still searching for Darlene and Jan Page 3 www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Thursday, May 28, 2015 | 48 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Town will not ban election signs on its public spaces by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff A ribbon-cutting ceremony of cially opened Halton Region Paramedic Services' newest Paramedic Station #14 at Bronte and Pine Glen roads in Oakville. The station, which has been in service since the beginning of the year, saw a plaque unveiled by, from left, Oakville Mayor Rob Burton, Halton Region Chair Gary Carr and Chief of Halton Region Paramedic Services Greg Sage. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Station officially opens during Paramedics Awareness Week by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Halton Region of cially celebrated the new paramedic services station at 3019 Pine Glen Rd., Monday morning. The $2.5-million facility, located on Bron- te Road at Pine Glen Road, near Dundas Street, has actually been in operation since January, however, an of cial ribbon-cutting at the station kicked off Paramedic Services Week (May 24-30). "Due to new growth in the area, we knew a number of years ago that we would need a station here," said Halton Chief of Paramedic Services Greg Sage. "This happened to be Town-owned property so we worked with the Town to secure space for us and for the re hall, which is going in next door." see Station on p.7 Election signs will not be banned from public property during election campaigns in Oakville. Instead, the majority of Town councillors voted Monday to keep things status quo. That meant rejecting an outright ban, as well as a staffrecommended option that offered reducing the length of time signs could be displayed on public property (from 45 to 30 days) during an election campaign. Public concern about election signage has emerged as a signi cant issue over the last several years as there have been numerous provincial, federal and municipal election campaigns. Some residents have complained about the visual clutter caused by signs, litter created by poorly designed or installed signs, the potential for the placards to end up in the land ll after the election, and loss of public green space during campaign periods. With these issues in mind, last Dec. 22, council asked administrators to look into options around banning the display of all election signs on public property. Public feedback, received at a May 14 meeting and through email, rejected the idea of a total ban with see Delegations on p.5 SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER Real Estate Real Advice Real Results Wendy Saunders Sales Representative Kim Saxton Sales Representative Ruth Anne Winter Broker Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage 136 Church Street, Suite 4A, Oakville, ON 905.845.1223 sswteam.ca | johnstonanddaniel.com luxuryportfolio.com JOHNSTON & DANIEL DIVISION 1310 Lakeshore Road East