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• 'Faster and easier': New high-tech shopping carts at Oakville Sobeys lets you scan, weigh and pay for your groceries - InsideHalton.com

  15-11-2019 14:16
  
  'Faster and easier': New high-tech shopping carts at Oakville Sobeys lets you scan, weigh and pay for your groceries  InsideHalton.com
  
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• Jumanji The Next Level: Movie Review

  14-12-2019 16:30 via Oakville News
  
  2017’s Jumanji soft reboot managed to surprise everyone with it’s likeable characters, original, modern take on it’s source material, and it’s well delivered comedy. So a sequel sounds like a promising idea. Sadly, it seems Jumanji: The Next Level doesn’t understand that originality is what made its predecessor so great.
  With a property like this. Where a game takes you to a world filled with energy and wonders to discover, you’d think there would be many diff
  
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• January 2020 performances at the Oakville Centre

  13-12-2019 20:15 via Oakville News
  
  The Oakville Centre’s January 2020 performances range from an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, comedic theatrical plays, to music by the Crash Test Dummies and Lydia Persaud.
  The Oakville Chinese Network will be celebrating the Year of the Rat (a sign of wealth and surplus) with an entertaining gala. Circa, a group of Australian acrobats will astound you with the incredible feats. Your children will be engaged by TheaterworkUSA “The Magic School Bus”, and a ri
  
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• Ann Sargent : Bronte Village Champion Celebrated

  12-12-2019 22:00 via Oakville News
  
  A few weeks ago, it was brought to my attention the Ann Sargent the Executive Director for the Bronte Village Business Improvement Association was going to be stepping down. It was a shock. Ann is a true champion of Bronte Village. She has been instrumental in making the village a vibrant and thriving community.She was so good at her job that Parking Enforcement became an issue. Businesses in Bronte are doing that well. That is in large part to her tireless, determined and positive demeanour. Sh
  
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• December 13th thru 15th Weekend Events in Oakville

  12-12-2019 19:30 via Oakville News
  
  Are you wondering about what is happening in Oakville from December 13th thru 15th? You no longer have to search multiple websites, we’ve searched them all for you. We want you to spend your time going to an event, not searching for it.
   
  Have fun planing your weekend!
  Oakville Events: December 13th thru 15th
  Oakville Events: Friday, December 13th
  Weather forecast:Daytime: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of plus 4.Night-time: Cloudy with a low of plus 2.Wind speed: 5 to 40 km/h cre
  
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• Passenger dies after two-car crash in Oakville

  12-12-2019 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Investigators say the two cars collided at the intersection of Portland Drive and Winston Park Drive.
  
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• Fatal Collision in Oakville’s Winston Park

  12-12-2019 15:00 via Oakville News
  
  At approximately 1:13pm on Wednesday 11th of December, 2019, the Halton Regional Police Service was notified of a motor vehicle collision that had occurred at the intersection of Winston Park Drive and Portland Drive in the Town of Oakville.
  This intersection is located in Winston Park the commercial area which is south of Dundas Street, west of Winston Churchill Blvd, north of the QEW, and east of  Highway 403.
  The initial investigation revealed that a Toyota Corolla was travelling westbou
  
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• Family of Ontario man detained in Egypt pleads for help from Ottawa

  11-12-2019 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Yasser Ahmed Albaz, a 51-year-old engineer from Oakville, Ont., has been in a Cairo prison since February, when he was detained at the airport on his way home from a business trip.
  
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• Nine is Italy in Another Way: Theatre Sheridan Review

  11-12-2019 13:00 via Oakville News
  
  Nine comes to Theatre Sheridan with a clearly Italian swagger that pleasantly fills Sheridan’s Studio Theatre. It’s a standard production of Maury Yeston’s Fellini-esque romance, but a well-composed one for certain.
  The scattershot plot is about famed film director Guido Contini (Connor Briggs) trying to make his next feature film. Most of the show is about balancing the movie’s production and his many love affairs – not to mention his wife.
  Briggs is clearly holdin
  
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• Two Separate Crashes within a minute close Trafalgar Rd

  10-12-2019 23:45 via Oakville News
  
  ​The southbound lanes of Trafalgar Rd between Burnhamthorpe Rd East and Threshing Mill Blvd. were closed on Tuesday, December 10 at 1:45 PM, as well as the Eastbound lanes of Trafalgar Road between Burnhamthorpe Rd and Ninth Line, as a result of two separate crashes that happened less than one minute apart.
  At approximately 1:40 pm, two motor vehicles were involved in a head on collision in the intersection of Trafalgar Rd and Burnhamthorpe Rd East. One vehicle was stopped preparing to mak
  
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• Caroline Mulroney talks about the Future of Transportation

  10-12-2019 23:00 via Oakville News
  
  Caroline Mulroney spoke with the Oakville business community on Tuesday morning, December 10, 2019.  The newly minted Minister of Transportation was invited by the Oakville Chamber of Commerce to come and share plans and projects that the Ministry of Transportation is undertaking.
  She spoke for about 20 minutes and then Tim Caddigan, the Oakville Chamber of Commerce Chair, lead a fireside chat where she took pre-planned questions for the audience at the Holiday Inn on Argus.
  She began by ta
  
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• Funding Solutions: Discovering Community Needs

  10-12-2019 15:00 via Oakville News
  
  “I don’t know what the needs are in Oakville – it’s a really safe, affluent community.”
  “I’ve lived here all my life, and I’ve never seen a homeless person on our streets. We just don’t have this problem.”
  These are just sample messages we encounter everyday.  It’s not the NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) effect, it’s simply a result of how well the town presents itself. People don’t see this – they don’t th
  
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• Two Oakville Drivers complaints save men from overdoses

  09-12-2019 23:30 via Oakville News
  
  On the afternoon of December 7, 2019, two drivers in Oakville observed a vehicle swerving in and out of traffic, jumping the curb, crossing the center line a number of times, and nearly colliding with a number of vehicles.  Recognizing the significant risk to public safety, both drivers called 9-1-1 to report the suspected impaired driver.
  Halton Regional Police Service officers intercepted the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. When they approached the vehicle, they found an unc
  
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• Nolan Machan was my ‘guilty pleasure’

  09-12-2019 19:30 via Oakville News
  
  Ever since I can remember, I’ve loved publishing. As a small boy, I would make comics and write stories and then sell copies to my friends. By the time I was 13, I had a paid column in a local newspaper (I was living in Sudan, Africa at the time, and my pitch letter was well received by the Editor who liked the idea of a young boy in a ‘fish out of water’ scenario.)
  But I digress, for more than 40 years, I have, in some way or another, worked in publish
  
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• Diagnosing childhood pneumonia becomes less expensive

  09-12-2019 18:00 via Oakville News
  
  A device designed by a team of faculty and student researchers at Sheridan’s Centre for Mobile Innovation (CMI) has the potential to impact the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia – a significant cause of death for children worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. NewPneu is a mobile health solution that’s cost-effective, portable, easy to use and energy-efficient, all factors essential for use in low-resource communities.
  The team at Milton, Ontario-based t
  
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• Virtual Reality Training Program for Halton Police

  09-12-2019 15:35 via Oakville News
  ​The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) is pleased to announce the launch of a new virtual reality training program for its officers. The HRPS has partnered with Axon, the global leader in connected public safety technologies, and is the first police service in Canada to utilize Axon`s VR empathy-based training services.
  The virtual reality training is another tool in the Service`s existing and robust mental health training curricula. The program provides officers with an immersive trai
  
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• Oakville Firefighters Toy Drive gives much needed love

  09-12-2019 01:15 via Oakville News
  
  The 27th annual Oakville Firefighters Toy Drive is currently underway, and I’m excited to partner with the Firefighters this year to ensure that every child has a gift to open on Christmas morning.
  The Oakville Firefighters Association will be accepting donations of new, unwrapped toys and gift cards at any Oakville Fire Station through December 18th. This year, Oakville Firefighters have issued a special call for gifts for boys and girls aged 11-15.
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• Andréa Grebenc & Tracey Ehl Harrison acclaimed by HDSB Trustees

  08-12-2019 14:00 via Oakville News
  
  At the Annual Organizational Meeting of the Halton District School Board, held on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, trustees elected the Chair and Vice-Chair for the upcoming year. This is an annual process with the 11 Halton District School Board trustees choosing from within their colleagues for these roles.
  Incumbent Chair Andréa Grebenc was acclaimed as Chair for 2019-2020, and Incumbent Vice-Chair Tracey Ehl Harrison was acclaimed as Vice-Chair for 2019-2020.
  In her inaugural comments, Andr&e
  
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• New Halton Health Team Announced by Oakville MPPs

  07-12-2019 20:15 via Oakville News
  
  The province is introducing Ontario Health Teams, a new model of care that brings together health care providers to work as one team.
  On Friday, December 6, 2019, Effie Triantafilopoulos, MPP for Oakville North – Burlington, was joined by Stephen Crawford, MPP for Oakville, at the Oakville Adult Day Program at Sheridan College in Oakville, on behalf of Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, to announce the Connected Care Halton Ontario Health Team. It is one of the first
  
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• Domestic Violence: where to go for support

  06-12-2019 22:45 via Oakville News
  
  ​Recently, Halton Regional Police Service officers were dispatched to a residence after receiving a call from a concerned party who could hear yelling and what sounded like items being broken inside a nearby residence, a possible case of domestic violence.
  When police arrived at the scene, they could hear yelling, and found a male adult and female adult who were previously involved in a common-law relationship. The male and female were not in a relationship at the time of this incident. Al
  
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• A Top Employer for Recent Graduates is Halton Region

  06-12-2019 18:30 via Oakville News
  
  Halton Region has been selected as a Greater Toronto’s Top Employer for 2020. The annual competition, managed by Mediacorp, measures a wide range of criteria showcasing organizations that offer exceptional working environments that promote employee engagement and success. This is the ninth consecutive year that the Region has been recognized with this award.
  “We are proud to receive the Greater Toronto Top Employers award for another year, and to be recognized as one of Canada’
  
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• November 2019 Oakville Real Estate Update

  06-12-2019 17:45 via Oakville News
  
  How much is a typical detached house going to cost you in Oakville? The answer is about $1,074,550 according to the November 2019 Oakville Real Estate Update. There isn’t a great deal out there at that price point, and it isn’t a new build with high ceilings.
  On December 6, 2019 the least expensive detached house in Oakville is in College Park. It is a partially renovated bungalow with 3 bedrooms that was built in 1972.  The listed price is $770,000.00.
  If you want to get a new
  
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• Pedestrian fatally struck by transport truck on QEW in Oakville, OPP say

  06-12-2019 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Emergency crews were called to the westbound lanes of the QEW near Dorval Road just after 9:50 p.m. on Thursday with reports of a collision.
  
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• Female pedestrian on life-support after being hit by vehicle on QEW in Oakville

  06-12-2019 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Emergency crews were called to the westbound lanes of the QEW near Dorval Road just after 9:50 p.m. on Thursday with reports of a collision.
  
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• Female pedestrian dead after being hit by vehicle on QEW in Oakville, OPP say

  06-12-2019 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Emergency crews were called to the westbound lanes of the QEW near Dorval Road just after 9:50 p.m. on Thursday with reports of a collision.
  
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• 2020 Budget needs to Support Existing Oakville Business

  05-12-2019 22:18 via Oakville News
  
  On November 19th the Town of Oakville launched their proposed 2020 Operating and Capital Budgets to the Budget Committee.
  The Oakville Chamber’s submission focused on member’s concerns regarding the importance of supporting the growth of the existing business community, while remaining competitive against other jurisdictions when it comes to property taxes, development charges, and industrial land sale values.
  Moreover, as the Town continues to grow and intensify, we urged Council to
  
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• Traffic Stop in Oakville Leads to Drug & Firearm Seizure

  05-12-2019 19:30 via Oakville News
  
  ​On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at approximately 10:30 am, uniform officers conducted a traffic stop in the area of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Sherwood Heights Drive in Oakville (Clearview).
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  Investigation as a result of the traffic stop led to the seizure of a loaded .22 calibre handgun and a variety of drugs which included fentanyl, methamphetamine, oxycodone tablets, powdered and crack cocaine along with more than $4,400 in Canadia
  
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• December 6th thru 8th Weekend Events in Oakville

  05-12-2019 19:00 via Oakville News
  
  Are you wondering about what is happening in Oakville from December 6th thru 8th? You no longer have to search multiple websites, we’ve searched them all for you. We want you to spend your time going to an event, not searching for it.
   
  Have fun planing your weekend!
  Oakville Events: December 6th thru 8th
  Oakville Events: Friday, December 6th
  Weather forecast:Daytime: Mainly cloudy with a high of just zero.Night-time: Cloudy periods with a low of minus 7.Wind speed: 10 to 25 km/h crea
  
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• Graffiti Artist targeting Bronte sought by Police

  04-12-2019 20:05 via Oakville News
  
  ​Since mid-November 2019, the Halton Regional Police Service has seen a spike in graffiti targeting commercial buildings, schools, fences and bus shelters. The reported incidents are primarily concentrated in the southwest area of Oakville (Bronte).
  Photograph taken December 2nd at 4 AM in Bronte
  These security low resolution photographs were taken in the Lakeshore Road West & East Street area of Bronte on Monday, December 2, 2019 at approximately 4:00 AM. The nature of the graffi
  
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• One-day walkout closes HDSB’s Secondary Schools

  04-12-2019 12:58 via Oakville News
  
  The Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) informed the Halton District School Board on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 that a one-day walkout will take place on Wednesday December 4th.  As a result of this notification all Halton District School Board High Schools and Secondary Schools will be closed, but Elementary Schools will be open.
  The OSSTF has decided to take this position due to the lack of progress between the unions,  the Ontario Conservative Government and t
  
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