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www.oakvillebeaver.com Beaver N O RT H A M E R I C A' S M O S T AWA R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S PA P E R A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 46 No. 29 THE OAKVILLE www.oakville.ca Opening New Worlds of Learning pg.10 FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2007 48 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" H marks the spot Mayors want you to say no to `Places to Sprawl' By Jason Misner and Melanie Hennessey SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER It's an election year in Ontario and Halton Region Chair Gary Carr is urging voters to quiz candidates about their party's plan to help municipalities fund growth in wake of the massive Places to Grow plan that is projected to cost the region $8.6 billion. See Mayor page 7 Inside Worship.........................................................25 Artscene........................................................30 Sports............................................................34 Real Estate....................................................38 Classified .....................................................43 Full Delivery: Petcetera, Dominion, Kenneth lee, Canadian Tire, Smart Source, Food Basics, Leons, Superstore, No Frills, Wal-Mart, Zellers, MDG Cogeco, Partial Delivery: Maid Simply, Northern Reflections, Price Chopper, Food Basics, Ho Lee Chow, Home Hardware, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Rabba Fine Foods, Rogers Video, Sears, Stoney Creek, Hoopers Pharmacy, Future Shop, Best Buy, Shoppers Drug Mart, The Barn, GNC, La-Z-Boy, Rogers Wireless, The Source by Circuit City LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF ALL SMILES: Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) president and CEO John Oliver, left, and Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn announce the Province of Ontario will give Oakville a 50-acre site for its new hospital and the new hospital will be built on Dundas Street at Third Line. Construction should start in 2010. ving Mo falgar Rd. Summ to Tra er 2 00 7 Province handing over hospital land for a loonie By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Oakville's new hospital will be built on Dundas Street at Third Line. It should open by 2013 at the earliest as construction should begin in 2010. It will have more than the 330 beds the current 50-year-old-plus, 10-acre site hospital has. Requests for proposals (RFPs) should go out in 2009. Planning is already underway with the launch of community focus groups this month to gather public input, and functional programs to glean hospital department needs and projections. And with the Province of Ontario donating the 50-acre parcel of land from the 1,095 acres of provincially-owned (Oakville Land Assembly) lands for about $1 -- and the province's new public/private alternative funding scenario -- it will leave about 10 per cent of the cost to be raised locally. The actual dollar cost of the hospital and details like just how many beds it will have, will be better known when the RFPs are issued, said officials. "This is something I've worked very, very 646 4th Line at Speers Rd. 905-845-4211 sales@oakvilledodge.com careers@oakvilledodge.com See New page 3 Now In Stock! The 2008 Escape 50Immediate Delivery Available For from DORVAL DR. VAL $22,999 QEW R S. SERV E IC 905.845.1646 0 OAKVILLE See dealer for details WYECROFT