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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com CTION Involved in an Accident? Need Autobody Repairs? COLLISION Lifetime Warranty. Insurance Specialists. 1079 Speers Road, Oakville, ON 905-844-7586 30% OFF WINTER CLOTHING Best of the Beast Artscene WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010 3-334 Lakeshore Rd East, Oakville P. 905.842.2756 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 48 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 64 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Bronte Creek spill still causing headaches By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Take that! Noisy days may be ahead for Oakville power plant By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Gasoline, which leaked out of a TransNorthern Pipelines Inc., pipe and into Bronte Creek on March 11, travelled faster and farther than expected and has forced the company to take recent steps to prevent further contamination. Trans-Northern has set up a number of special containment booms along the shores of Bronte Creek, in the area just north of Speers and Bronte Roads and underneath the Rebecca Street bridge, so that any additional gasoline seeping into the creek will be absorbed. The move comes after a strange slick, later found to be a mixture of heavy and light petroleum products, appeared in Bronte Creek on March 11, in the Speers and Bronte Roads vicinity. The discovery sparked an environmental cleanup effort on the part of the Town, which was eventually turned over to Suncor, owner of the property where the spill was found. At the time, the Town's Director of Roads and Works Dan Cozzi said the substance appeared to be oozing out of the east bank of the portion of Bronte Creek that flows through the Suncor property site, opposite the Petro Canada Refinery. On March 16, Trans-Northern Pipelines Inc. See Bronte page 3 ERIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER KICK-A-THON: Dylan Bartlett participates in the fifth annual YMCA Strong Kids Kick-a-thon at the Oakville Y on Saturday. The kick-a-thon raised more than $9,300 for the Strong Kids Campaign, which helps children, teens, and families in need access YMCA programs, camps and memberships. Those living near the proposed site of the 900-megawatt, gas-fired power plant may have to endure a few noisy days if and when the plant is built. TransCanada spokesperson Chris Breen said that during the final stages of the power plant's construction, on the Ford-owned lands of 1500 Royal Windsor Dr., the major steam pipeline systems and the aircooled condenser will be cleaned, requiring the blowing of steam. This process can be fairly loud with the Georgetown Independent & Acton Free Press reporting earlier this month that TransCanada had been granted a noise bylaw exemption to carry out the same process on its 683-megawatt power plant in Halton Hills. In that article, David Small, manager of the Halton Hills facility, said the process would last up to five days, run 24-hours a day and emit up to 80 decibels at the point of release. Small also said the minimum noise level coming from the nearby Hwy. 401 is 85 decibels. Breen said that when the time comes a similar process will take place at the Oakville power plant. "Cleaning pipes is essential to ensuring the reliable operation of safe, clean power plants of this See Halton page 5 MacLachlan College IB World School Interviews and testing now being scheduled for September 2010. For further information contact Nancy Norcross, Director of Admissions. , ON / 905.844.0372 ext. 235 | admissions@maclachlan.ca / www.maclachlan.ca BEAT THE HST! Don't Pay for 6 Months on Selected Equipment from... Excellent Financing and Great Terms. Gove rn Reba ment te Still s Avail able! Maintenance Specials on NOW! 905-844-2949 337 Trafalgar Rd., A co-educational university prep school Kindergarten to Grade 12