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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www. summer-school .ca PRINTER EMPTY? Gunn made an impact REFILL AND SAVE UP TO 60% Living FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010 Upper Oakville Shopping Centre 905-842-5600 www.thinkrefill.ca refill A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 87 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 30 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) DND land ready for demolition By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Police want to set new priorities By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF After sitting largely vacant since 1971, the military housing complex, in the Dorval Drive and Rebecca Street area, is about to be torn down. Earlier this month, the Crown corporation Canada Lands, that recently took possession of the land from the Department of National Defence, sent At Ortona Barracks notice to nearby residents saying it would commence demolition of the 75 houses there prior to the end of July. On Wednesday, at least one excavator could be seen on the site, which is now fenced and off limits to the public. The demolition is expected to begin any time and last until October. Once known as the Ortona Barracks, the complex was home to 750 military personnel stationed there until 1971 when they moved to Canadian Forces Base Toronto. While a handful of residents remained, the vast majority of the homes sat empty and slowly deteriorated as time passed. This led to a recent conflict between the Town of Oakville council and the Region of Halton. See Houses page 3 DAVID RITCHIE / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER POLICE CHASE: Officers investigate the scene where a stolen SUV collided with a Ford Escape Wednesday, injuring two people in the Ford, and leading to a police manhunt of the driver of the stolen SUV. The suspect was found an hour later hiding under a car in a business complex. The Halton Regional Police Service and the Halton Regional Police Service Board want residents to have a say in what their focus should be in the coming years. The Ontario Police Services Act requires that every three years, every Chief Gary Crowell police services board prepare a business plan that addresses the objectives, core business and functions of the police service including how it will provide adequate and effective police services to the community. See Broad page 7 Theft ends in manhunt By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF An Ohsweken man is facing numerous criminal charges in connection with a police chase that sent two people to hospital on Wednesday. The incident began at around 4:45 p.m. when a GMC Yukon Denali was stolen from a business complex on Winston Park Drive. Halton police said three suspects arrived at the complex in two vehicles, a Cadillac Escalade and a Chevrolet Tahoe, which police later determined had both been stolen earlier in the day from shopping plazas located in Mississauga and Toronto. The owner of the GMC Yukon Denali taken in Oakville witnessed her vehicle being stolen and watched it, along with the two other stolen SUVs drive away before calling police. A few moments later a Halton police officer, whose marked cruiser was parked on the westbound side of the QEW, observed a GMC Yukon Denali and Cadillac Escalade travelling together along the highway. The officer followed these vehicles, which both See Chase page 4 Ignatieff here Saturday Oakville residents will get their chance to meet Liberal Leader and Leader of the Federal Opposition Michael Ignatieff this Saturday, to exchange ideas and hear his vision for the future of Canada. The Liberal Express will be pulling into Oakville's Town Square on Saturday morning, as part of its crossCanada tour this summer, visiting See Liberal page 8