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RECOMMENDED BY EVERYONE. SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Miss Teen Halton Artscene 905-845-9923 Call now to receive a free, no obligation estimate www.MAIDS.COM A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50. No. 31 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012 52 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) Drumming up Hudak talks taxes and the economy By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak says the Province needs to lower business taxes in order to kickstart the economy and create jobs. Hudak made these statements Monday, during a tour of Oakville's Promation Engineering Ltd. The company, which employs 75 people, is a leading manufacturer of robotic systems for the automotive and nuclear industries. "We have world leaders here at Promation and at companies across Ontario," said Hudak. "Talented workers who are making award-winning products, but they are being held back by energy rates that are too high and unpredictable, by taxes that are too high and by this swamp of red tape that bogs any business owner down when they are trying to create new jobs." Hudak fears the situation will worsen, as he expects the Liberals to release a spring budget that will see them backtrack on the existing business tax reductions plan that is supposed to see the business tax rate drop from 11.5 See Low page 8 Burrows loses battle with cancer By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF An Oakville woman has lost her battle with leukemia just days after she called on anyone willing to help her in her fight by getting tested to see if they were a bone marrow match. Laurie Anne Burrows, 50, a holistic nutritionist and personal trainer who lived in the Lakeshore Woods c o m m u n i t y, passed away at around 1 a.m., Saturday, in Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. Burrows's death comes a little more than a month after she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia on Feb. 6. "Laurie shed a small tear and amongst close friends and fam- Laurie Burrows ily gently and peacefully passed from this life," said Laurie's husband, Bruce Burrows, in an online journal Laurie had been using to record her experience with cancer. "We have lost an angel and the world will never be the same again." Members of Laurie's family describe her as a woman admired by all as a teacher, mentor, trainer, nutritionist, friend, daughter, sister, wife and See She page 2 MICHAEL IVANIN / oakville beaver Her own beat: Seung-won Kim tries her hand at the janggu (traditional Korean drum) at the Halton Multicultural Council's Volunteer Appreciation: New Year's Around the World cultural event on March 8. See page 11 for more photos. Optimize Performance (Adults and Children) · Attention span is short · Difficulty organizing & completing work · also helpful for Asperger's · also Psycho-educational testing ADD Centre Neurofeedback and learning strategies can provide a lasting improvement. Co-author with Pediatrician William Sears of The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child. Director: Lynda M. Thompson, Ph.D., 905-803-8066 www.addcentre.com