Ask us about bleaching for new patients FREE 905-842-6030 90 MECHANICAL SERVICES dentistoakville.com den AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Lion tamer Sports FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2012 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 66 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" 40 pages $1.00 (plus tax) A moment in time By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Town seeks allies in war on Emerald Ash Borer eric riehl / oakville beaver / @halton_photog McDermott sings IN HONOUR OF a fan: Famous tenor John McDermott sings at the memorial service of Oakville's Glen Wideman. McDermott was to sing for Wideman at Ian Anderson House hospice Monday, but the Oakville man died Sunday. So the singer honoured his fan by performing at the memorial service yesterday (Thursday). For full story, see page 4. Cop cracks the case -- for her mom By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF A routine run to the local pharmacy turned unusual for an Oakville senior whose CUV was stolen in the store's parking lot May 24 -- but only until Irene Paul's daughter, a retired Halton police sergeant, hit the streets. Lina Crawford, who turned to interior design work upon retiring from policing nearly a year ago, happened to spot her mom's stolen vehicle being driven by someone other than her mother. That's when her 31 years of policing instincts kicked in. The former officer followed in pursuit of the stolen car and called 9-1-1. Not long after, a takedown occurred and it ended with Crawford, 51, driving her mom's Hyundai Santa Fe back to her parents' home. The CUV had been stolen that morning. See CUV page 3 The Town of Oakville is calling on the federal and provincial governments to step up and join the fight against the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). Town council "Each municipality is voted Monday to left to not only devise pass a motion ask- its own strategy for ing the federal and dealing with invasive provincial govern- species like EAB, but ments to establish urban forestry also to fund it. While mandates and pro- we are taking a grams, which proactive approach include funding to saving our ash assistance to trees some municipalities for the control and municipalities are management of simply letting them EAB and any die." future significant imported diseases Councillor Pam Damoff and insects. Ward 2 Council also called for the federal government to review its current policy of regulating invasive species under the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and develop a distinct Urban Forestry Agency under which invasive species and their treatment would be regulated. Infestation by the tree destroying invasive pest is expected to force the Town to cut down See Oakville page 3 · HOME · AUTO · LIFE · BUSINESS · AV I AT I O N THE MAGNES GROUP INC. 1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 Tel: 905-845-9793 Fax: 905-845-9149 www.magnesgroup.com END INSURANCE CONFUSION. For informed decisions that you can feel good about, contact us!