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Oakville Beaver, 18 Oct 2013, p. 1

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Page 15 Oakville website tops in Canada Page 16 Busing rules change www.insidehalton.com AUTOPRO OAKVILLE dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 2212 Wyecroft Road, Oakville autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com MECH MECHANICAL AL SERVI S SERVICES ERVICES ERVICES 905-469-2442 Stay Connected! Friday, October 18, 2013 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon F I L L Y O U R B O W L Youth, 16, attacked for phone by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff 16° 9° 11° 6° 11° 5° 12° 4° Trustee faces uphill climb seeking Wi-Fi restrictions by Bob Mitchell Special to the Beaver Halton police are investigating after a 16-year-old male was assaulted for his cellphone in the area of Lakeshore Road West and West River Street last week. On Thursday, Oct. 10, around 9 p.m., the youth was walking along Lakeshore Road West when a man approached him and demanded his phone. When the victim refused, police said he was punched in the face. The suspect ed the area on foot when the youth continued to refuse to hand over the phone. The suspect is described as white, 5-foot-11 to 6-foot, unshaven, with a medium build and dark hair. He was wearing a grey-hooded sweater with the hood up and a black straight-brimmed baseball cap. Police said the victim was not seriously injured in the assault. see Check on p.5 Veida Sinclair, 9, looks over her bowl as campers with Kerr Street Ministries took part in a bowl painting event at Crack Pot Studio, all in aid of Sunday's (Oct. 20) Empty Bowls fundraiser to bene t Home Suite Hope (HSH). For story, see p.14. | photo by Graham Paine­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) A Halton school trustee again wants to unplug WiFi from Halton's public schools. But unlike two years ago when Milton public school trustee Nancy MacNeill sought a total Region-wide I can't imagine taking ban -- this time something like this away she wants to limit its use to 90 minfrom the students. It utes each day for (using Wi-Fi) will keep most students, but growing until we either ban it outright for have concrete proof the youngest stu(of harm) or we don't. I dents and those wouldn't want to disable with learning disabilities. our schools or our Still, it appears students. MacNeill will have a tough time getKathryn Bateman-Olmstead ting enough trustHalton District School Board vice chair ees on her side when the issue goes to a vote when Halton District School Board representatives meet next on Nov. 6. see Two on p.9

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