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1 ^ S p e e d y -- Shocks C j a a or Struts ^ | S a v e u p to Best price of the season. Limited time offer. See Manager for Details. 112 Speers Rd.. Oakville oust west of J 1i Big bikes roll for Heart and Stroke An incredible day of all-star baseball S ports Focus N O R T H THE O A K VILLE A M E R I C A 'S Vol. 3 9 N o . <ss M O S T A W A R D E D C O M M U N IT Y E W S P A P E R i s P a c t 's 7.> c V n t s ,/>/</s a s i 1 A M e tr o la n d I 'u b l ic a ti o n \v i :i)N i ;si> .\Y . . i r i v 2 4 . x rj H o u s e By Howard Mozel O A K V ILLE B E A V E R S T A F F r a z e d fo r a th ir d tim e F ir e g u t s e a st O a k v ille h o m e c a u s in g $ 1 . 5 - M d a m a g e Police and fire investigators are sifting through the remains of a spectacular fire that reduced an east Oakville home to rubble causing $1.5 million in damages on Monday. The fire was the third at the same address -- 36 Ennisclare Drive East -- in four years, according to the H alton Regional Police. Deputy Fire C hief John de Hooge said the Halton Regional Police have assumed the lead role in the investigation, backed by the O akville Fire D epartm ent and Ontario Fire M arshal. "Three fires is a significant cause for concern and the three agencies will aggressively seek out the cause," said de Hooge, " It's a fact that there who added the neighbours are has been three fires at understandably worried about their safety. "Everybody's very this property. That in serious about getting to the root itself makes it of this." suspicious." A special dog from the · Oakville Deputy Fire Ontario Fire M arshal's Office was also on hand Tuesday after C hief John de Hooge noon to sniff through the ruins for any clues to the cause o f the fire. The house was also destroyed by fire on M arch 28, 2001. Another blaze, causing about $75,000 dam age, occurred on Sept. 23, 1999. "It's the fact that there has been three fires at this property," said de Hooge. "That in itself makes it suspicious." The initial call came in around 12:50 p.m. and while still en route to the scene the platoon chief upgraded the occurrence to (See `Fire1page A3) Jaime Smith · O akville B eaver An Oakville firefighter hoses down the charred remains o f an Ennisclare Drive house in east Oakville that quickly burned to the ground quickly M onday afternoon. Firefighters also had to hose down several neighbouring houses to keep them from being consumed by the blaze. World Youth Day participants make pilgrimage through Oakville By Lindsey Craig O.AKVILLE B E A V E R S T A F F Outdoor watering ban lifted G o ahead, water your lawns, fill up your pools and wash your cars; Halton Region is lifting its outdoor use water ban. Region officials say recent rain storms provided enough w ater to alleviate stress on O akville's w ater supply and yesterday announced the week-long ban is lifted. "The rain doesn't actually fall into the reservoirs, but w e've had enough that we expect the dem and on people watering their lawns will be reduced," said Larissa Fenn, Halton Region com munications spe cialist. The region im posed the ban last Tuesday after a stretch o f rainless days m eant m any residents were tap ping into H alto n 's w ater supply m ore frequently to w ater lawns. clean cars and fill backyard sw im ming pools. The ban was imposed so ensure w ater levels in the region's reser voirs maintained adequate levels for em ergency fire response and essen tial service needs. Now that the ban is lifted, Fenn cautions water supplies in the region are not infinite and people should still try to conserve water. "W e're not imposing any sort of second-tier restrictions though we are asking people to be conservative in their w ater use," Fenn said. "Your lawn really only requires one inch of w ater once a w eek." Fenn said if the region experi ences a sim ilar dry period later in the summer, it's possible the ban could again be imposed. As Toronto opens its arm s to the world, Oakville, too, has em braced hun dreds o f young pilgrim s em barked on a spiritual journey for World Youth Day. W ith a variety o f activities taking place throughout the week, the pilgrim s are using Oakville as a base from which to travel. Sheridan College, St. Thomas A quinas and St. Ignatius o f L oyola Secondary Schools are each playing host to young Catholics who have com e from England, Scotland, Germany and Poland. Most groups arrived in Oakville early this week, after having visited other areas o f the province for various World Youth Day activities. Each day they will travel to Toronto, engaging in a catechesis (reli gious discussion led by a bishop that will be geared to young people) every morn ing, with afternoon activities that include cultural festivals, educational sessions and volunteer w ork. E venings will involve concerts and entertainm ent. Some groups will also spend a day at Niagara Falls and have plans to attend a Scottish "hooley" (party) in St. Catharines with a Scottish group staying at Brock University. All o f the festivities will lead up to S atu rd ay 's 4.5-km pilgrim age to Downsview Park and overnight vigil -- the culmination o f the event -- when the Pope will make his first W orld Youth Day appearance and hundreds o f thousands of pilgrims will sleep under the stars. In the morning they'll awake for a special mass, delivered by the Pope from a stage three storeys high. Staying at Sheridan College until the m uch-anticipated w eekend, are four groups from England -- 23 students from Birmingham, 30 from Nottingham, 26 from Clifton and 12 from Portsmouth- as w ell as groups from G erm any and (See `Young' page A4) Editorials...................... A6 Update..........................A7 Business...................... A8 Best Wheels.................B1 Focus............................C l Classified.....................C4 Dining......................... C6 Artscene......................C8 Sports...........................D1 NOW THAT'S A PARTY: Downtown Oakville turned into a sea o f people as thou sands upon thousands of residents and visi tors poured into the core area to celebrate Midnight Madness. Left, Dave Broadbent, of perennial crowd favourite The Kings belts out one of the band's latest songs. Above, a smiling Lauren Frank, 10, shows off a new glow toy. Souvlaki anyone? Tom Agelopoulis from the Hellenic Community o f Oakville demonstrates his culinary expertise. See also pages. A8 and C8. Photos by Peter C. 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