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s tL . S N O W B O A R DS H O P E L L IC O T T V IL L E ,N E WY O R K Tuesday, M arch 16th $4Q99 CASHc a n a d a nf u n d s J/HQUDAY VALLEY S tj} W A L K I N O R D E R S O N L Y !L Ix T I C K E T S A R E L I M I T E D & A V A I L A B E N O W ! ym um aim im m __ Oakville Town Centre I 120 SPEERS RD. OAKVILLE 905-845-1561 Find out what's happening Downtown This Week! Pages 25-27 (Q E W at Dorval) 905-338-0602 Mon.-Sat 11am-9pm Sun. 12pm-9pm w w w .o a k v ille b e av e r.co m T H E O A K V I L L E B E A V E K south N O R TH A M E R I C A 'S M O ST AW ARDED C O M M U N IT Y NEW SPAPER A Metroland Publication Vol. 41 No. 30 "U S I N G C O M M U N I C A T I O N T O B U I L D B E T T E R C O M M U N I T I E S " FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004 48 Pages $1.00 (plusG ST) Population forecast `bombshell' C o uncil to ldO a k ville m a ygrowb y 9 5 ,0 0 0 p e o p le By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF I t 's f in a lly o f f ic ia l R e c o u n t c o n f ir m M s u l v a l e 's v i c t o r y By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Many Oakville Town Councillors were stunned after learning the town's future population growth may be even larger than they imagined. At the Planning and Development meeting Tuesday night, planning direc tor Peter Cheatley, shocked many of his audience with information that Oakville may have to grow by another 40,000 people south of Dundas Street in addi tion to the 55,000 people slated for north of Dundas Street. And, Councillors were told, popula tion reductions in the north would prob ably be made up in the south. "I think I'm involved in a numbers game," said Ward 1 Councillor Mike Lansdown. "In short, you're right," said Cheatley, who told councillors firm numbers should be known May 10 fol lowing meetings with Halton Region. Cheatley was at the planning meeting asking councillors to receive the draft North Oakville Secondary Plan, along with draft plans for the north Oakville Sub-Watershed Management Strategy and the draft North Oakville Natural Heritage/Open Space System Plan. The plans have a March 31 deadline for public comment. Council is seeking public input before a second draft is pre sented in May, after which more public input will steer a final draft to Council for approval in June. Overshadowing Monday's debate was news about Oakville's population forecasts -- what they are and where they come from -- neither of which any one can say for sure. Ward 6 Councillor Tom Adams asked (See `Town' page 10) It's official -- Ann Mulvale is Oakville's mayor. This week's e l e c t r o n i c --------------------------------recount of the Nov. 10 mayor's race saw Mulvale win by 28 votes. Last November's official results declared Mulvale the Downtown This Week 25 victor by 15 votes. W orship....................... 34 The unofficial result for Artscene...................... 22 this week's recount was Sports............... 35 announced shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday. Business.....................40 It was certified official Real Estate...................41 yesterday by Town Clerk Classified..................... 44 Cathie Best, who acted as Full Delivery: Returning Officer for the B ell Consumer, Canadian Tire, Sobey' s M ichael' s o f Canada, Wal-Mart, election and the recount. Shoppers Drug M art Partial Delivery: Office Depot, la-Z-Boy, Sears, All results are posted on Best Buy Canada, Future Shop, Home Hardware, the Town's Web site at M&M Meats, Phanrn Plus, Pizxaville, Zellers, Dominion, The Bam Fmit Markets, Radio Shack, Rogers Wireless www .town.oakville.on.ca. Go to "News", "Elections" and "Vote Results." (S u p p o rt Y o u r Local Carrier) On Nov. 10, a total 32,020 votes were counted -- 15,731 for Mulvale; 15,716 for Burton; and, 573 for Spanish-only speaking Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435-201 mayoral candidate Richard DELIVERY For home delivery & customer service call Serra. There was a difference (905) 845-9742 Mon., Tues., <6 Thurs. 9 a.m. -6 p.m., of 15 between Mulvale and Wed & Fri. 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. or Saturday 10 a.m. -4 p.m. For new subscriptions, call (905) 845-9742 or Burton. subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com This week's electronic recount which began Monday, counted a total 32,062 votes, 42 more than in November. oakvillel This time around, there was a manual review of 163 ballots which, for one reason V yj\ u hdj or another, were not deter mined on Nov. 10. w m 8!m tm m SVLC Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver FRUSTRATING LOSS: A Notre Dame player is jammed against the boards by two Q.E. Park Eagle players in the third period of Wednesday's G-HAC high school championship game. The third period turned ugly with the game well out of reach. Notre Dame won 7-0 to advance to OFSAA. See Sports for story. <$> EEnaza! 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