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Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon -1° -4° 1°- 6° 1° -4° 3° -3° Peter Pan visits Oakville Artscene www.insidehalton.com 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Friday, December 19, 2014 | 68 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax H O L I D A Y S P I R I T OTMH ghts outbreak of In uenza A by Michael Gregory Oakville Beaver Staff The season is bright at the Sixth Line home of Jose Goncalves where the light display is a labour of love for Goncalves, who readily admits he loves Christmas. For story, see p.13 | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog Three patients at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) are being treated for con rmed cases of In uenza A, more commonly known as the u, while six others are showing similar symptoms, prompting Halton Healthcare Services That's a total of nine (HHS) and the Region's cases over a period of Public Health Department to declare an less than a week and outbreak Wednesday that is quite signi cant afternoon. for us. The rst cases were reported last Thursday Dr. Neil Rau medical director of infection prevention and have continued at and control a rate of one or more a Halton Healtcare Services day through to Tuesday. Lab tests completed at the Ontario Public Health Laboratories in Etobicoke con rmed at least three positive cases of In uenza A at OTMH. Dr. Neil Rau, medical director of infection prevention and control at HHS, called the outbreak an "anomalous event" for the hospital. "That's a total of nine cases over a period of less than a week and that is quite signi cant for us," Rau said. One of the con rmed cases is a patient who has been at see OTMH on p.3 OF SHOES TO CHOOSE famous EuropEan brand namEs all undEr onE roof M FRO COURT, MISSISSAUGA ingeborg's warehouse 1681 FINFAR www.ingeborgs.ca 905.823.7415 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 to 5 · Sat. 10-5 · Sun. 11 to 4 1000'S Warm up to Winter Look for us on