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Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon 19° 9° 16° 7° 10° 4° 12° 8° T.A. Blakelock volunteer off to a good start See page 8 www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 April 2 Hamilton 4 & 25, 2015 Convent ion Cent re Stay Connected! Friday, April 17, 2015 | 68 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Public high school teachers reach strike position today by Tim Whitnell Metroland Media West B U G E Y E S The union head for Halton's public high school teachers says no progress was made in the latest round of contract bargaining but that they will continue to negotiate with school board of cials, regardless of talks breaking off at the provincial level. Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) District 20 Halton Local President Brad Fisher, spokesperson for 1,300 permanent full- and part-time high school teachers at the Halton District School Board (HDSB), said they plan to meet the board again Wednesday (April 22). Additional meeting dates have been set into May. Fisher said nothing of note came out of an approximate six-hour meeting Wednesday. "There were no major changes in positions, no major agreements. We are frustrated," he said, without citing speci cs. HDSB Education Director David Euale, who is involved in the negotiations, had a slightly different view of the most recent talks. see Halton on p.12 Standingroom only at Saw-Whet lands meeting by Ian Holroyd Oakville Beaver Staff o m e n s - $1.00 incl. tax Connected to your community sh o w. c a sow The Incredible World of Bugs showed off its collection of more than 500 insects at the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre last weekend. The exhibit Included interesting facts and a close-up look at rare beetles, giant spiders and brilliant butter ies. Above, Eric Hymers, 10, looks in shock as a Borneo walking stick exes its wings. For more photos, see p.18 | photo by Justin Greaves ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) It was standing-room only at a public meeting Wednesday where 600 residents, opposed to the development of Saw-Whet Golf Course, heard about how to inuence decision-making at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). Residents were eager to nd out how they can help save the green space located on Bronte Road, between Upper Middle Road and the North Service Road -- property owned by Bronte Green in the Merton Lands. Councillor Allan Elgar The answer they got? Show up en masse to an OMB pre-hearing May 1 at 10 a.m. at Oakville Town Hall and sign up as participants. "Why should you come?" asked Ward 4 Councillor Allan Elgar. "So you can support council's motion that the development plan is not in the public interest." see Residents on p.3 www.oakvillegolfclub.com m m info@oakvillegolfclub.com Closer Than You Think! 1154 Sixth Line, Oakville 905-845-8321 - Ext. 32 1 9 21