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Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 23° 14° 16° 12° 16° 10° 21° 17° Chasing summer storms Page 10 www.insidehalton.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Friday, June 5, 2015 | 60 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Jackie is lucky one who got away from a coyote attack by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff An Oakville woman is advising residents not to walk their dogs off-leash after a confrontation with a coyote on a local trail nearly cost the life of her greyhound in May. Ivana Wells and her four-and-a-halfyear-old greyhound Jackie were enjoying a morning walk along Sixteen-MileCreek in the vicinity of River Oaks and Neyagawa boulevards on May 15. The Mowat Avenue resident said she was aware coyotes were in the area, but had never had any problems with them before and so decided to allow Jackie to play off-leash. "I didn't pay much attention because she was very close to me all the time and the one thing she loves to do is chase the squirrels there," said Wells. "She was about 10 feet away from me and she saw a `dog' and went over to say `hi'." The "dog," which was standing in a clearing, turned out to be a coyote. When Jackie got close, the coyote charged at her. see Greyhound's on p.3 West Nile virus returns for another season by Bob Mitchell Oakville Beaver Staff Oakville resident Ivana Wells and her greyhound, Jackie, had a close encounter with a coyote while out for their morning walk May 15. After a chase, much growling, snarling and other assorted noises during the showdown, Wells considered her dog lost to the coyote and was much relieved when the Oakville and Milton Humane Society found the canine en route home after escaping the coyote's clutches. | photo by Nikki Wesley ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) The chance of contracting the West Nile virus (WNv) remains low, but that doesn't mean Halton residents shouldn't take precautions. So far, there have been no con rmed cases of anybody contracting the disease or any mosquitoes carrying it in Halton. There were no human cases reported in 2014 but three mosquito pools tested positive, one each in Burlington, Oakville and Milton. The Region has so far administered 17 larvicide applications to standing water. Six sites were larvicided in Burlington, seven in Oakville, one in Milton and three in Halton Hills. Also, the rst round of catch basin larviciding in Halton has begun. Catch basins located on major roads are being marked with red paint. All other catch basins are being marked with blue paint to indicate they have been larvicided, Halton ofcials said. The West Nile virus is mainly transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. It can affect all see There on p.14 · HOME · AUTO · LIFE · BUSINESS · AV I AT I O N T H E M A G N E S G RO U P I N C . 1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 Tel: 905-845-9793 Fax: 905-845-9149 www.magnesgroup.com END INSURANCE CONFUSION. For informed decisions that you can feel good about, contact us!