Ontario Community Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 3 Sep 2015, p. 1

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Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun 28° 20° 26° 18° 26° 20° 27° 21° No Town council members call for mayor's resignation Page 3 www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Thursday, September 3, 2015 | 56 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group G E T T I N G R E A D Y F O R T H E B I G D A Y As students will be heading back to school next week, Halton Student Transportation Service (HSTS) and area school bus operators held a school bus orientation day for rsttime riders and their parents. The orientation day, held Saturday locally at Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, was meant to help the children understand the importance of school bus safety as well as ease any potential fears. The day included a video and handout to all young riders with tips on school bus safety. School bus safety of cers and drivers talked to the children and their parents about safely getting on and off the bus, proper behaviour on the school bus, crossing the street to get to a waiting bus and overall safety. Pictured, Lisa Binedell (left), 4, who is off to Junior Kindergarten next week, waves with her sister, Juliette, 6, who is going into Grade 1, as they head off for orientation with mom Janet. See insidehalton.com for more photos from the day. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Drivers now face stiffer nes and penalties for breaking the rules of the road. The Making Ontario Roads Safer Act has been amended to include ve new rules, three of which came into effect Tuesday. The "move-over" law, which requires drivers to slow down and proceed with caution when approaching an emergency vehicle parked on the side of the highway with its lights on, now requires drivers to do the same when approaching tow trucks responding to an emergency situation with their ashing amber lights on. Failure to follow the law will result in a $490 ne and three demerit points. Police are cracking down harder on distracted drivers with increased nes. A driver who is caught using a cellphone or any electronic device will be ned a minimum of $490 and see Drivers on p. 18 Police remind motorists of new road rules Sign-up and get $ 25 RewaRdS cash on your first purchase of $100 or more!

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