Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 22° 16° 22° 14° 24° 14° 23° 16° Ribfest reigns the rain Artscene An NHL first Sports 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, July 2, 2015 | 40 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group O C A N A D A Superheroes visiting kids at hospital by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Thirty-seven newcomers recently became Canadian citizens after taking the Oath of Citizenship under a picnic shelter at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. It was part of the Halton Multicultural Council's (MHC) annual June picnic and while planned cultural performances and dances were cancelled due to the rain, it didn't dampen the spirits of the Matias family taking the oath together. Pictured, from left are: Raphael Matias, 8; dad Mody; Liam, 10; mom Maria; and youngest son Eli, 10 months, in Maria's arms. Eli, who was born here, is a Canadian citizen. | photo by Graham Paine Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) While there is no shortage of everyday heroes walking the halls of Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH), certain heroes don their costumes and get a much bigger reaction from the kids. For the past year, every second Thursday has been `Super Hero Day' at OTMH with Batman, Wonder Woman, Iron Man and others stopping by to visit young patients and provide them with comic books to read during their hospital stay. Their appearances Superheroes are the work of a volunteer group known as the Comic Corps of Canada. "It's great," said Mark Walton, Halton Healthcare Services' (HHS) strategy, partnerships and performance vice-president, who is also Iron Man and one of the founding members of the Comic Corps. see Superheroes on p.6 Complimentary Consultation Laser Vision Correction Only BladeLESS 905 845 EYES (3937) Suite 200 - 353 Iroquois Shore Road. Oakville, ON WWW.SEEBYIV.COM