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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Aboutowne Realty Corp., Brokerage Independently owned and operated 905 - 338-9000 www.homesforsaleontario.com The Big Swing PAGE 43 EXPERIENCE·EXPERTISE·INTEGRITY CELEBRATING 25 YEARS! Renate Penkett Sales Representative Between Kerr & Dorval YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 www.lockwoodchrysler.com A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 52 No. 65 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2009 56 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) First Student keeps on busing By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Tall order More cases of H1N1 and most here in Oakville Additional schools reporting students affected with flu By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF First Student Canada buses will be running this (Friday) morning following a tie vote by bus drivers Wednesday night. However, parents should not breathe a sigh of relief yet, as another vote was to be held last night (Thursday), with the chance of a strike starting Monday morning. Approximately 130 bus drivers, as well as six mechanics, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 2177, are asking for higher wages from their employer, First Student Canada. They voted Wednesday night whether or not to accept First Student Canada's latest offer. If that offer had been rejected, a strike would have been effective Friday morning. "It was a tie vote, which means there is no decision, because we need 50 per cent plus one in order to make a decision," said Barbara Wilker-Frey, CUPE national representative. "It will be business as usual on Friday. This is pretty unusual that you get a tie vote. It shows how difficult this decision is for the members because they know it affects not just them, but all the students, as well." Currently, the drivers make an aver LIESA KORTMANN /OAKVILLE BEAVER IN SEARCH OF SUMMER: It took Toronto Brigantine Inc. tall ship Pathfinder four hours to make it from Toronto to Oakville Tuesday -- just in time for an information open house at the Oakville Public Library Central Branch. Toronto Brigantine has, over the past 46 years, offered a unique summer sailing experience for youths aged 13 to 18, who sail for nearly two weeks aboard one of the 72-foot traditional brigantines, STV Pathfinder or TS Playfair. There have been 10 more confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Halton, bringing the new total to 66. The latest cases are again mostly in Oakville, with both students and adults affected. "We are getting reports of new cases every day. There have also been new schools involved. We have three new schools, all of which are in Oakville," said Dr. Bob Nosal, Halton Region's medical officer of health, on Wednesday. By Thursday, Appleby College had its first confirmed case of H1N1 and had sent home a notice to parents. Of the 66 cases, 50 are students attending 19 different schools in Halton, 15 of which are in Oakville. Other cases have been reported in schools in Burlington, Milton and Georgetown. The consensus among the Region's health staff and officials at the provincial Ministry of Health continues to be that school closures are not yet warranted, Nosal said. "(Closures) are clearly not warranted yet," he said Wednesday. "As recently as Tuesday, we had a teleconference with the scientific review team at the province and provincial health authorities to discuss the issue, and the consensus is there is no reason to close the schools." Most of the Halton cases have experienced mild symptoms. One of the cases confirmed over the weekend -- a teenager -- was seriously ill and hospitalized. Health officials would not confirm which com See Parents page 5 See Staying page 7 No Payments for 6 Months & Huge Rebates! 905-844-2949