Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 14 Apr 2016, p. 01

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Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 8° 1° 11° 3° 13° 4° 18° 8° Page 5 We are relevant Refugees begin anew Spotlight www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES 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 dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, April 14, 2016 | 56 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax `Assassin game' playing with danger: warn police by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Halton police are cautioning youths about playing what's been dubbed `the assassin game' after ski mask-clad teens on Gooseberry Way provoked a police response to the area, last week. The so-called game, that is apparently popular among local high school students, sees `players' try to eliminate each other using mock weapons to become the last surviving player. Game play occurs at all hours and in all places unless otherwise speci ed in the rules -- all of which created a police commotion at Bronte Road and Westoak Trails Boulevard April 5 when, police say, some participants took the game too far. Around 3:40 p.m., residents on Calloway Drive and Gooseberry Way contacted police to report three people wearing see Of cers on p.8 Ray Chisholm, centre, with family members, pictured, from left, Owen, Heather, Ainsley and Debbie Chisholm, on by-election night Monday at Town Hall. Chisholm won the Town council seat from among a eld of 11 candidates seeking election. He will ll the vacancy left by former councillor, now Oakville North-Burlington MP Pam Damoff. Chisholm victorious in Ward 2 by-election by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff | photo by Riziero Vertolli ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Ray Chisholm has been elected the new councillor for Ward 2. The past Parks and Recreation Services senior manager for the Town of Oakville prevailed in Monday's Ward 2 by-election with 778 votes (23.17 per cent of the vote). This total put him ahead of his closest competitor Hart Jansson, board member and past-president of the West Harbour Residents Association, who received 616 votes (18.34 per cent of the vote). Former Oakville United Way GenNext co-chair Fraser Damoff came third with 533 votes (15.87 per cent of the vote). "I'm ecstatic. It was a tight race, there were 11 candidates. Everyone worked hard at the all-candidates' meeting. There were some very astute comments made by the candidates," said Chisholm at see Chisholm on p.3 SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER ~ A Legacy of Excellence ~ Wendy Saunders Kim Saxton Ruth Anne Winter Sales Representative Sales Representative Broker 136 Church Street, Suite 1A - Oakville, ON | 905.845.1223 sswteam.ca | sswteam @ johnstonanddaniel.com 534 Golfview Court, Oakville ~ $ 1,749,000

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