Oakville News

Oakville News serves as a digital news platform aimed at delivering the latest updates to the Oakville community while offering businesses a reliable method to engage with their audience. We firmly believe that accurate local insights foster a thriving and connected community. Here’s how we achieve our mission: We keep the community informed about important decisions being considered at town hall, prior to their approval. We back the Halton Regional Police to maintain our status as one of the safest communities in Canada. We provide restaurant reviews to help our readers discover and support talented chefs. Our events section is the most comprehensive in the area because knowing about an event only after it’s over isn’t helpful. We are dedicated to producing a high-quality news outlet for Oakville that is user-friendly and provides significant value to both our readers and advertisers, as both are essential to our success.

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Oilers forward Zach Hyman speaks for first time since injury: 'You're heartbroken'

3 days ago | oakvillenews.org | Joshua Clipperton

EDMONTON — Zach Hyman knew something wasn't right. The Edmonton Oilers winger had just released the puck crossing his blue line in Game 4 of the Western Conference final when Dallas Stars forward Mason Marchment caught him with a glancing blow in the neutral zone. Hyman dropped his stick and immediately skated off, favouring his right arm before heading straight to the locker room.
BC Hydro seeks baseload power boost from stable sources

3 days ago | oakvillenews.org | Chuck Chiang

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's power utility wants to boost the province's baseload electricity generation capacity in a bid to meet the province's growing demand from residents and industries. Baseload capacity refers to constant and stable power sources, with Energy Minister Adrian Dix announcing BC Hydro's request for expression of interest from companies to provide geothermal or hydroelectric projects to expand long-term power capacity and meet peak demand.
Could downtown's former firehall soon be a 17-storey condo?

4 days ago | oakvillenews.org | Kim Arnott

The former firehall property at the corner of Randall and Navy Streets could soon be redeveloped into a 17-storey condo tower, with the bottom two floors used as a home for the Oakville Galleries. The town’s fully-owned development arm, known as the Oakville Municipal Development Corporation (OakvilleMDC), is hoping to ink a deal for the property by the end of the year.
CP NewsAlert: Trump's tariffs back on after appeals court decision

1 week ago | oakvillenews.org | David Baxter |Kelly Malone

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are still hitting most countries around the world after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade. OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are still hitting most countries around the world after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade.
$300 to remove a parking boot? New Oakville bylaw bans devices being used in private lots

1 week ago | oakvillenews.org | Kim Arnott

The town has given the boot to devices used to immobilize improperly parked vehicles. Known as parking boots, wheel clamps or wheel locks, the contraptions have been appearing in Oakville parking lots in recent months, since the town put restrictions on the ability of private property owners to tow vehicles. But immobilization devices will be outlawed as of June 16, thanks to a new bylaw approved by council on Monday May 26.
Spotlight: Twelfth Annual Oakville Film Festival ready for action June 18-25

1 week ago | oakvillenews.org | Katie Corcoran

Film buffs take note: the 12th iteration of the Oakville Film Festival (OFFA) is taking place from June 18-25, and you won’t want to miss it! “This year, OFFA is offering an outstanding roster of local, national and international movies, docs, shorts and animation!” exclaimed OFFA executive director, Wendy Donnan.
Two men convicted after migrants froze to death on Canada-U.S. border face sentencing

1 week ago | oakvillenews.org | Steve Lambert

FERGUS FALLS — Two men are to be sentenced today for their role in a human smuggling operation that saw a family of four freeze to death on the Canada-U.S. border south of Winnipeg. Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand were convicted last fall on four charges related to bringing people illegally into the United States and transporting them.
Spotlight: Trouble navigating the current real estate landscape? How an experienced real estate agent can help

1 week ago | oakvillenews.org | Katie Corcoran

Real estate in 2025 has had its share of surprises—and it’s only May. In Burlington and Oakville, things are shifting quickly towards a buyer’s market, says local REALTORⓇ Tom Lesnick. “Right now we have more inventory than we’ve had in quite some time. Sales are a little slower than normal. We probably have about 4-6 months’ worth of inventory at the moment, where typically we would have 1 to 2,” he says.
Massive warehouse complex on Winston Churchill given green light

1 week ago | oakvillenews.org | Kim Arnott

A controversial plan to build five massive warehouses along Winston Churchill Boulevard has been given the green light by Ontario’s land planning authority, despite the concerns of nearby residents. The Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) has approved site plan details for the complex, which will see 1.3 million square feet of warehouse space and 226 tractor-trailer loading docks built just south of the railroad tracks.
From Darling Home for Kids to remote Africa; Halton nurse on the ground floor of ‘life changing’ special-needs child care

1 week ago | oakvillenews.org | Steve LeBlanc

While not easily acknowledged, there’s a certain difficulty that comes from seeing – or interacting with – medically-complex children. It’s an understandably natural response, but one missing from Megan Walker’s DNA. “I remember my grandma telling me, ‘You know you’re the only one who will look at a child with a trac in their throat and think they’re cute’,” recalls the lifelong Miltonian and pediatric nurse, of her high school volunteer time at her hometown Darling Home for Kids.