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$10,000 reward offered for clues to series of area bank robberies
Summer Soccer - Kiddie Kicker Timbits Soccer in Drayton had its last session on July 19 at the fairgrounds in Drayton. Over 120 youngsters enjoyed weeks of fun learning new soccer skills, playing games, eating snacks, playing mini-soccer games and making new friends. “The excitement in the air each week was palpable as the players came with their parents, siblings, grandparents and friends. Their coaches had fun, too,” officials note. Drayton Minor Soccer is planning to run the program again next year. TOP: Members of the Orange squad in action. ABOVE: A Blue Timbits player dribbles the ball. Submitted photos
MOOREFIELD – A $10,000 reward has been offered for information on a bank robbery here earlier this year, as well as several other similar crimes being investigated by the OPP. An Aug. 1 press release indicates the West Region OPP Crime Unit is continuing an investigation into five area bank robberies. Detective inspector Randy Gaynor of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch is leading the investigation, along with members of the York Regional Police Service and Niagara Regional Police Service. On March 13, two suspects entered an RBC branch in Moorefield wearing disguises and left with a quantity of cash. One was dressed in dark clothing with a white scarf covering his face; the other was dressed in dark clothing wearing a Nike ball cap and a red bandana covering face. Other robberies under investigation include: - March 7, two suspects entered a CIBC branch in Markham wearing disguises and left with a quantity of cash. One was dressed in a grey hooded sweatshirt, grey track pants, a grey face covering, and a dark baseball cap; the other was dressed in a black hooded jacket, black pants and a grey face covering;
Bank robbers - Security camera footage shows suspects in a March 13 bank robbery entering the Moorefield RBC branch. Submitted photo - March 8, two suspects entered a TD branch in Fonthill wearing disguises and left with a quantity of cash. One was dressed in a green sweater, dark pants, dark sunglasses and a red bandana face covering; the other was wearing a grey sweater, baseball cap and had a white face covering; - March 29, two suspects entered an RBC branch in Embro wearing disguises and left with a quantity of cash. One was wearing a grey and black striped sweater with a dark hood covering the face and blue gloves; the other was wearing a red Adidas sweater with a yellow
Decision on facility service review deferred MAPLETON - Council here is delaying action on a township facility service review. On July 24 council deferred 23 review resolutions from the parks and recreation committee. “When I read the report it was me that asked for the deferral,” CAO Manny Baron told council. “It would be a tough discussion to have ... to ... choose which of the recommendations we should ... go with and not go with, and I think it would be a lengthy conversation.” He suggested parks and recreation staff review the report and come up with “a solid recommendation, and we can either approve or deny the recommendation.”
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Mattina, range from creating a policy for when heaters should be run at the PMD arena to installing a meter at public facilities and establishing a summer ice rental rate at the arena. Councillor Mike Martin said all the recommendations of the parks and recreation committee were already approved by council. “The committee hasn’t been directing anything,” Martin said. “These resolutions have already come to council and have already been approved before staff could do work on them. “I think in this particular case most of these recommendations that Sam’s pulled forward have already been discussed by council ... I don’t think there’s anything new here. Speaking for myself, certainly none of the
recommendations that came were unexpected, they were all stuff that we had spoken about already.” Councillor Lori Woodham agreed she didn’t think anything in the report had changed. Mattina explained the idea was to further consolidate the recommendations. “There’s 23 resolutions on this report and (Baron’s) just trying to consolidate what it is,” Mattina said. “Many of the changes that were recommended are here and have been made and most of this is good to go ... “What he’s trying to say is, ‘let’s consolidate this to a smaller number of resolutions that can be understood and incorporate the edits that were agreed upon by council.’” Martin asked if there
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Baron also said committees should not dictate to or add work for staff. “We like recommendations but there was a lot of work that was given to the department here and I’m just not comfortable with ... that process and I’d like to talk about that at the next committee meeting,” Baron said. “But our job is to come in with a solid 100 per cent recommendation that we back, not to ask council to pick and choose which ones we want to do. “I just feel for fairness to [pubic works director Sam Mattina] and public works (and) the other staff that we can recommend the exact number of recommendations .. and just present one full recommendation.” The recommendations in the report, prepared by
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could be a discussion about whether public facilities should continue to have a permanent liquor license. He said there may not be enough use for the license to make business sense, but may add a convenience factor. Baron said township officials could discuss it with their legal advisors and see if it could in included in the edited report. “The next council meeting we come in with one full package, no edits and approve the package in total,” he said. “I think that’s a better way and best practice ... “Staff is here to provide you with the best advice and I’m extremely confident that when that final package comes for approval, it will reflect all of the changes that the committee and council would like to see.”
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hood, dark face covering and orange gloves; and - April 6, two suspects entered an RBC branch in Scotland wearing disguises and left with a quantity of cash. One was wearing a grey shirt, grey baseball cap, with a black hood covering his face and blue gloves; the other was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with a dark face covering. At each of the robberies, the suspects were carrying a firearm, police state. The Canadian Bankers Association also announced on Aug. 1 the organization is offering a $10,000 reward SEE REWARD » 2
Martin suggests gifting hall to Moorefield club By Jaime Myslik MAPLETON Councillor Mike Martin made a notice of motion at the end of the July 24 council meeting. He asked staff to “engage in a discussion with the Moorefield Optimist Club regarding the ownership of the Moorefield Optimist Hall” and “explore the opportunity to gift that said hall to the Moorefield Optimist Club.” The notice of motion is to be discussed during the Aug. 14 council meeting.
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