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Province notifies local municipalities of disaster funding program activation
Summer camp - Emojis team members Joshua Vanderlaan, Kandice Roth and Emma Clemmer learn how to operate a Wonder Workshop “Dash� robot during the Drayton library children’s summer program on Aug 2. The Maker Camp allowed children to tinker and create using STEAM, an educational approach to learning that uses science, technology, engineering, art and math. Photo by Caroline Sealey
TORONTO - Provincial officials have notified seven Ontario municipalities, including Mapleton and Minto, that it has activated the Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians program in flood-affected areas. Other municipalities notified, according to an Aug. 3 press release from the Ministry of Municipal affairs, are Adjala-Tosorontio, Grand Valley, Mono, New Tecumseth and Woolwich. Significant rainfall on June 22 and 23 caused widespread flooding throughout the region, impacting more than 400 homes and small businesses. The Nottawasaga Conservation Authority classified the rainfall that occurred over these two days as a hundred-year storm. Affected individuals, small businesses, farmers
and not-for-profit organizations who have experienced property damage or loss as a result of the disaster may be eligible to receive help with emergency and recovery expenses, the press release states. The program applies to a primary residence and its basic contents, or a main small business, farm or notfor-profit organization premise. The government is closely monitoring other areas experiencing flooding across the province. It may activate the program in these areas as flood impacts continue to be assessed in the coming days and weeks. More information and detailed program guidelines are available at ontario.ca/ DisasterAssistance or by calling toll-free 1-844-780-8925.
Brampton man, woman charged in RBC bank robbery By Caroline Sealey DRAYTON - Police have charged two Brampton residents in connection with recent armed robberies in Drayton, Milverton and Brampton. On Aug. 8 the OPP announced that an investigation, in partnership with Peel Regional Police, led to the arrest of a man and woman who police say are suspects in two bank robberies: - on July 25 at about 1:35pm at the CIBC Bank on Main Street North in Milverton; and - on Aug. 1 at about 4pm at the RBC bank on Main Street in Drayton. In both cases a suspect entered the banks with a weapon, stole an undisclosed amount of cash and left on foot. In the Drayton robbery the suspect’s face was covered by a bandana. “After the armed robberies local OPP members obtained surveillance images of the vehicle believed to be utilized by the accused, in Drayton and Milverton,� states a press release from Wellington County OPP. “Peel Regional Police
DRAYTON ROBBERY SUSPECT were investigating a similar armed robbery in Brampton on July 25 ... Officers of the two agencies shared their information and images of the accused and the vehicle.� On Aug. 5 Peel Regional Police arrested the two suspects in connection with the armed robbery in Brampton. Police officials allege the two suspects are “also responsible� for the bank robberies in Milverton and Drayton. The male suspect, Duane Jeffery Martin, 45, of Brampton, was charged with two counts of robbery with a weapon, two counts of disguise with intent, and two counts of pointing a firearm. The female suspect, Taylor Brum, 19, of Brampton, was charged with two counts of robbery with a weapon. Both were to appear in Stratford court for bail hear-
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Robbed - The RBC branch in Drayton was robbed, reportedly at gunpoint, at about 4pm on Aug. 1. ings. “The OPP would like to thank the public for their assistance in solving these crimes,� police stated. Gun used in Drayton? OPP spokesman Josh Cunningham would not con-
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firm the weapon used in the Drayton bank robbery was a gun. However, one woman at the scene told the Community News she was in the bank with her three small children when a man with a
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gun approached an adjacent teller. Previous robbery The Drayton RBC was the scene of a similar incident on March 2, 2015. In December 2015 an 18-year-old male, who was a minor at the time of the
Photo by Caroline Sealey robbery, was arrested. He pled guilty in October 2016 to the Drayton bank robbery - plus three bank robberies in Toronto, one in Tavistock and one in St. Clements. -With files from Chris Daponte
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