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Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun -9° -17° -7° -17° 0° -8° 0° 7° Winter maintains its grip with the arrival of March Page 5 www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, March 5, 2015 | 40 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Pickering man faces human trafficking charges by Michael Gregory Oakville Beaver Staff A Pickering man is facing human traf cking and drug charges after investigation of a missing person's case led to a Mississauga hotel early Monday, say Halton police. An Oakville girl was missing for two days when they found her at the hotel with a 20-year-old man, alleged to be a pimp. Shaquille Robichard is charged with traf cking a person under 18 years, receive material bene t under 18 years, possession of a controlled substance and two counts of breach of recognizance. Robichard was held in custody pending a bail hearing set for March 4 at 9:30 a.m. Two Oakville re ghters receive minor injuries in re by Michael Gregory Oakville Beaver Staff videozone See videos of Veteran Fred Smith's struggles after war by visiting www.insidehalton.com. For story, see Spotlight on p.6 Two Oakville re ghters received minor injuries when an electrical panel exploded during an electrical room re at the Palermo Village Retirement Residence last Thursday night. Both injured men are recovering. | photo by Michael Ivanin - special to the Beaver Two Oakville re ghters were injured last Thursday night after an explosion in an electrical room at a newly-opened seniors' residence in the north end. Three re trucks responded to Palermo Two re ghters were Village Retirement Residence, near Bronin that room trying to te Road and Dundas ventilate the smoke out Street West, shortly afof there when there was ter 7 p.m., for an alarm a secondary explosion activation call and in the electrical panel. soon found smoke billowing out of the baseDeputy Chief Andy Glynn ment electrical room. Oakville Fire Department Oakville Fire's Deputy Chief Andy Glynn said the electrical panel in the mechanical room had caught re and two male re ghters were working to clear the smoke when a blast occurred. "Two re ghters were in that room trying to ventilate the smoke out of there when there was a secondary explosion in the electrical panel," Glynn said. see Community on p.3 March Break half day caMp lego robotics & coding for Grade 1-6 $225+hst. call sylvan for details. sign up tOday! oakville@sylvan2learn.com 905.469.6353