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Oakville Beaver | Thursday, October 13, 2022 | 16 insidehalton.com Halton Retirement Expo Sunday October 16 10am-3pm Holiday Inn Bronte, 2525 Wyecroft Rd, Oakville Over 30 vendors including Halton Retirement Residences, Downsizers, Transitions Specialists, Local Senior Organizations and More! To Register Visit: AWA A aE lixelalec-14[a-Jeal-Jal 4 —>.4elemece) an] Amal Helbah-Dawson Financial Planner, Investment and Retirement Planning Hosted By: Sarah Feere, SRES Sales Representative Gee ELDER CARE TRANSITIONS Cle The CINRP oe = feoR ad RECI IFFMA : Acclaim _ €D a BERCHINGHUFFAN Ao cHaRTWell tomate FA Health sen e@ B NEWS HIGH SCHOOL EVACUATED FOLLOWING APPARENT RELEASE OF UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com The Oakville Fire Department says around 1 from an Oakville high school following the ap- parent release of an unknown substance. Halton police, firefighters and Halton EMS were called to T.A. Blakelock High School, 1160 Rebecca St., at around 2:30 p.m., on October 4 after children began re- porting feeling nauseous around the front hallway of the school. Deputy Fire Chief Kalpana Rajgopalan said the school initially went into hold and secure but was then evacuated when emer- cy per mined there were no other threats to students and staff. le do have one teacher who has been transported to hospital with some breath- ing difficulties, but it's non-life threaten- 'We suspect a this is some kind of ir- ritant. Some type of acrid substance like a pepper spray or bear spray type of product because whatever it is has since dissipat- *t eajgopalan said an Oakville Fire HAZ- MAT team entered the school but did not detect any kind of toxins with their equip- ment. same day, the Brampton Fire De- partment took to social media to report they were at a high school in the Bramalea Road and Father Tobin Road area, dealing i similar incident involving an un- known substance/irritant. Rajgopalan said two fire departments have communicated but noted she has not been able to confirm whether the sub- stances are the same or if the incidents are connected. Halton police said they will be investi- gating. SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT INSIDEHALTON.COM