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14 - The Oakville Beaver W eekend, Saturday March 25, 2006 is c o v e r th e ^ d i f f e r e n c e Apartment evacuated By Krissie Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF O A K V IL L E CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, Now Accepting Registration for Junior and Senior Kindergarten for September 2006 Academic school with Christian values. Full day program. · Dedicated, nurturing and fully qualified teachers. French, Music, Art, Gym and Library from JK. Family atmosphere with 265 students. On-site before and after school care. Low student-staff ratio of 10:1 for JK. I . H K IN D E R G A R TE N O P E N H O U S E Thursday A p r il 6 9 :3 0 - 11:50am a n d 7 - 8pm C a ll to R S V P o r to a rr a n g e in-session tours A t O ak v ille C h ris tia n S ch o o l o u r m issio n is: "Nurturing Excellence in a Christ-Centred Academic Environment" O akville Christian School 112 Third Line, Oakville (905) 8 2 5 -1 2 4 7 ocsadmissions@ocsonline. org iviviv. ocsonline. org OAKVI LLE C H R I S T I A N S C H O O L Halton Regional Police and the Oakville Fire Department responded yes terday to calls about an unknown noxious odour "causing people to be sick" at the apartment building at 2031 Merchants Gate, said OFD' s Michael Harrison. The 147-unit building was evacuated and five tenants transported by Halton Emergency Medical Services to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital for pre cautionary measures, said Bill McTaggart of Halton EMS. . CLOSE CALL: Merchants Gate resident . But after she got out of the "We' ve been assessing all Karmalita Lee is comforted by a paramedic sht°w. er; Mef on 1 1 was` the evacuees medically," said after being evacuated from her apartment. n » ^ ^ , McTaggart, who added they had checked "a busload" of tenants from "multiple was a little wheezy. I couldn't smell anything, but I apartments on multiple floors," who had symptoms was coughing to the point that I thought I was like coughing and shortness of breath. Those symp going to throw up," she said. "I came outside and all toms cleared up once people were outside the build the firemen were saying, `Are you ok? Are you ok?"' Megson wasn't among those who required oxy ing. Firefighters went "door to door looking for the gen and said her symptoms subsided when she cause," said Harrison, but had yet to pin-point any reached the fresh air. Most tenants were waiting to re-enter the build thing yesterday at 4 p.m. The building was being ventilated at that time and firefighters were going ing in the nearby Glen Abbey Recreation Centre or to re-enter to look for the cause and location of the in a town bus that had been provided for shelter. At The Oakville Beaver press deadline, Halton outbreak. It was a tenant on the second floor, who alerted Regional Police and the Oakville Fire Department were still investigating the cause. office manager, Kate Creary, of the problem. "The tenant came to me and said she had called 911. She was throwing up and her daughter was sick," said Creary, who was among approximately 40 people look ing on yesterday an hour after the alarms went off. "Nobody knew what was going on." And many tenants, like Sheridan College's Sara Megson, didn't respond right away. "I thought it was a false alarm - we have a lot of false alarms," she said, while wait ing outside the building with her puppy, Milo. "I heard the fire alarm and I got in the shower because it was so RIZIERR0 VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER loud." GoCan adian Rocki es.com Experience'onebreathtaking view after another. Hike through majestic mountains. Sink a legend arv, twenty-foot putt. And fi nish off the da v with a full body massage at the spa in your luxurious* world-class hotel* You can do ail this and m ore in Alberta, Our international gateway cities include Edmonton and Calgary, and most airlines provide easy access to begin or conclude your unforgettable vacation at either. To experience Alberta's warm hospitality, start by veiling our booth at the Toronto Travel tx Leisure Show, April 6th to 9th, 2006. ALBERTA, C anada'* R ocky M o u n ta in P la y gro u n d