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The Level 2 EV charging stations will be installed at fire halls, operations centres, town halls, a water pollution control plant, a works maintenance depot, an animal control centre, library, youth centre, marina, recreation arena and a Trent University Durham GTA student residence. There will be: • two charging stations in Oshawa, • four in Pickering, • four in Scugog, • 10 in Whitby • and 22 across Clarington. "Investing in more EV chargers, like the ones announced today in Durham, will put more Canadians in the driver's seat on the road to a net-zero future and help achieve our climate goals," said Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson. To create more EV charging stations in Durham, the Region is also partnering with The Atmospheric Fund's EV Station Fund. The program offers technical assistance and rebates of up to 50 per cent to municipalities, utilities, parking authorities, public institutions, non-profit organizations, and multi- family residential buildings to install EV charging stations. In early 2020, Durham Regional Council, and many local municipalities, declared a climate emergency. The transportation sector represents the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs in Durham Region. To respond to the climate emergency, expanding the availability of EV charging stations is a key strategy to support drivers in shifting to electric vehicles (EVs). "With a third of Durham Region's carbon emissions coming from transportation -- combustion of gasoline and diesel -- we need to electrify how we drive. Reliable and convenient EV charging is key to accelerating quick EV uptake, which is gaining even more traction given fossil fuel prices," explained The Atmospheric Fund CEO Julia Langer. 42 CHARGING STATIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON THE WAY JENNIFER O'MEARA jomeara@ durhamregion.com NEWS Durham Regional Chair John Henry, left, Whitby MP Ryan Turnbull and Simone Hacikyan, EV Charging Program manager for The Atmospheric Fund, were at Trent University Durham to announce funding for new electric vehicle charging stations. Durham Region photo An investigation by Durham police into alleged frauds targeting seniors has resulted in the arrests of three suspects. Charges including fraud over $5,000 and participating in a criminal organization have been laid against the suspects, who have been linked to at least seven instances of seniors in Durham being targeted for fraud, police said. The investigation is ongoing, with officers reportedly examining more than 70 suspected incidents of the so-called "Grandparent Scam" in the region, police said. "In each case, the senior victim received a phone call from a person purporting to be a lawyer for their grandchild. The suspect would tell the victim their grandchild had been involved in a car accident injuring a pregnant female, and $9,000 was required as bail," police said in a media release announcing the recent arrests May 18. After making contact, suspects arranged for a "bondsman" to visits seniors' homes to collect the money, police said. But the scam didn't end there, according to investigators: "After the money was received, the senior victim would receive another phone call advising the female and/or baby had died and more money would be required." Facing charges including fraud over $5,000, possession of proceeds of crime and participating in a criminal organization are Daniel Karasira, 20, of North York; Usman Oyeneye, 24, of Newmarket, and 20-year-old Jahmal Herbert of Scarborough. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact police at 905-579-1520, ext. 5321. FRAUD SUSPECTS TARGETED SENIORS IN SCAM, POLICE ALLEGE JEFF MITCHELL jmitchell@ durhamregion.com