Month: December 2016

Winter has arrived! Here’s how to stay safe.

Oakville, like the rest of Canada, is prone to bad weather during the winter months. And while seasonal variety is part of the unique charm of Ontario living, there’s no denying that winter brings with it certain health risks. Slick roads and holiday driving are a recipe for traffic disaster, and icy sidewalks cause innumerable …

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What does it mean to have a “non-life threatening” injury?

In Canada, deaths and serious injuries due to car accidents have been declining for years. In 2009, for example, Transport Canada’s Road Safety in Canada study reported 2,209 fatalities and 11,451”serious” injuries, a 25 per cent decline in both measures compared to the period from 1996 to 2001. This is certainly good news, but if …

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Friends and families of traffic accident victims band together

In late October, a group named Friends and Families for Safe Streets (FFSS) launched in Toronto. The organization is comprised of relatives and loved ones of traffic victims who want to ‘put a human face’ on the issue of road safety, according to the Toronto Star. They are the first group of their kind in …

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