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Holidays are busy and joyous times, but it is important to remember safety rules, especially when it comes to home safety (i.e. holiday lights, decorations, holiday eating, etc.). For more information on home safety, please visit:

Ontario Fire Marshal

www.ofm.gov.on.ca/english/Publications/Press/2006/Dec-11-06.asp

Reduce your risk of accidents during the holidays

www.gov.on.ca/mgs/en/News/Print/108010.html  

Electrical Safety Authority

www.esasafe.com/GeneralPublic/est_003D.php


Eat right

www.eatrightontario.ca/en/featureofthemonth.aspx?section=1


Safety sheet: winter slips & falls
http://www.uottawa.ca/services/ehss/docs/safetysheet8-2008.pdf

Also, road safety should be of the utmost importance when traveling during the holidays. For more information on road safety, please visit:

Road safety

www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/PublicPrint/referenceroadsafety

Winter driving in Ontario
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/winter.shtml

Warm up to winter driving

http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2007/12/06/c8517.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html

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