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www.durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, MARCH 19,2003 PAGE 7 Courtice resident fined for failure to clear sidewalk Council rejects appeal, fine stands at $124 COURTICE - An appeal by a new resident for Clarington council to forgive forgive a sidewalk snow-clearing bill after he failed to clear walkways on his properly fell on deaf cars Monday. Clarington council chose to uphold its own bylaw and require Courtice resident Rick Maeder to pay a $124 snow-clearing bill, even though the Auburn Lane resident claims not to have known he was required to shovel the walkway on the side of his corner lot. He contends he did shovel the front walkway, but had been told by the pre- Pneumonia PNEUMONIA from page 1 in southern China, where the first suspected suspected case was identified in November. November. Since then, cases have been confirmed confirmed in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Edmonton, Hanoi, Singapore and Hong Kong. Dr. Reynolds noted the difference with SARS is the cause isn't known. "Pneumonia mostly has a known cause. Despite an intensive investigation, investigation, the agent causing this we don't know. We can't find the organism," Buses back on the road BUSES from page 1 commission had been offering either , a wage increase or COLA while the union wanted a combination of both. , Transit workers walked of the job ; : at noon March 3. , CAW Communications Representative Representative Joe Sarnovsky said he was "extremely pleased" workers were able to obtain both COLA and a wage increase in the new deal. I CAW Local 222 president Mike Shields said he was happy the union ; "got whqt it wanted," and is confident confident there will be little backlash against the drivers, from upset riders affected by the strike. "Most of. what we heard over the last two weeks vvas supportive of the drivers," he sitid.' "Plus, I think peo- : pie will just be relieved it is back up , and running." vious owner of his home the municipality municipality was responsible for clearing the rest of the walkway on his property. When the municipality received a complaint about the snowy walkway, a contractor was sent out to do the work, at Mr. Maedcr's expense. Local bylaws require snow to be cleared within 12 hours after a snowfall, snowfall, and kept clear thereafter. "I would think as a welcome to Clarington, we would get a warning," said the former Pickering resident in pleading his case. Still, council chose to uphold the bill. "I cannot remember in recent memory memory a bill not being upheld, because of the precedent that would be sent," said Clarington Mayor John Mutton. in Durham? she said, noting it could be a virus or bacteria. "Because we don't know the organism, organism, there's no specific treatment." Patients have been given antivirals and antibiotics, but "their effectiveness effectiveness is uncertain," she said. Those with the illness are being quarantined or isolated. "Right now, it's not a direct threat to the general.public," she added. Public health officials are collecting collecting as much data as possible and will "take all actions to prevent it being a threat to the general public". In Durham, the health department is part of a daily teleconference with the Ontario Ministry of Health. It is also monitoring health-related Web sites, such as those of the World Health Organization and Health Canada. Canada. Updates are also being provided to health-care workers in Durham, she said, and Durham officials are responding responding to public inquiries. "If they have a concern they may have SARS, we will help arrange to have them seen at an emergency room. We're using special infection control precautions," Dr. Reynolds added. She said the "cluster in Toronto was unusual because two people did die. Elsewhere we see the rare death. Most are quite ill and require hospitalization. hospitalization. How long, thatfs^question' we don't know the answer to." Health Canada hasn't yet placed any travel restrictions to or from the affected areas, she said. Dr. Reynolds added it's "prudent" to reassess the reasons for travelling to the affected areas and those going may want to postpone their trip until more information is available. tv shift kù mtk water 1 's not a pleasant thought, is it? In fact, it's almost as unpleasant as sharing his air. While sharing someone's bath water isn't exactly sanitary, it's second-hand smoke that's the greater health hazard. After all, second-hand smoke contains over 4,000 chemical compounds including arsenic, formaldehyde, benzene and lead, which are known to cause cancer. Second-hand smoke is a leading preventable cause of death. &esj?€Pt the nit m share. 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