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= 5 | Thursday, May 5, 2022 | 20 1 The IFP - Halton Hi Resident: being urged DOZENS OF STUDENTS AWARDED PRIZES AT SCIENCE FAIR More than 140 prizes were awarded to students of the Halton District School the 62nd annual Bay Area leering Fair (BASEF), which was held virtually in late March due to public health restrictions. As a result of the generous participa- tion of dozens of sponsors and charitable around wild birds. BE CAUTIOUS AROUND WILD BIRDS, RESIDENTS WARNED CASES OF FLU-STRICKEN BIRDS BEING REPORTED Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is asking residents to exercise caution around wild birds due to an increase in bird flu cases in southern Ontaric Inan April 25 statement, the conserva. tion authority, whose jurisdiction in- cludes Halton Hills, noted the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and the Cana- dian Food Inspection Agency are current- ly responding to cases of avian influenza virus (AIV) in southern Ontario. As such, residents are asked to exercise caution around wild birds at conservation areas, as well as in parks, neighbourhoods and yards. The conservation authority also advis- es against handling wild birds and asks that residents who have bird feeders and baths follow Government of Canada guidelines at www.canada.ca/en/envi- ronment-climate-change/services/mi- gratory-game-bird-hunting/avian-influ- enza-wild-birds.html#toc3. The bird flu is a naturally occurring, contagious respiratory viral ‘infection af- fecting birds. Credit Valley Conservation noted the current strain of AIV found in southern Ontario, H5N1, is known to srread quickly and cause mass bird mortalit The bird flu can infect aie and domes- fe c birds, but is unlikely to transfer fo bu ier or “dead bird within a CVC conservation area is asked to call 1-800-668-5557. If the bird is found outside a CVC conservation area, call the Canadian Wildlife Health Co- operative at 1-866-673-4781. don: $150,000 worth of cashp prizes awards and scholarships were given to students participating in BASEF Several dozen HDSB students received prizes for their submissions. mong the highlights was the Primary Fluid Systems Pinnacle Best in Fair, Inter- national Science and Engineering Fair Award to Caroline Huang, a Grade li stu- dente at t Abbey Park High Sch e will be attending t he Interna- tional I Science and Engineering Fair from May 7 to 13 in Atlanta, Ga. with her project, Chaos in Cancer: Analyzing Network Mor- phology to Predict Tumor at the Canada-wide Science Fair Awards May 16 to 20 in Fredericton. These include: in Ali, Grade 8 student at Sam Sher- ratt Public School, or the project, Bauxite Bot: The Saga Contin ya LeBlanc, Grade 9 student at Ab- bey Park, for the project, Carbon Capture Depletion Using Catalyzed Photosynthesis To Promote Crop Gro' rey Klinck, Graded iL student at Oak: villeT vafulgar Quasi. Permisined, Hoskin Medical Record Verification Mehr, Grae s student at Chris Hadfield Public School, for the project, Bauxite Bot: The Saga Contim a Romano, Grade 8 student at W.H. Morden Public School, for the project, Can CART-Cell Therapy Cure Alzheimer's Dis- ease. Vihaan Vashishtha, Grade 8 student at W.H. Morden Public School, for the pro- using Chaos Theory. Several students will also be competing ject, L ic Aerosol Injection to Combat Climate Change. Visit basef.ca for more information. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE In Canada, citizens have the right to re- quest information from orga- nizations, or correct information about themselves, under Freedom of Informa- tion (FOI) laws. The process typically involves mailing ina paper letter to the organization of con- cern. However, Halton Regional Police Ser- vice is breaking dition ing an online nS Monn ‘for oan FOI re- quests "in an effort to harness technology, enhance efficiency and better serve mem- bers of the public," police say ina press re- lease. Choice Awards! theifp.ca VOTING NOW OPEN It’s in your hands. make sure to vote for your or professional in th The Georgetown Independent & Free Press Readers’ Choice Awards were created so you can tell us which local businesses and service providers are the best at what they do. Voting is open until May 16th, 2022 so make sure you get your votes in before time is up! Help make your favourite local business become a Georgetown Independent & Free Press Readers’ Choice. Start voting now at theifp.ca/readerschoice 9 Independent & Free Press Readers’ THE INDEPENDENT READERS’ CHOICE 2022 Residents can now go to haltonpo- lice.ca/foi to make their FOI request on- line. Police hope that this will streamline the process and make creating a request available 24/7. Fees can now be paid online instead of through a cheque. "Upon completing their online application, the requestor will get an electronic confirmation that the re- quest has been received and that it will be reviewed shortly, " Const. Steve Elms said in- take. process. Intake, via online or paper, will continue to be processed in the order received,” he added. ° e° °