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A 2 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e s d a y Jun e 4, 2003 Refinery trying to protect geese from oil S o m e g e e s e d e s tr o y e d a fte r g e ttin g c o v e r e d in o il Craig MacBride s i n-:c :i. \ l t o th e i \v k r " Nothing Short of SENSATIONAL!" 351 Lakeshore Road E., ( lu s t E ast o f T rafalgar, O ak v ille) 9 0 5 *8 4 5 * 5 4 5 4 PARTNERS IN SUCCESS ATHENA M a ry r o y a l lepag e OAKVILLE C a rd a m o n e SPONSOR PROFILE Celebrating tho p otential o f all wom en as valued m em bers and loaders o f the co m m u n ity, and recognizing those who support them . ATHENA Oakville enters it's seventh ijoar W ithout sponsorship, this would not be possible. ATHENA Oakville recognizes that a huge part o f ATHENA'S succoss is duo to the generosity o f sponsors. This ad is an ongoing series paging tribute to our sponsors and in their own words they toll us w hy they feel involvement w ith ATHENA is important. Petro-Canada officials say precautions are being taken to keep Canada geese from wan dering into dangerous situations in their refin ery. Concern was raised when Bronte area resi dents found Canada geese in Riverview Park on May 23. covered beak to webbed feet in a black liquid. "T hey're pretty dam aged," Colleen Gyergyai. Supervisor o f Animal Control at the Oakville Humane Society (OHS), said. "When they first get oil on them they can still fly and swim, but by the time we get them, they have digestive problems from trying to clean them selves. and eye problems." It also takes several months of treatment from Toronto Wildlife, where the OHS sends the Canada geese, before their wings are water proofed again and they can survive in the wild. Many Canada geese aren't lucky enough to recieve treatment, though. Nathalie Karvonen. executive director of the Toronto Wildlife Centre, said some of the Canada geese are so ill by the time they arrive at the centre they need to be euthanized. Others die before arriving at the centre, usually from secondary' causes such as hypothermia or mal nutrition. Jon Hamilton. Petro-Canada Senior Com m unications Advisor, said "this year w e've seen about three or four (geese). It could be coming from a different spot, or it could be from us." If found on Petro-Canada property, the birds are taken to the Wild Bird Clinic at the University of Guelph. Gyergyai claims her department has picked Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver O ne of several C anada geese recently found covered in oil n e ar Bronte H arbour. up six birds this year, and knows o f one picked up by a local resident, bringing the total num ber of birds known to be covered in oil to at least 10. "It's considerable this year." Gyergyai said, expecting such findings to continue until August. "Toronto Wildlife says we brought 10 to them last year, and we'll surpass that this year. We're still chasing a few." Petro-Canada officials say they don't know where the geese could get into the oil. Therefinery's containers are all covered and thefour-part water treatment section is also co v -1 ered except for the final two stages of cleaning, when any oil should have been removed. "There really isn't any accessible oil. We cover up the oil," Hamilton said. "They could be getting into an area we don't think theycould get into, so w e're looking into that." In the meantime, Petro-Canada sim p ly ' attempts to keep the Canada geese from com ing on the property. The most effective tool they've found. Hamilton said, is a barking dog. "We have trained dogs walking the property with trainers," he said. "They bark and the thought is the geese will learn to slay away." Petro-Canada has also considered putting nets across areas of the refinery, said Hamilton, but that raises more possible problems if the geese get trapped in the mesh. Residents living near the refinery hope the geese learn to stay away, which, because of the refinery's expanses of grass and proximity t o . Bronte Creek, is unlikely. The sight of the Canada geese covered in oil is troubling for people who come through the park. "W e're a likely source." Colleen Stevenson, environmental health and safety team leader at Petro-Canada's Oakville refinery, said, adding that there is a possibility that the birds could find oil in ditches or in lagoons on site. "There's no way to trace it back though, and it's very low probability," she said., "We're doing everything in terms of preventing it." Ward I councillor Kevin Flynn, who chairs the community advisory committee to PetroCanada, said that the topic was brought up at the last meeting of the committee, and he hopes that the OHS can go to the refinery to see if they can find something the Petro-Canada team cannot. 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Environment Canada issues a humidex warning when temper atures exceed 40 degrees Celsius for a day or 36 degrees Celsius for at least three da vs in a row. The high temperatures can be dangerous to the young, elderly and those with weakened immune systems, a major reason why heat alerts have been estab lished. Halton will monitor the Environment Canada Web site for daily updates that would include special weather warn ings about heat or smog. If temperatures are expected to be high, local health officials will consult the weather office as well as a trained meteorologist to get specific weather patterns in Halton. From there the medical offi cer of health w ill make a deci sion as to whether a heat alert needs to be issued. Media outlets and other groups like hospitals or child day care centres will be among those receiving the alert. The public will be advised to seek places that have air condi tioning, such as shopping malls. 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