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As the temperature drops, about the danger this poses to . . _ concentrations can be up to 27 The campaign was in support l Ontario‘s doctors are asking smokv their children and other family ‘ With the 00k! winter times higher thati in a snioker's of the Ontario government'sinitia- l ers to refrain from smoking members," weather doctors are home. tive to ban smoking iri cars with l indoors to avoid exposing childreti last February, tlte ”MA ’ lnvcar concentrations of the children, ; and other family and friends to released a report sliowmg that concerned that tiny particles in smoke can be up The message was clear 1 when ‘ j harriiftil secondhand smoke even under tlte bestcase ventilav smokers 11’”! be to 300 times that of outdoor con- you smoke in the car with your 1 I With the cold Winter weather. non scenario, Will] Windows open A . centrattons, kids. it s rust like they are smoking t . doctors are concerned that sniok- and the fan on high. smoke (‘t)ll~ {ellipté’d to talk? It 'lhe ()MA also partnered with too. f ers will be tempted to take ll centratiotts iii a teliicle are far iIZSide ” the Heart and Stroke Foundation "If you‘re still smoking please : inside,“ said Dr. Ken Arnold, prest- greater than arty other children‘s ‘ to launch a radio and newspaper take it outside,” said Arnold. "But if : dent of the Ontario Medical Assov environment. l'ests reveal that with â€"Ken Arnold campaign to educate the public you want to keep warm and stay y \ tattoo. no yentilation. which is typical of I’resulentofrlte about the danger (ifsmokingin the healthy, call your doctor. because ; “We Vt. ant to remind smokers Winter driving in Ontario, smoke t"IMHOMt’rlit‘tdrhMXiulwn car. we can help you quit," E , o ; what’s in Your Future? Ftnuour This Weekend! Thousands of naturalists expected l fistsur‘sFm-iots %a t t l t o o o I b. d t l \ ; ; Between Dec 14, 2008 and [an 5. 2009, thousands cant citizen scienceâ€"based conservation Cm)“. E ‘k WESST PSYChlc-Sv Mediums, Heme“ ()l expert and amateur hirders will participate iii the Today. more than 2.000 indiyidual counts are # than" 1. 3, Q 70ml; POImISlW Vendors, AURA phOlOS 11mm annual Christmas Bird Count, a wellvestah- scheduled to take place throughout the Americas. and I E o o tn ”van tM~Sun l0-6 FREE Lectures, Hourly Draws & Morel lished tradition for naturalists across the continent. more than l00 counts will occur in Ontario alone. l y l'hts year, more than 40 Ontario Nature member "The Christmas Bird Count is great fun yet at the L Bingomfls W9.N&WBN..W groups are leading bird counts in coriitnuntties as far same time provides very valuable scientific data. > . . 5 . . north as Thunder Bay and Stidbury. to Point Pelee and Ontario Nature was founded by a small group of i . “ Adm.“ 5 ' Valid A" Weekend ' Plenty “Free mmg Holiday Beach in the south. and Kingston and Ottawa enthusiastic nature clubs with a keen interest in the l ‘1 Under 12 Free with Adult â€" Details at www.e-Psychic.com to the east. welfare of birds, 50 supporting this kind of citizen sci- l ’llte Christmas Bird Count start- ence is an inherent part of what we do.” said Caroline ; ed out as the Christmas Bird Ceriv Schultz, the executive director of()ntario Nature. i sus led by American ornithologist During last year's Christmas Bird Count. nearly l Frank Chapman as an alternative 58.000 volunteers across North America tallied some to the then~popular "side hunt" in 70 million birds. This year's Christmas Bird Count is . which teams competed to see who expected to be even larger. . wow MWe-o-w could shoot the most birds and Counts are open to birders of all skill levels. The 3 small mammals as a Christmas data is used by the Canadian Wildlife Service. Bird ' Day activity. Chapman‘s sugges- Studies Canada and the National Audubon Society to , ' . tion that birds be counted instead monitor the status of all bird species across the west- l ;_ (37‘s.. m » of shot changed the course of em hemisphere. ' "* , ' j‘ g ' ornithological history with the Fora full list ofthe Ontario Nature member groups p =:'., 1.: , ‘ ;‘~_ ‘ founding of what is now consid- that are holding bird counts and when, please Visit the ' “swag- " 5,». 2%; :1 is F if . ered to be the world's most signifi- Nature Network at wwwontarionatuteorg. ' : H: ‘ ‘."v I“ e117; . , . u a a}? ‘22:“. » . ‘1 A .~ 4 r, . ‘ y . . ‘ , ' “a“. 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