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Summer Boating Safety

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJuly 26, 2021

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Summer Boating Safety   Where better to spend balmy summer days than by the water? Ontario has many beautiful lakes and beaches — perfect places to relax and unwind, and to reconnect with nature. But any time people gather near a lake, water safety should be a priority. ...

Summer Safety Tips for Your Family

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesMay 30, 2021

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In Canada, summer brings outdoor fun, family time, and relaxation. Many of us will get the chance to go camping, swimming, fishing, hiking, golfing, biking or boating. Others will spend time in the backyard gardening, or simply soaking up the sun on a lounger. Whatever your summer ...

Boating safety tips: Staying Safe on the Water

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesMay 20, 2021

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Boating Safety Tips   Boats, like motorcycles, ATVs, and other recreational vehicles, provides Canadians with hours of exciting and fun recreation. In fact, millions of us will have at least one boat ride this summer! Whether you like to take your boat out to a quiet spot to ...

Fire Safety at the Cottage

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesMay 1, 2021

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Fire Safety at the Cottage   As the weather gets warmer, Ontarians’ thoughts turn to cottage country. Whether you own your own place or plan to Airbnb this summer, it’s important to remember that fire safety is important at the cottage, too. We tend to relax once ...

Cycle Safety: Making your Bike Road Ready

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesApril 20, 2021

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Many Canadians have been waiting for spring sunshine to get their beloved bicycles back on the road. Cycling can be a wonderful way to enjoy the world around you as you make your way across the city or go on a recreational country ride. Riding your bike is a great way to get exercise ...

Spring Safety Tips for Home and Vehicle

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesMarch 21, 2021

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Each time the season changes, it’s good to assess your family’s safety. Here are some other tips that can help you to have a safe spring – and a safe summer, fall, and winter, too!   Pandemic Safe. Of course, this year the word “safety” is impossible ...

Snowmobile Safety Tips

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 12, 2021

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Snowmobile Safety Ontarians love snowmobiling! We have over 30,000 km (18,641 mi.) of interconnected trails, one of the longest networks of recreational trails in the world, through some of the most beautiful landscape anywhere. These trails are maintained by the very active umbrella ...

Driving Safety Tips Help Prevent Accidents

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 30, 2020

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Driving Safety Tips In Ontario last year, more than 62,000 drivers were involved in motor vehicle accidents causing personal injury or fatality. Many of these accidents were caused by driver error or unsafe driving practices. Experts recommend being aware of your own driving style ...

Hallowe'en Safety in the Time of COVID-19

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersOctober 31, 2020

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Halloween Safety in the Time of COVID-19 Halloween’s origins harken back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which was celebrated by the Celts more than two thousand years ago. These ancient people celebrated their new year on November 1, a day that signified the end ...

Autumn Safety Tips for Drivers in Toronto

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesOctober 1, 2020

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Autumn Driving Tips As summer heat gives way to the brisk chill of fall, many of the concerns of earlier in this extraordinary year are still with us. Distracted by rising COVID-19 cases or world events, we may forget that autumn is also a time when we need to remember to pay particular ...

Play Safe! Tips for Playground Safety

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesSeptember 4, 2020

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Play Safe! Tips for Playground Safety This year, more than 29,000 children under the age of 15 will go to a hospital emergency room to be treated for injuries sustained on a playground, according to the Canadian Paediatric Society. Most of these injuries (up to 75%) are caused ...

Tips for Closing the Cottage

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesSeptember 10, 2019

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Tips for Closing the Cottage Summer in Canada is brief, but the memories made at the cottage during those leisurely, sunny days are indelible, and they last a lifetime. As Thanksgiving approaches, many of us sigh. Time to accept that winter is on its way -- and that means that it’s ...

What Are Some of the WORST Roads in Ontario?

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersMarch 11, 2019

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Worst Roads in Ontario   Every year, the Canadian Automobile Association publishes a list of the most dangerous roads in Ontario. Drivers are asked to nominate and then vote on which roads are in the worst shape. These “dangerous roads” often include major roadways ...

Safe Winter Driving

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersFebruary 10, 2019

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Safe Winter Driving   Most Canadians have experience driving in snow and ice, and even through blizzards. But even the most expert winter drivers should learn new techniques and brush up on tried-and-true ones once in a while. And if you’re a novice driver, knowing some ...

Distracted Driving Laws in Toronto

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersFebruary 1, 2019

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Distracted Driving It’s the morning drive. You break up a sibling squabble between the kids before you drop them at their school. You whiz through the Timmy’s drive-thru and you eat your breakfast BLT and drink your double-double in the car. A toonie falls on the floor ...

Avoiding Wildlife Collisions

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersAugust 30, 2018

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Avoid Wildlife Collisions In Canada, winter driving can be treacherous. Ice, snow, and reduced visibility can turn a routine trip into a tragedy. But don’t forget that even after all the snow has melted, Canadian highways can be dangerous. In the spring, summer, and fall, ...

Water Safety

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersAugust 22, 2018

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Water Safety We dream about summertime during long, cold Canadian winters, and many of us arrange our summers so that we can have fun in the sun by a lake, a pool, or a river. However, sometimes tragedy strikes in summer; according to the Lifesaving Society of Canada,  65% ...

RV Safety Tips

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJuly 19, 2018

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RV Safety: On the Road An RV strikes an ideal balance between roughing it in the great outdoors, and having all the comforts of home. No wonder there are more than one million RVs on the road in Canada! An RV allows you both freedom and flexibility for your journey, and there are ...

Safe Summer Holidays

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJuly 17, 2018

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Safe Summer Holidays School’s out, and summer’s here! Kids are rejoicing, but parents are wondering how to keep them busy and safe for eight whole weeks. Most parents have jobs that keep them away from home for at least part of the day, so it’s important to put ...

Drink Responsibly This Summer

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJuly 12, 2018

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Drink Responsibly This Summer With the advent of summer weather, many city restaurants have opened up their patios. Toronto has an abundance of lively and beautiful patio spaces where people love to gather. A patio is the perfect place for a date, a chat, a reunion of friends, or ...

Summer Pet Safety

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJuly 10, 2018

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In recent years, we have become much more aware of the dangers of leaving pets in the car during hot weather. Because the heat inside a parked vehicle can become extremely hot in a matter of minutes, leaving a dog or other animal inside can be lethal. Just don’t do it! If you ...

Transporting Your Boat

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJuly 5, 2018

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Transporting Your Boat Canadians love lakes -- and we love boats, too. It’s estimated that there are two million recreational boats in Canada, and that annually, approximately 46 million Canadians take a ride on a boat. There are plenty of organizations that deal with boating ...

Cottage Safety Tips

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJune 28, 2018

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Cottage Safety A common Toronto joke is that if you don’t own a cottage, you need to find someone who does! Going “up north” to the cottage is an Ontario tradition with deep roots, and it’s easy to see why. Waking up to a sunrise over a placid lake, reading ...

Ladder Safety Tips

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersFebruary 20, 2017

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Ladder Safety Tips    Cleaning the eaves. Painting. Adjusting the satellite dish. Fixing a leak in the skylight. Replacing a shingle. Retrieving a ball or a kite. Cleaning windows. Removing a squirrel’s nest. All of these minor tasks may involve climbing a ladder, ...