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4 Tuesday December 12 2017 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi NOR’WEST NEWS News McMaster & Heap Veterinary practice Christmas tips to keep your pets safe over the festive season ‘Tis the season to be jolly! In the spirit of the coming festive season the staff at McMaster and Heap Veterinary Practice wish to give you some helpful tips on how to keep your pets safe and happy over this busy time. Festive foods: Many festive foods can be harmful and toxic to cats & dogs – here are some of the major ones that pop up every year at Christmas time! Grapes and Raisins - Some types of grapes and raisins have been shown to cause kidney failure in dogs when eaten in toxic quantities. So think before offering your pet some tasty Christmas cake or yummy ‘treats’ off the fruit platers. Onions - Pieces of raw onion, onion powder, or even cooked onion can cause damage to red blood cells, which could result in hemolytic anemia. Garlic - fresh and powdered forms of garlic are more potent than onions. These also cause damage to red blood cells. Cats are much more sensitive as they have more fragile red blood cells. Xylitol - Xylitol is a sugar alternative that is used in many commercial ‘sugar-free’ candies, gum, and other food items. Xylitol has been shown to cause severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and liver damage in dogs and can be fatal. Xylitol keeps popping up in unexpected places – the newest one is peanut butter, so be sure to read the label carefully. Macadamia Nuts - dangerous to dogs when eaten can result in weakness, depression, vomiting, incoordination, and tremors. In most cases, dogs developed clinical signs within the first twelve hours after eating the macadamia nuts. Chocolate - Contains Theobromine and caffeine which can cause increased heart rate, tremors, and excitation, depending on the type and the quantity ingested potentially death when ingested at a toxic dose. Other effects seen with chocolate overdose are vomiting, diarrhea, increased thirst, increased urination, and lethargy. Dark chocolate is the most serious as it contains the most theobromine, then milk chocolate, while white chocolate doesn’t contain any, but still not healthy for your dog to have. Cooked bones – These easily splinter and the bone shards can cause choking or get stuck in your dog’s gums or stomach resulting in emergency surgery. Discourage your dog from foraging in your bins and try to secure all of the lids. Open 7 days Cnr Hoon Hay & Coppell place phone 338 2534, Fax 339 8624 e. mcmasterandheap@yahoo.co.nz www.mcmasterheap.co.nz Christmas Decorations Christmas decorations are not for pets to play with. • Keep your pet away from plants, many of which are poisonous, especially lilies which are extremely toxic for cats and results in acute kidney failure. • Keep electrical wires and batteries out of your pets reach. Chewing electrical cables can cause electric shock or burns to the mouth. • Be careful if you are using tinsel on your tree. If eaten, the tinsel can block your pets intestines – we saw several of these last Christmas! Don’t forget about your RABBITS Flystrike is a serious condition in rabbits. It occurs mostly in the summer months and we see a lot of cases over the holiday season as people get really busy and forget to regularly check on their pets. Flystrike is extremely distressing and it is also potentially fatal. It is caused by flies that are attracted to damp fur, urine, faeces and the odour of the rabbit’s scent. The flies will land on the rabbit normally around the rabbits rear end and lay their eggs. Within a very short time of 2 hours the eggs will hatch into maggots which start to feed on the rabbits skin. This process happens very quickly and is not always caught in time. Check your rabbit twice a day and if you find a maggot on your rabbit take it to us immediately. McMaster & Heap SERVICE: Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Kiwibank’s Mark Stephen presented Brian Cate with his local hero award. PHOTO: AARON CAMPBELL Baker takes local hero award •From page 1 “I started through my church, other people were doing it so I joined in,” Mr Cate said. He said it was nice to be acknowledged but preferred to keep a low profile and get on with helping the people he had made a connection with over the years. He said he would carry on helping them for the foreseeable future. New technology to treat fungal nails ”But you’ve got to have the right heart,” he said. Mr Cate was one of four recipients of the local hero award from the northwest. Others included Cilla Glasson, of Merivale, who also volunteers for 0800 Hungry, delivering food and often gifting toys and clothes to struggling families every Thursday. Bryndwr’s Alan Dickson won an award after Sort your toe nails for summer A simple solution to a complex problem volunteering at 0800 Hungry for eight years. Gary Linford Watts, of Northcote, received an award as the project manager of SigJaws Trust, which supports the disadvantaged and disabled. Mr Linford Watts has also been a volunteer fireman and is president of the Christchurch Savage Club. before 37 Main South Road, Upper Riccarton | Ph 348-7910 | www.feetfirst.co.nz Bathroom & Shower Renovations Tile & grout Cleaning Re-grouting Grout Sealing & Re-colouring Replace Mouldy Silicone CALL TODAY 0800 247 688 www.groutpro.co.nz befoRe after afTeR
NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday December 12 2017 5 Reports reveal road deaths risk •From page 1 However, the Fendalton- Waiamairi-Harewood Community Board went against that decision. “Residents do not understand why, when issues have been raised for so long, the city council did not tell us that its own postconstruction audit from BECA stated that there was an occasional, so once every David Cartwright five to 10 years, risk of death or serious injury because of the footpath design,” Mr Wilding said. The association received three safety audits from the city council after submitting a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request. Mr Wilding sent the reports to the community board, which had not been aware of the audits, chairman David Cartwright said. He said it was frustrating that a “number of interested parties”, including residents and the board, hadn’t seen this key information. But Mr Cartwright said he and city councillors Raf Manji and Aaron Keown would be taking the issue to the city council, as well as chief executive Karleen Edwards and Mayor Lianne Dalziel, on behalf of the residents and the board. “It sounds like something we want to get fixed as soon as possible,” he said. The city council was unable to respond to questions from Nor’West News before deadline on why the board and residents were not told of the audits. City councillors Keown and Manji did not return calls. Mr Cartwright said the board would move onto finding out where the “communication breakdown” came from after the safety issues were addressed. “We’ll look to find out how did this happen and what learnings can we take because it might be happening across the city in a much bigger picture,” he said. The three reports were completed by engineering consultant firm BECA over the scheme and detailed design stages of upgrading Glandovey and Idris Rds in 2012-13, as well as a post construction audit in TROUBLING: Glandovey, Idris and Straven Residents’ Association wants to address traffic and roading issues at the Glandovey and Idris Rds intersection before a cyclist or pedestrian is killed. 2014. “Due to the set back of the stop control lines on the eastern arm of Glandovey Rd and the location of the crossing point on the south-eastern side of Idris Rd, vehicles approaching the intersection will not be able to see pedestrians waiting to cross the road . . . This may lead to vehicle/pedestrian conflicts,” the audit said. Mr Wilding said residents have told him they do not feel safe walking or cycling there. “Now, from reports obtained from the council . . . we are beginning to understand why.” Local News Now • By Julia Evans Fire rages, homes at risk Data sought to compare likely affect of motorway AIR QUALITY and traffic noise data along Cranford St will be collected to compare with data following the opening of the Northern Corridor. A request has been sent to Environment Canterbury to monitor the air quality along the stretch of Cranford St between Innes Rd and Bealey Ave by the Papanui- Innes Community Board. The board has also asked the city council to investigate the possibility of collating data on traffic noise on the same part of Cranford St in order to establish “baseline data”. That data would then be compared to any data collected following the predicted increase in traffic after the motorway opens. Construction of the Cranford St section of the $235 million roading project is expected to start in the new year. The 12km Northern Corridor, which runs from the Waimakariri River to Innes Rd and QE II Drive, is set to be fully open in 2020. Relax WE’RE OPEN LATE From Thursday, Northlands is open until 10pm everyday until 23 December. If you want to shop even later, Northlands is open until midnight on Thursday 21 December. Visit northlands.co.nz northlands.co.nz #shopsocial
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