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Lauren La Rose, The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:27AM EST

TORONTO -- You may have selected paint colours, tiles and finishes, but plans to gear up for a home renovation can quickly grind to a halt if you haven't ensured key health and safety measures are in place.

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control report released earlier this month focused on a case in Quebec where 14 people fell ill with a pneumonia-like infection after the exterior brick of a century-old house was removed as part of a renovation.

Workers, residents of the home and neighbours have recovered after developing symptoms of a fungal disease called histoplasmosis, which is carried in the droppings of bats and birds. Infection symptoms include high fever, coughing, chest pain and shortness of breath.

Cases of histoplasmosis infection are rare in Canada and usually involve construction work that stirs up clouds of dried-up aerosolized spores that people end up inhaling. In the Quebec case, workers had been given masks to wear but didn't do so continuously due to hot weather.

Whether homeowners are embarking on a do-it-yourself project or enlisting a professional, here are tips from experts for making health and safety a top priority throughout the home renovation process.

Conduct a thorough assessment

Cory Norris, chief project estimator at Greater Toronto Contractors, said the No. 1 determining factor as to whether there will be problems with the home is its age. They also look at the state of the home, with visible damage among the red flags.

"If you can see water damage, if paint is peeling off walls here and there ... if it hasn't been maintained well, they probably have ignored any kind of problems that have been going on as well: rodents, bats, for example, mice ..."

Norris said workers will go into the attic and lift up some insulation where mice, rodents and squirrels "love to make their home."

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A U.S. court has ordered local business review website Yelp to reveal the names of seven of its anonymous reviewers.

The order follows a lawsuit filed by a firm called Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, which suspected that some of the reviews placed online about it were made up.

The only way for Hadeed to find out whether this was the case was to subpoena Yelp for the information, the Washington Times reported. Hadeed pressed, Yelp resisted, and chose to ignore a county court order, and an additional court was charged with ruling.

The Virginia state Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the carpet cleaning company and insisted that Yelp must reveal the names of those users that otherwise would have remained anonymous.

"In its complaint, Hadeed alleged that it tried to match the negative reviews with its customer database but could find no record that the negative reviewers were actually Hadeed customers. Consequently, Hadeed alleged that the negative reviewers were not actual customers; instead, the Doe defendants falsely represented themselves to be customers of Hadeed," said the court's ruling.

"Hadeed's complaint further alleged that the negative comments were defamatory because they falsely stated that Hadeed had provided shoddy service to each reviewer."

Yelp will now have to come up with the names of the reviewers, while Hadeed Carpet Cleaning will also get $1,000 toward its legal costs.

The reviews looked dodgy to Hadeed because they came from areas where it doesn't operate (e.g., New Jersey and Washington).

While it is usually permissable to be anonymous, the courts do not look favorably on defamation. If these "reviewers" weren't customers of the company, then the negative reviews could not possibly be truthful and might be libel. The court ordered Yelp to comply in order to ascertain whether this is the case.

Yelp posted on its blogin response to the announcement. It said that litigation is not a viable alternative to customer service and that an overreaction to a bad review can be worse than a bad review itself.

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Liverpool, NY -- The Humane Association of Central New York took to social media last week to ask for help after a pipe burst and flooded parts of the animal shelter damaging the ceiling, the shelter's supply of cat litter and the furnace.

The community sprung into action. Community members made donations and dropped off containers of cat litter. Local businesses also jumped in to help. A crew from Stanley Steemer arrived almost immediately to clean up the water.

The Humane Association also received a large donation from Angelo Chiodo, the owner of Chiodo Heating, Air Conditioning and Duct Cleaning. Chiodo, in conjunction with Goodman Manufacturing, donated four new furnaces and the installation to the shelter.

"Angelo Chiodo was simply amazing," Shelter Director Christine McNeely said in a news release. "He arrived at the shelter as soon as he heard we had a flood, asking us what he could do to help. He came back the following morning and serviced our furnaces for free and determined they were in catastrophic failure. We were aware that was happening, but didn't have the funds to replace the furnaces. Mr. Chiodo came back the following morning with a donation of four new furnaces and installation."

Installation of the furnaces starts today, McNeely said.

McNeely said many other companies and individuals have come to the need of the Humane Association. Many have offered to demo and repair not only the areas affected, but the connecting areas that are also in very poor condition.

"This disaster has turned into a community-wide effort to help the shelter," McNeely said. "We are extremely thankful to the community who support us year after year."

McNeely said the shelter has insurance and hopes that most of the damage will be covered, but the shelter is still in need. In addition to paying for the insurance deductible, the shelter is still in need of electrical, masonry and additional HVAC duct work that needs replacement.

Donations can be made online. Click on the "Please, Donate!" flag on the screen. Donations can also be mailed to the Humane Association of CNY, 4915 1/2 West Taft Road, Liverpool, NY 13088.

The Humane Association of CNY is a no-kill, not-for-profit, animal shelter housing anywhere from 200 to 400 animals on a daily basis since 1966. The Humane Association is completely privately funded.

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