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B.C. charity touts diverse hiring as partial solution to labour shortage | Globalnews.ca
As businesses across British Columbia struggle with a labour shortage, one Vancouver-based charity thinks it has part of the solution. Mission Possible says many employers are depriving themselves of good workers through unconscious bias and stigma around...
Halifax woman with cerebal palsy finally gets a place to call home, wants to help others do same – Halifax | Globalnews.ca
Vicky Levack lives with cerebal palsy and is the spokeswoman for the Disability Rights Coalition. She has been living in a nursing home since she was 18 years old and is now 30.The province told her because...
COMMENTARY: Nova Scotia election candidates need to step up and make province more accessible – Halifax | Globalnews.ca
In Nova Scotia, we are famous for dragging our feet. Change comes, but only after so much wasted time and lives sacrificed while waiting to embrace it. I would like to offer a couple of thoughts on...
N.S. election: parties won’t meet goals of 10-year plan for people with disabilities – Halifax | Globalnews.ca
Vicky Levack with the Disability Rights Coalition in Nova Scotia says she feels deceived after learning no political party can commit to the targets of a 10-year plan to transform housing and care for people with intellectual...
B.C. woman’s roadside prohibition overturned, says RCMP ignored her disability | Globalnews.ca
A Vancouver Island woman is speaking out, after being forced to fight a roadside prohibition because of a disability that prevented her from blowing in a breathalyzer. Jamie Vanderleek was successful in beating the charge, but says...
Eye-catching new tourist attraction opens on Vancouver Island | Globalnews.ca
There were oohs and aahs, along with plenty of delighted squeals and shrieks Thursday, as what’s being billed as a premier new tourist attraction opened on Vancouver Island. The new Malahat Skywalk, located about half an hour...
A Maritime mom wants you to take a hike for kids waiting on wishes
A Maritime mom wants you to walk (or run) to help raise funds for kids waiting on a wish. Heather Langley knows first-hand how Make-A-Wish changes lives for families in Atlantic Canada. Her daughter, Lucy was diagnosed...
‘Life doesn’t end when you enter long-term care’: Residents complete book trilogy during COVID-19
Heather Graham has always loved books. “Ever since I could read. In fact, I wanted to be a librarian,” the Calgary woman says.Life, however, had other plans. Eight years ago, Graham became a resident at Carewest Garrison...
Couple accidentally paint over art worth $500K at South Korea gallery
A young couple damaged a $500,000 piece of art on display in South Korea last month after they mistook some nearby cans and brushes as an invitation to smear paint on the artwork.CCTV footage captured the moment...
New Brunswick mom says son’s human rights have been violated, hires lawyer
A New Brunswick mother whose son with disabilities went missing from his school says she is planning to file a formal complaint against the school and the district.Jacqueline Petricca of Bouctouche, N.B. says she is still shaken...
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