Pickering has many playgrounds, but none of them are fully accessible. A mother of a child with disabilities is calling for that to change. She’s launched a petition, and it’s getting the attention of city hall. “The ground surface is made up of wood chips,” Seana Haley. “We don’t actually have a fully accessible […]

A mother of a child with disabilities is calling on the City of Pickering to make playgrounds more accessible. She’s launched a petition, and it’s getting the attention of city hall. Aaron Streck reports.

Landlords must establish protocols and standards in order to provide safer environments for tenants and their data. Jun 06, 2021Smart technologies have transformed the way we live, work and communicate—we’ve become accustomed to a highly tech-enabled lifestyle and we now expect this to be present in our professional lives, too. Such technologies have the ability […]

May 30 to June 5 marks National AccessAbility Week, which acknowledges and celebrates contributions made by Canadians with disabilities, the removal of barriers to accessibly and inclusion, and the work to oppose discrimination against those with a disability. Diane Kotkas, director of DaCapo Disability Services with Lethbridge Family Services, said it’s important to see […]