By Craig Campbell Reporter
Fri., Oct. 8, 2021timer3 min. read
Susan Creer, of Accessible Hamilton, says the City of Hamilton’s on-street and parking lot patio program takes away needed parking spaces, limited access for the disabled.
Susan Creer, a west Hamilton resident with mobility challenges and a longtime advocate for the disabled, hopes the City of Hamilton will stop its five-year-old on-street patio program in parking lots and street parking spaces across the city.
County of Simcoe plans to host workshop Oct. 26
Brad Pritchard
Alliston Herald
Monday, October 4, 2021
The committee that provides guidance to the County of Simcoe to ensure facilities are designed to be accessible wants to know why it wasn’t asked for input prior to a decision to switch homes to larger waste collection containers.
Ali Raza, CBC News
Posted: Oct 02, 2021
For nine-year-old Gabriel Nikolakakis, Halloween has not always been a holiday he could participate in easily because of his limited mobility, but one organization is helping to change that by creating accessible trick-or-treating neighbourhoods, one home at a time.
Treat Accessibly hosted an accessible trick-or-treat event Saturday for children with disabilities to offer a unique, barrier-free Halloween village.
By Luisa D’AmatoRecord Columnist
Fri., Aug. 20, 2021
A beautiful new grocery store has just opened in downtown Kitchener.
Marché Leo’s Market has a pizza oven, a deli and an upscale pastry counter. It sells perfect flowers by the bunch, plus staples, nut milks, organic cheeses and many different kinds of olive oils and vinegars.
It’s at 276 King Street W., right next door to the church where Rev. Preston Parsons works. He was excited to go inside.
More than 50% of TDSB schools have barriers to people with disabilities Talia Ricci , CBC News
Posted: Aug 19, 2021
Toronto teacher Karyn Bugelli says she’s overwhelmed by recent support from her school and neighbours as she adjusts to life in a wheelchair. As Talia Ricci reports, the situation has motivated the TDSB to make the school more accessible – but there’s still a long way to go.
