‘Anyone can dance’: Ill-Abilities breakdance crew teams up with Les Grands Ballets – Montreal

November 14, 2018 / by BBG Security / Breakdance, Breakdancers, Canada, Dance, Dancers with disabilities, Health, Ill-Abilities, Les Grands Ballets, Luca 'Lazylegz' Patuelli, Montreal dancers

[ad_1] Luca ‘Lazylegz’ Patuelli’s crutches become an extension of his arms as he swings in mid-air, effortlessly performing breakdance moves that most can only do on the floor. Next to him Jung Soo Lee, who was once told he’d never walk again, spins into a pose, working to match each movement to the beat. READ […]

DDO residents call on city to lift tempo ban – Montreal

November 13, 2018 / by BBG Security / Canada, DDO, DDO city council, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, News, senior safety, Tempo Ban, temporary car shelters, tempos

[ad_1] Dollard-des-Ormeaux resident Charlotte Gibson wants the city to lift its ban on temporary car shelters. She wants seniors, those with a disability and people suffering from a serious illness to be exempt from the city’s tempo restriction. Gibson lives with a disability, and although she has a company come and remove snow from her […]

Alberta wants to boost support payments for those with disabilities and low-incomes

November 8, 2018 / by BBG Security / AISH, AISH boost, AISH increase, AISH payment boost, AISH payment increase, Alberta AISH, Alberta AISH boost, Alberta Legislature, Alberta NDP, Alberta politics, Alberta seniors, Alberta Seniors Benefit, Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped, Canada, Health, Politics

[ad_1] Alberta is proposing to increase help for those with disabilities and low-income earners while tying future hikes to keep pace with inflation. The changes introduced in the legislature would help about 250,000 Alberta residents, including seniors and those who receive benefits under the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program, also known as AISH. […]

‘We feel like we’re the forgotten population’: N.S. disability advocate calls for dedicated care homes – Halifax

November 7, 2018 / by BBG Security / Canada, Disability, disabled, Health, Long-term Care, Nova Scotia, Politics, Senior

[ad_1] Joanne Larade has lived in the same long-term care home for four years, and while she says the staff are well-trained, friendly and helpful, each day is a challenge. “I have more in common with the staff of course, because they’re my age,” she explained. Joanne is disabled and requires assistance to live her […]

Parliament unanimously approves plan to stop leaving money unspent at Veterans Affairs Canada – National

November 6, 2018 / by BBG Security / Canada, Conservatives, Jagmeet Singh, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, NDP, News, Politics, Remembrance Day, Stephen Harper, VAC, Veterans, Veterans Affairs Canada, Veterans Benefits, Veterans funding

[ad_1] An NDP plan to end the practice of leaving money unspent at Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) was unanimously approved by the House of Commons Tuesday afternoon, just five days before Remembrance Day and the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Proposed Monday and voted on Tuesday, the NDP motion says […]

Cosmopolitan Industries a social enterprise to find friendship, fulfillment

November 5, 2018 / by BBG Security / 34th Street, Canada, Cosmo, Cosmopolitan Industries, Disabilities, Disability, Intellectual Disabilities, Miracle Of 34th Street East, Recycling, Saskatoon Business, St. Michael Community School

[ad_1] Cosmopolitan Industries has had a life-changing effect on countless adults and their families through nearly half a century of miracles. It’s a social enterprise that welcomes adults with intellectual disabilities and offers them a social atmosphere, an allowance, as well as vocational skills. “I wasn’t planning on doing that when I came here because […]

Disability rights advocates occupy Quebec ombudsman’s office, demand meeting with health minister – Montreal

October 31, 2018 / by BBG Security / Canada, Danielle McCann, Disability rights, Health, Mouvement PHAS, Quebec health care, Quebec social services, Sam Kuhn

[ad_1] A group of about a dozen disability rights advocates spent Wednesday morning standing their ground and demanding help from the Quebec government. They gathered at Phillips Square in downtown Montreal to protest what they call a crisis in the social services sector. A smaller group of advocates, many in wheelchairs, made their way into […]

Canada Post cuts workers’ disability benefits after strike action

October 29, 2018 / by BBG Security / Benefits, Canada, Canada Post, Canada Post Strike, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, CUPW, Disability, François Paradis, Health, Jessica McDonald, Jon Hamilton, Strike, Union Of Postal Communication Employees, UPCE

[ad_1] Canada Post has discontinued sick leave provisions, including short-term and long-term disability – even for workers with claims predating the strike action [ad_2] Source link

Canada Post cuts workers’ disability benefits

October 29, 2018 / by BBG Security / Canada, Canada Post, Canada Post Strike, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, CUPW, François Paradis, Jessica McDonald, labour dispute, Strike, Union of Postal Communications Employees, UPCE

[ad_1] On Monday, October 22 the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced rotating strikes around the country; the climax of a labour dispute that lasted nearly a year after negotiations. After the expiry of the CUPW contract, Canada Post decided to discontinue sick leave provisions, including short-term and long-term disability – even for workers […]

Renovated day program building reopens in Langenburg, Sask.

October 11, 2018 / by BBG Security / Accessbility, Canada, Esterhazy, Expansion, Government of Saskatchewan, Group Homes, Intellectual Disabilities, Langenburg, Langenburg and District Activity Centre, Ministry of Social Services

[ad_1] A building used for providing day programs for people with intellectual disabilities has reopened in Langenberg, Sask. Dignitaries from across the province visited Langenburg on Thursday to celebrate the renovations made to the Langenburg and District Activity Centre (LDAC). The LDAC currently supports 12 people with intellectual disabilities in Langenburg and Esterhazy. READ MORE: […]

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