Save-On-Foods apologizes to B.C. man after accessibility features removed from shopping app

May 27, 2021 / by BBG Security / Access for Sight-Impaired Consumers, Accessibility, app accessibility, Blind rights, Consumer, Consumer Matters, Consumer Matters Save-on-Foods, Issues Save-on-Foods app, Save on Foods, Save-on-Foods app

Save-On-Foods has apologized to a B.C. man after a number of accessibility features were removed when the grocery chain updated its online shopping app. “I should be able to expect the same range of services as people who are sighted,” Richard Marion told Global News. Marion, who is blind, says In January, Save-On-Foods upgraded […]

Quebec invests $4.2M toward better accessibility at Place des Arts metro – Montreal

January 26, 2020 / by BBG Security / Accessibility, Atelier TAG, Canada, Chantal Rouleau, Consumer, Features, Laurence Parent, Lifestyle, Minister of Culture and Communications, Nathalie Roy, Philippe Ducros, Place D'Armes, Place des Arts, Politics, Reduced Mobility, Société de transport de Montréal, Traffic

A corridor built in 1966 that grants access to Montreal’s Place des Arts will be more accessible thanks to a $ 4.2 million grant from the Quebec government. The corridor, which will be the subject of major works, connects the complex to Place des Arts metro station. A staircase will first be demolished, then a […]

Insurance company reinstates long-term disability coverage after Global News report, legal action

February 1, 2019 / by BBG Security / Consumer, Consumer SOS, Disability benefits, insurance benefits, Long-term disability, Sun Life, Sun Life benefits, Sun Life Financial, Sun Life Financial disability benefits

[ad_1] A major Canadian insurance company is restoring long-term disability coverage to an Ontario woman following a Global News report on legal action taken against the insurer. Sun Life Financial had given notice to revoke long term disability benefits for Sandra Bullock of Georgetown, Ont. The company claimed Bullock was fit to work, and not […]

Canadian insurance company denies disability claim, cites care for son in decision

November 23, 2018 / by BBG Security / Consumer, Consumer SOS, Disability benefits, insurance benefits, Long-term disability, Sun Life, Sun Life Canada, Sun Life Financial, Sun Life Financial benefits, Sun Life insurance

[ad_1] A major Canadian insurance company is denying long-term disability coverage to an Ontario woman, citing that if she is well enough to care for her son, she should be fit enough to report for work. Sandra Bullock works in an administration role for a large company in downtown Toronto. Her doctors have determined that […]