Keep opinions about people not wearing masks to yourself: disabilities advocate (CBC News) | PEI | Masks |
‘JUST DEVASTATING’: Variety Village kids need you (Toronto Sun) | Ontario | Lockdown, Isolation |
Lockdown help: A breakdown of provincial and federal assistance available (CBC News) | Ontario, Canada | Lockdown, Government benefits |
Alberta students with disabilities exempt from online learning (Global News) | Alberta | School, Children |
Revealed: Desperation during the polio epidemic brought troubling treatments (CTV News) | Canada | Vaccine |
‘Unjust’ COVID restrictions keeping Winnipeg mom from seeing her nonverbal son in hospital (CBC News) | Manitoba | Hospital, Isolation |
Government of Canada invests in construction projects aimed to improve the inclusion of persons with disabilities in Canada (CNW Group Newswire) | Canada | Government benefits, Funding |
Manitoba ticketing retailers not following COVID-19 health orders (National Post) | Manitoba | Lockdown, Infections |
Exempt from mask rules? (Castanet Media Limited) | British Columbia | Masks |
Worker wage protection key for buy-in (Manitoba Co-operator) | Manitoba | Workplace, COVID 19 symptoms |
TAIT: Kenney’s delay dangerous to disabled Albertans (Edmonton Sun) | Alberta | Hospital |
13 more people die of COVID-19 in B.C., as province confirms 738 new cases (CBC News) | British Columbia | Masks |
We need a basic livable income (Assiniboia Times) | Canada | Government benefits |
Fort Simpson passes resolution in support of mandatory masks in stores (CBC News) | Northwest Territories | Masks |
Hard to hear: research listens to Canadians on hearing and communication during pandemic (CNW Group Newswire) | Canada | Masks |
Paul Workman: London lockdown two, the jab edition (CTV News) | Ontario, Canada | Vaccine |
Increased calls to Manitoba Human Rights Commission from mandatory mask opponents (National Post) | Manitoba | Masks |
Disability advocates call for plan to prevent ableism if health system becomes overwhelmed (CBC News) | Manitoba | Triage protocols, Hospital |
Student mental health struggles through pandemic issues (Windsor Star) | Ontario | Students, Mental health, Isolation |
After COVID-19, Aaron Waddingham is going to his prom dance (The Tyee) | British Columbia | Lockdown, School |
Students with disabilities should have the option of in-personlearning during COVID-19school closures (The Conversation) | Canada | School, Children |
Understanding Ontario’s long-term care tragedy (Toronto Star) | Ontario | Long-term care |
Landlords say poor tenants who received CERB can’t make rent after losing social assistance (CBC News) | Canada | Housing, Government benefits |
Masks will soon be mandatory on Whitehorse city buses (CBC News) | Yukon | Masks |
Alberta is the sole province without a mask mandate (CTV News) | Alberta | Masks |
COVID-19: Here are B.C.’s new public health restrictions (The Province) | British Columbia | Masks |
Legal clinics across Ontario decry access-to-justice barriers at Landlord and Tenant Board Hearings (Law Times) | Ontario | Housing, Hearings |
Children could be left disabled for life due to COVID-delayed surgeries (The Post Millennial) | Ontario | Hospital, Surgery |
What Canadian researchers are discovering about the psychosocial effects of the pandemic (University Affairs) | Canada | Mental health, Isolation |
$10M pledged to cover COVID-related staffing costs in Manitoba’s disability, child-care, CFS sectors (CBC News) | Manitoba | Funding |
$10 million for staffing support in disability services, child-care sectors in Manitoba (CTV News) | Manitoba | Funding |
Burlington senior with few options after cab company reduces fleet (The Hamilton Spectator) | Ontario | Travels |
Why federal government should reject human challenge trials for COVID-19 vaccine (CBC News) | Canada | Vaccine |
‘A shadow of what I was’: COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ shed light on brain-related symptoms (Global News) | Canada | COVID 19 symptoms, Infections |
Being high-risk for COVID complications looks different than most people think (CBC News) | Newfoundland and Labrador | Infections |
How digitalization during COVID-19 has made Canadian art more accessible (The Varsity) | Ontario | Arts |
Manitoba claws back COVID-19 benefit from Inuit Elder (APTN National News) | Manitoba | Government benefits |
‘This isn’t about guilt or shame’ says B.C.’s human rights commissioner Kasari Govender (Vancouver Sun) | British Columbia | Masks |
Students hearing bells, not alarms (Toronto Star) | Manitoba | School, Children |
My wife is disabled. BC ferries left us out to sea (The Tyee) | British Columbia | Masks, Infections |
COVID-19 and the courts: Nov. 16 update (Canadian Lawyer Magazine) | British Columbia | Masks |
COVID-19 has inspired greater focus on construction insurance products (Construct Connect) | Canada | Workplace, COVID 19 symptoms, Insurance |
Veterans Affairs minister says veterans benefits backlog ‘totally unacceptable’ (Toronto Sun) | Canada | Veterans, Government benefits |
CBC Asks how the pandemic is changing the workplace for people with disabilities (CBC News) | Canada | Workplace |
Veterans minister declares backlog progress even as overall numbers go up (Toronto Star) | Canada | Veterans, Government benefits |
Veterans face barriers to mental, physical health care during pandemic (660 City News) | Canada | Veterans, Government benefits |
Veterans waiting for answers on disability claims are facing “perfect storm” (Battlefords News-Optimist) | Canada | Veterans, Government benefits |
BRAUN: Mental health disability claims on the rise (Toronto Sun) | Canada | Mental health, Isolation |
Three ways Hamilton can be more friendly for those with dementia (The Hamilton Spectator) | Ontario | Isolation |
Interior Health alerts residents COVID surge ‘becoming a concern’ (Toronto Star) | British Columbia | Masks |
‘Unfair surveillance’? Online exam software sparks global student revolt (The StarPhoenix) | Canada | School |
Why the federal government should rethink its new medical assistance in dying law (CBC News) | Canada | Mental health, Isolation |
Program change may bring isolation, families of adults with developmental disabilities fear (CBC News) | Ontario | Lockdown, Isolation |
Sask. government to pay back emergency benefits clawed back from student’s disability income (Global News) | Saskatchewan | Government benefits, School |
Veterans waiting for answers on disability claims are facing “perfect storm” as COVID closures add to backlog (Toronto Star) | Canada | Veterans, Government benefits |
Legion, other veterans groups to get $20M to weather COVID-19 (OttawaMatters) | Canada | Veterans, Government benefits |
Manitoba schools hope for best, prepare for worst (Winnipeg Free Press) | Manitoba | School, Children |
Disabled veterans struggle with COVID-19 as Canada prepares to mark Remembrance Day (CTV News) | Canada | Veterans, Government benefits |
Province’s move to hire fraud investigators angers social assistance recipients (CBC News) | Ontario | Government benefits |
‘Next to impossible’ to live on Manitoba income assistance during pandemic: community advocate (CBC News) | Manitoba | Government benefits |
Wearing a mask triggers flashbacks of rape. Woman says her refusal to wear one led to her being denied treatment in Ottawa hospital (Niagara Falls Review) | Ontario | Masks, Hospital |
K-shaped recovery blues (Winnipeg Free Press) | Canada | Infections |
Disability Affinity Group gives space for faculty and staff with disabilities to fight ableism (The Ubyssey) | Canada | Mental health |
Face coverings for all seasons: Mandatory mask bylaw likely to last through winter, spring (CBC News) | Alberta | Masks |
Society’s ableism exposed by COVID-19 pandemic : disability rights advocate (Halifax News) | Canada | Infections, Vaccine |
Children with disabilities hit harder by COVID-19 (The Hamilton Spectator) | Canada | School, Children |
Maskless woman with medical exemption removed from BC Ferries vessel for ‘causing disturbance’ (CTV News) | British Columbia | Masks |
Too few Canadians with disabilities got tax-free COVID benefit, minister charges (iPolitics) | Canada | Government benefits |
‘Not even a pandemic can stop them’ (Toronto Star) | Ontario | Lockdown |
Travellers to Canada must now use ArriveCAN app (CIC News: The voice of Canadian Immigration) | Canada | Travels |
Federal government announces new mandatory requirements for travellers to Canada (CHAT News Today) | Canada | Travels |
Canada introducing new mandatory COVID-19 rules for international travellers (Global News) | Canada | Travels |
COVID-19: Travellers must now digitally submit quarantine plan, report daily (Vancouver Sun) | Canada | Travels |