News 1. Mass murder inquiry This item is written by Tim Bousquet. Yesterday, the families of the victims of the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020 issued a statement through their lawyers, objecting to how the Mass Casualty Commission is proceeding next week. You can read the statement here. The families make an important point: […]
All the world’s an accessible stage
Milena Khazanavicius has always had a fearless spirit. And with a little help from friends, she can make life's adventures fun for herself and others, too.
This is part 3 of a series on Milena Khazanavicius, a Halifax woman who is blind and is working to make the city more accessible for others who are blind and partially sighted. In this story, we learn how Khazanavicius makes fun and entertainment accessible for herself and others. The day I interviewed Milena Khazanavicius was also […]
10,000 steps and other persistent bullshit
Morning File, Tuesday, February 15, 2022
News 1. Seven more Nova Scotians have died of COVID-19 Yesterday, Nova Scotia reported seven COVID-19 deaths over three days. More than a third of Nova Scotia’s COVID deaths have occurred since December 3. Welcome to the next phase of our re-opening plan. In his roundup, Tim Bousquet writes: The 68 people now hospitalized because […]
A prescription for accessibility in health care
Milena Khazanavicius is advocating to make health care more accessible for people who are blind and partially sighted.
This is part 2 of a series about Milena Khazanavicius, a Halifax woman who is blind and advocates to make the city and province more accessible to people who are blind and partially sighted. In this article, we look at Khazanavicius’s work to make health care more accessible. On Sunday, January 16, Milena Khazanavicius celebrated the […]
One woman’s fight to make Halifax accessible
For years, Milena Khazanavicius has been fighting HRM to make sidewalks and construction sites safer and more accessible for people who are blind and partially sighted.
This is part 1 of a series about Milena Khazanavicius, a Halifax woman who is blind and advocates to make the city and province more accessible to people who are blind and partially sighted. In this article, we look at Khazanavicius’s struggle to make sidewalks around construction sites safer for herself and other pedestrians. Milena […]
Breaking down street barriers for people who are blind and partially sighted
Morning File, Monday, September 14, 2020
News 1. QAnon knows no borders Joan Baxter reports on QAnon, a global movement that promotes conspiracy theories, which has followers here in Nova Scotia. QAnon only started a few years ago with one post on the 4chan internet channel. Baxter took a look around to check out some of the post QAnon and its […]