Chilliwack Progress story last week prompted 2 offers to help Wayne Pavich
Helping thousands of children, facility started as grass-roots group made up of parents in living rooms
Wait-list for UNITI’s program which provides up to 15 individuals with cooking and safety skills
Victoria Hand Project provides low-cost, fully functioning 3D-printed prosthetic arms
Heumann contracted polio at age 2 and lost her ability to walk. She devoted her life to advocacy.
The Canada Disability Benefit Act is awaiting Senate approval
The Food Services Assistant Program is a six-month course where students get cooking in restaurants
Canada Disability Benefit is to be modelled after the Guaranteed Income Supplement
B.C. acted unjustly, delaying thousands of dollars in federal payments to disabled girl’s caregivers
Police seeking witnesses in unprovoked March 31 assault
‘This is something I’ve never seen before in my 15-year career’
Individualized funding for autism to be phased out by 2025 and replaced with community service hubs
Travellers to Canada must use the ArriveCAN app or online portal to submit vaccine and test information
Many people with disabilities are at higher risk, but not always prioritized for vaccines
‘I just burst into tears… I mean, I was just shaking’
Province says more than 300,000 people will be affected by rate increase
Coun. Loyal Wooldridge tabled the motion, says many people on those payments live below the poverty line
