Kale McMurren was eager to be done his cancer treatment when an attack on hospital systems derailed the final weeks of his care. McMurren, who lives in Essex, is one …
On a cool day in May at the Vancouver airport last year, Heather Walkus found herself stuck on the curb without assistance for nearly an hour. Eventually Walkus, who is …
Michelle Weger relies on her service dog, Quinn, to get her through the day. The Ottawa resident has narcolepsy, and the Great Dane can sense when Weger is tired, bracing …
Air Canada says it’s apologizing and making a number of changes internally to improve the way it treats passengers with disabilities after several high-profile incidents — including one involving a passenger who had …
It’s about saving a minute here, a minute there, which is why the stroke patient isn’t even transferred to a bed or changed into a johnny shirt, and is instead …
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has apologized to people in the province with disabilities for years of “historic, systemic discrimination.” The apology was part of a video greeting Houston delivered …
A Toronto woman who uses a power wheelchair had her ventilator disconnected and a lift fall on her head, all on a single journey, as Air Canada staff struggled to …
The Current25:57Making video games more accessible for disabled players Paul Lane was injured in a car accident in his 20s, leaving him unable to use his fingers. “I remember being in …
Air Canada has issued an apology to a man who uses a wheelchair, saying it violated Canadian disability regulations when he was forced to drag himself off a flight because …
A new Health Canada report says the number of medically assisted deaths in 2022 was more than 30 per cent higher than the year prior. Medically assisted deaths constituted 4.1 per …