Posted on Wednesday October 17, 2012
Priority and Courtesy Seating decals will be installed inside all Milton Transit buses this week, in compliance with Section 49 of the Integrated Accessibility Standards (IAS, Ontario Regulation 191-11) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA).
A section at the front of Milton Transit buses will be clearly marked with the new window decals to indicate Priority and Courtesy Seating areas.
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October 15, 2012
SUMMARY
Our newest campaign starts on Monday, October 29, 2012. Our aim is to get the McGuinty Government to strengthen the enforcement of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. We need your help. It’s easy. It just takes one phone call!
By Kevin Werner, News Staff
Wednesday, October, 03, 2012
It will cost at least $250,000 to make Hamilton’s council chambers, and the other public meeting rooms in the renovated building accessible to the physically challenged.
But it’s a cost Stoney Creek councillor Brad Clark insists should be paid.
“I don’t care what the cost is, we should be leaders in the community,” he said.
DOUGLAS GLYNN The Free Press
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Barbara Hall, left, chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, chats with Midland Mayor Gordon McKay and Jacqueline Pegg, an inquiry analyst with the public interest inquiries branch. DOUGLAS GLYNN The Free Press
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is calling on municipalities across Ontario to review their zoning and rental licensing bylaws to eliminate barriers to housing services for people with mental health issues or addictions.
Published on Tuesday October 09, 2012
Emily Mathieu
Staff Reporter
Melissa Graham, 28, who has been in a wheelchair all her life, paid $20 for a taxi ride that cost the Star $8.50. “We were pretty desperate and I think he knew that,” said Graham, who is a member of the city’s disability issues committee.
