Abide by these food safety rules for peace of mind during Thanksgiving, from prepping the feast to packing up the leftovers. There don’t have to be a lot of rules around Thanksgiving — it’s a time for mixing tradition and time-tested recipes with experimentation and flavor exploration. Even still, when you’re preparing a large quantity […]
It is Thanksgiving Sunday here in Canada. It’s a day that has interesting roots. The very first Thanksgiving in Canada, according the the historians at Wikipedia, was in 1578 during the search for the Northwest Passage. Martin Frobisher and crew had a very difficult time of it what with the ice and the storms that […]
Yesterday we went, again, to the patio where we like to have a tea. It was another lovely warm October afternoon. I spotted a table with a chair, empty and waiting for me. I scooted ahead and pulled in beside the table. Joe had asked me to go on ahead because he wanted to pop […]
It was a surprisingly warm day for October. Joe and I decided that we’d head over to our favourite place to have tea, a shop with a very small patio. We lucked out and got a table. Joe went in and got our drinks and we set about chatting and people watching. It was […]
We were at an arcade and Ruby had challenged me to a game of air hockey. I’ve not played in years. I found that being in a wheelchair I didn’t have the reach necessary to be able to play well and, frankly, I didn’t have the endurance either to be up, leaning forward and reaching […]
Posted on October 7, 2016 by DABC Since July 2015, Tax AID DABC advocates have helped British Columbians receiving provincial disability assistance to file their income taxes so that they can take full advantage of all the benefits and credits available to them. As of October 2016, Tax AID DABC advocates […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. October 2016 Edition KSA Newsletter 2016 contains This month’s theme Welcome to October everyone. It’s community living month and it’s Halloween too. There is a lot to celebrate in October, like being out and about in community. It […]
Self Advocates for a Brighter Future (commonly known as “SABF”) was started June 6, 2007, by self advocates and support persons of BeConnected Support Services and Kardel Consulting. SABF is an open group, which means anybody is able to join. In early 2015 SABF opened up a new chapter in Duncan serving self advocates in the Cowichan […]
2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 pound beef sirloin, cut into 2-inch strips 1 1/2 cups fresh broccoli florets 1 red bell pepper, cut into matchsticks 2 carrots, thinly sliced 1 green onion, chopped 1 teaspoon minced garlic 2 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted Directions or watch video Quick […]
So, we’d made the reservation. I’m careful with reservations. “Fully accessible!” I’m told by a chipper person who’s taking down the details regarding time and number of people attending. “Fully accessible,” is a term much mistrusted in the disability community. At least my immediate community tenses with caution when hearing that two word phrase. We […]
