He said ‘No.’ He said it softly. He said it with determination. He said ‘No.’ Sometimes it’s the smallest miracles that reap the biggest joys. It may not seem much to others but to me, it fills my world with light. Seeing someone used to simply capitulating, simply blending into the background, simply ceding his […]
The British Columbia government is delivering on its promise to freeze BC Hydro rates, putting an end to the years of spiralling electricity costs that have made life less affordable for B.C. homeowners and renters, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Michelle Mungall announced today. BC Hydro rates have gone up by more than […]
Victoria Wednesday, November 8, 2017 11:00 AM British Columbians are encouraged to get their flu shot early to protect themselves and their loved ones from the flu. As of this week, the influenza vaccine is available throughout the province at public health clinics, pharmacies, and nurse practitioners’ and physicians’ offices. “We often think of the […]
Early on into my life as a disabled person after pretty much everyone in my life knew that I was now a wheelchair user, I thought the work was done, I was officially out. But that wasn’t quite true. I found that when Joe and I were invited to places or events where most of […]
Dear Minister Simpson Hello and greetings. I know that you’re busy with running a very complex and diverse ministry, and I know that you have plenty of experts giving you advice on how to change (and hopefully improve) services. As a long-term receiver of these services I believe that I too am […]
First, she didn’t want to move the display. I had come into a store to pick up two gifts, that I’d seen there before. I couldn’t get into the aisle because there were now display cases on the corner blocking entrance. The display was a light cardboard thing that just needed to be slid over. […]
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/videos/sports/2017/10/31/despite-paralysis-coach-takes-special-birthday-dive/107181746/ (Try as I might I cannot get the video above to load. Please copy and paste it into your computer and watch it before reading further. Note what you take away from it. See if you saw what I saw. Dave) I saw this on Facebook today and knew it was going to […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. November 2017 Edition KSA Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme The Province is re-establishing the British Columbia Human Rights Commission. To do this thoughtfully, feedback is being gathered to help guide decisions on the role, functions and priorities […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. November 2017 Edition KSA Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme The Province is re-establishing the British Columbia Human Rights Commission. To do this thoughtfully, feedback is being gathered to help guide decisions on the role, functions and priorities […]
Love wins. I hear this phrase a lot in relationship to the present state of the world in general and in relationship to specific incidents of prejudice. Love wins. I don’t like the sense of burden this places on someone who is the victim of some other person’s hatred. I think that the idea that […]
