Disability Support

• 2 southern Alberta entertainment venues are now sensory inclusive

  Two Medicine Hat entertainment venues are now the first in Alberta to be equipped to ensure everyone can enjoy events no matter the volume level.

  Features

  Mar 31, 2025
  
• Future of vendors uncertain as clock ticks down on Vancouver’s DTES Market

  The controversial market, which supporters say provides vulnerable people with critical income, is being forced to move at the end of the month, but doesn't have a new home yet.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2023
  
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• Minister asks feds to raise rent top up threshold, says thousands of Albertans on AISH ineligible

  Alberta is asking Ottawa to adjust the criteria for its $500 rent top up, saying the current limit makes tens of thousands of Albertans with disabilities ineligible. 

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2022
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• Ontario PCs promise to boost disability support payment rates by 5 per cent

  PC Leader Doug Ford also says in a statement that the party would introduce legislation to tie annual increases to inflation.

  Politics

  May 9, 2022
• Inflation hits Canadians already struggling with groceries, gas hardest: experts

  The pace of inflation hitting a 30-year high is especially painful for Canadians already struggling to get by as they face a limited ability to mitigate higher costs.

  Money

  Jan 25, 2022
• New Brunswick to provide $11.3 million in funding for informal caregivers

  The New Brunswick government is introducing a new benefit for people who provide informal care to help their loved ones remain independent.

  Canada

  May 28, 2018