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TORONTO 鈥?Canada most high-profile organization supporting people with vision loss is turning to technology in a bid to cre
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stanley kaffeebecher e country most accessible neighbourhood.The CNIB 鈥?formerly known as the Canadian National Institute for the Blind 鈥?says it 82
stanley cup 17 hoping to transform a small stretch of one of Toronto busiest streets into an area that blind or low-vision people can not only navigate easily, but fully engage with independently.The organization has partnered with the Rick Hansen Foundation to acquire beacons that will help blind people locate local businesses on the street, then find their way around inside with confidence. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The foundation has funded the purchase of 205 of the roughly 14-centimetre beacons that stores and restaurants in the test area can acquire for free and program to convey detailed information about the layout of their physical space to a blind person mobile phone.Blind users hail the project as a major innovation, while the CNIB says it hoping the initiative convinces businesses that increasing accessibility makes good fiscal sense. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Inclusive design experts also praise the project, but advise that true accessibility involves designing for a range of abilities and that more needs to be done if the area is to truly live up to the goal of being the mo Ivdo Trudeau: Canada open to NHL hub cities
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is proposing to close Highway 403 in both directions for two weekends next year as part of a detailed seven-month project to repair both the Old Guelph Road and Macklin Street bridges.Edward Soldo, director of Hamiltons transportation, operations and maintenance, said during the Oct. 5 public works committee meeting, provincial officials during the Highway 403 closure will conduct deck rehabilitation, including waterproof replacement and pavement repairs. Also during the highway closure, the plan will be to repair the median and barrier wall.Highway 403 will be closed in both direc
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stanley kubek ncaster Coun. Lloyd Ferguson, a former general manager of Dufferin Construction Company, said the highway closure will cause traffic problems for Ancaster residents. This will be horribly inconvenient for the people in Hamilton, west Mountain, all of Ancaster and for motorists coming from Brantford, said Ferguson. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW He also questioned the timing of the work plan. Fer
stanley taza guson said since there will be some concrete work done, the province will need more than just two weekends to complete the job. I just think it will take longer, he said. Im tr
