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		<title>Whitehorse to Enforce Disabled Parking Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, August 31, 2010 CBC news Parking illiegally in a disabled spot can result in a $250 fine. The City of Whitehorse will start issuing fines Wednesday to motorists who illegally park in disabled parking spots, including on privately-owned parking lots and shopping malls. Rick Goodfellow, chair of the city&#8217;s Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=417</link>
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		<title>Essex County 8th Annual Accessibility Workshop Agenda OPENING DOORS AND MINDS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year’s workshop will once again provide attendees with information on ways in which we can open up our community to people with disabilities. Topics such as planning for accessible communities and making our heritage accessible to everyone will be the focus of some of the concurrent workshops. Improve your understanding of some of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=389</link>
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		<title>New Accessibility Committee Member Has Definite Ideas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted By CECILIA NASMITH Northumberland Today.com July 9, 2010 TED AMSDEN Northumberland Today.comPoorly structured curb cuts are one concern Marty Cunningham, the newest member of CobourgÕs accessibility advisory committee. COBOURG &#8211; The newest member of Cobourg&#8217;s accessibility advisory committee, 24-year-old Marty Cunningham, already has a couple of ideas about changes that might be needed on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=385</link>
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		<title>Plants Hanging Too Low for Unsighted Residents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted By TED AMSDEN NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY June 25, 2010 -Denise Chamberlain is not tall. In fact, she is only 5 feet two inches tall. But the blind woman is certainly tall enough to walk regularly into the hanging plants that Cobourg parks department employees have hung from banner support poles. She says this happens with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=374</link>
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		<title>The Strength and Potential of Municipal Accessibility Advisory Committees (MAACs)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Geof Collis June 1, 2010 After reading the above named section from the Report of the Independent Review of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/publications/accessibility/charles_beer/tableOfContents.aspx it has become even more apparent that a venue like www.coaac.ca along with its ListServe is exactly what Charles Beer is referring to. It is also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=370</link>
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		<title>Pair Receive BMAAC Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted By NICK GARDINER , STAFF WRITER Posted May 26, 2010 NICK GARDINER The Recorder and TimesBrockville Public Library head librarian Margaret Williams, left, and Brockville Concert Band conductor Lance Besharah, right, show the plaques they received at a city council meeting on Tuesday from Brockville Municipal Advisory Committee (BMAAC) member Janet Jones, centre. Williams [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=368</link>
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		<title>Software Speaks Volumes to Hearing Impaired</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted By JOHN VESSOYAN/Tribune Staff May 5, 2010 JOHN VESSOYAN Staff Photo — Enza Iovio, left, a general support service counsellor with the Canadian Hearing Society, and Russ Findlay, chairman of Welland&#8217;s accessibility advisory committee, test the new TextNet software that has been installed at Welland Civic Square. WELLAND — Accessing information just got easier [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=366</link>
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		<title>City Lets Deaf Community Know It Isn&#8217;t Forgotten</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted By W. BRICE MCVICAR THE INTELLIGENCER April 27, 2010 Belleville&#8217;s hard-of-hearing and deaf community is getting better insight into how the municipality works. New equipment which allows hard-of-hearing residents to listen in during council meetings and the inclusion of a sign language interpreter at some meetings will break down barriers for a large number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=352</link>
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		<title>Opening Doors in Pickering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Accessibility advisory committee planning for barrier-free city Apr 26, 2010 &#8211; 11:16 AM By Kristen Calis PICKERING &#8212; Doors must be open to all Ontarians by 2025, and a group of Pickering volunteers hopes to whip Pickering into shape for the Province&#8217;s goal of full accessibility. &#8220;They all have the right to the same quality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=348</link>
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		<title>Disabled Cry Foul Over Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted By RONALD ZAJAC , STAFFWRITER April 24, 2010 Like many people who depend on Brockville&#8217;s para transit system, Mary Ann Greenwood worries it will soon be harder to get a ride. Greenwood, whose son, Paul Murrell, 31, has tuberous sclerosis and requires a wheelchair to get around, has already had to reduce the number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coaac.ca/?p=346</link>
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