ASL V-News
'So much more than a grand chief': Leaders pay tribute to late AMC Grand Chief Cathy Merrick
Released Date: September 7,2024 | ASL Signer: Shawna Joynt
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Cathy Merrick, who died Friday, 'moved the needle in the direction of righteousness,' while Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said her work has 'given our women hope.' The two were among the leaders who discussed the legacy of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs grand chief.
CBC News- Manitoba
Trump's trade tariffs would send Manitoba into a recession: Premier Wab Kinew
Released Date: November 26, 2024 | ASL Signer: Jordan Sangalang
Canada must boost border security and 'bring the hammer down on drug trafficking,' says Manitoba premier
CBC News - Manitoba
Manitoba girds itself for tariff battle with Trump
Released Date: December 12, 2024 | ASL Signer: Jordan Sangalang
Premier Wab Kinew has warned that Manitoba must brace for “shock and awe” when the second presidency of Donald Trump begins next month.
Winnipeg Free Press- Local
ASL V-News: Purolator, UPS pause shipments from couriers amid backlog from Canada Post strike
Released Date: December 6, 2024 | ASL Signer: Nicole Revoy
Adapted from CBC News - Business CBC News Business Purolator and UPS are pausing some shipments from couriers to catch up amid a surge of business due to Canada Post workers being on strike.
CBC News - Business
Bumstead paying her dues Former Winnipegger juggles coaching duties with multiple hockey teams
Released Date: September 12, 2024 | ASL Signer: Shawna Joynt
Adapted from Winnipeg Free Press: Christine Bumstead is serious about paying her dues. The 28-year-old Winnipegger, who once guided the Pembina Valley AAA U15 girls team and Canada’s female entry at the 2024 world deaf championships, is currently juggling multiple coaching roles. She is beginning her fourth year as an assistant coach with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies women’s team while also in her second season as a development coach with the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades.
Winnipeg Free Press
Hard of Hearing, Hard of listening aided by acceptance.
Released Date: August 6, 2024 | ASL Signer: Jordan Sangalang
Adapted from Winnipeg Free Press: Hearing aids. I did not want to get them. I looked at the increasing number of medications redefining what had been my junk drawer, the health-care appointments spreading through my daybook, felt the fatigue that is part of conversations with third-act friends facing the not-so-delicate disintegration of various internal systems.
Winnipeg Free Press
Accessibility in all areas of The Forks site undergoing extensive review
Released Date: November 18, 2024 | ASL Signer: Joanna Hawkins
Adapted from Winnipeg Free Press: The Forks is undergoing an audit to make Winnipeg’s historic gathering site more accessible to people with cognitive and physical disabilities. The review comes in partnership with the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities and will encompass the entire 52-acre site, including its facilities, walking paths, parking lots and access points to the Red and Assiniboine rivers in all seasons, The Forks spokesperson Zach Peters said Monday. “We prioritize making The Forks a gathering place for everyone. To be that, we must always ensure that our infrastructure and amenities are accessible,” Peters said, addressing a crowd of community members and stakeholders gathered at The Forks Market for a morning news conference.
Winnipeg Free Press
Porter breaks its own rules by kicking deaf woman and her service dog off a flight
Released Date: October 28, 2024 | ASL Signer: Joanna Hawkins
Adapted from CBC News - Edmonton: Porter says ‘miscommunication’ between pilot and flight attendant led to incident Georgina Villeneuve says the humiliation still stings when she thinks about being forced off a Porter plane last month. She was threatened by a flight attendant and berated by another passenger — all over her 20 pound service dog sleeping at her feet. "For a week I cried nonstop … [I] don't like to create scenes," the Edmonton woman told Go Public.
CBC News Edmonton
Not just fun and games
Released Date: November 6, 2024 | ASL Signer: Jordan Sangalang
Adapted from Winnipeg Free Press: Local creator programs artistic message into debut video-game offering. Are video games just an outlet for escapist fantasies? Or, like any good art, can they also confront with us with deeper meanings about ourselves and the world out there? The question is at the heart of an increasingly tired debate, and artist AO Roberts — a new creative voice in Manitoba’s small, lively video game industry — treats it as basically a false dilemma.
Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba Government Making it Easier for Organizations to Build Affordable Housing and End Chronic Homelessness
Released Date: November 7, 2024 | ASL Signer: Nicole Revoy
Adapted from Manitoba Government News Release - Manitoba: The Manitoba government is making it easier for organizations to secure funding to build affordable housing so more Manitobans can find a safe place to call home, Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith announced today. “Manitoba is growing, and the affordable housing challenge we face today calls for a fresh new approach and the ability to quickly respond to the needs of our partners in the non-profit housing sector including Indigenous governing bodies and municipalities,” said Smith.
Manitoba Government News Release - Manitoba
Parents of deaf students say their children are being neglected by N.L. education system
Released Date: May 4, 2024 | ASL Signer: Nicole Revoy
Adapted from CBC News NL: Some parents say the Newfoundland and Labrador education system is failing their children, especially those living outside of St. John's. Samantha Brown says she's spent almost seven years fighting to get adequate deaf services and support for her 11-year-old daughter, Lilly, who attends Eastside Elementary in Corner Brook.
CBC News NL
Long wait for functional wheelchair ends
Released Date: September 16, 2024 | ASL Signer: Joanna Hawkins
Adapted from Winnipeg Free Press: Man with spinal muscular atrophy finally mobile, ‘but it’s still far from over’ After waiting nearly five years, Tom Landy finally has a functional wheelchair. He’s taken it for a spin in the garage, but the customized power wheelchair still needs work before it can be operated outdoors. “I am happy that I am mobile, but it’s still far from over,” Landy said.
Winnipeg Free Press
MLA Mark Wasyliw removed immediately from NDP caucus, claims Premier Kinew is a 'bully'
Released Date: September 16, 2024 | ASL Signer: Jordan Sangalang
Adapted from CBC New Manitoba: Gerri Wiebe represents Peter Nygard, says Wasyliw's ouster tied to his link to convicted sex offender's case. Mark Wasyliw has been removed from the Manitoba NDP caucus "effective immediately," the party said Monday, because one colleague in his law practice is defending convicted sexual predator Peter Nygard in court.
CBC News Manitoba
Brandon Deaf Connections coffee group offers community connection, ASL practice in southwestern Manitoba
Released Date: June 26, 2024 | ASL Signer: Joanna Hawkins
Adapted from CBC New Manitoba: Frustrated by limited support for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, a local group in Manitoba's second-largest city has formed to practise American Sign Language and provide support for each other. Terri Antoniw, who is deaf, created the Brandon Deaf Connections coffee group in January after moving back to her community. It quickly grew to around two dozen people of all ages meeting up at the city's Shoppers Mall for coffee and conversation in American Sign Language.
CBC News Manitoba
Manitoba Government to Open Brandon's First Minor Injury Clinic this Month
Released Date: September 9, 2024 | ASL Signer: Nicole Revoy
Adapted from Manitoba Government News Release - Manitoba: Brandon’s first-ever minor injury clinic is set to open later this month at its new home on Sixth Street, Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced today. “This clinic is all about convenience and quick care for Brandon families,” said Asagwara. “It’s great news for parents when their kid needs stitches or a cast or anyone who needs to see a doctor for non-urgent care and doesn’t want to spend hours in a waiting room. Our government promised to create more of these clinics across the province and I’m pleased we will soon open our first one in Brandon.”
Manitoba Government's News Release - Manitoba
Manitoba Celebrates 10 Years of Farm and Food Awareness Week with Support to Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba
Released Date: September 13, 2024 | ASL Signer: Jordan Sangalang
Adapted from Manitoba Government News Release: Canada and Manitoba: The governments of Canada and Manitoba are encouraging all Manitobans to learn more about the important role agriculture producers play in ensuring the agri-food system remains diverse, safe and sustainable, by attending at least one of the many events around the province celebrating the 10th annual Farm and Food Awareness Week, Sept. 16 to 20, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today.
Manitoba Government News Release: Canada and Manitoba
MANITOBA GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES ENDOWMENT FUND TO SUPPORT MMIWG2S+ FAMILIES
Released Date: May 5, 2024 | ASL Signer: Shawna Joynt
Adapted from Government Manitoba News Release - Manitoba: The Manitoba government is establishing a new $15-million endowment fund to enable a grant program offering supports to families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit (MMIWG2S+) relatives, Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine, minister responsible for women and gender equity, announced today.
Government Manitoba News Release - Manitoba
City committee aims to add braille, sign language to improve accessibility
Released Date: May 7, 2024 | ASL Signer: Nicole Revoy
Adapted from Winnipeg Free Press: People whose hearing and eyesight are impaired may soon have better access to decisions made at city council. The human rights committee of council has passed a motion recommending the city expand the inclusive and accessible communication it offers by having all documents posted online in braille and plain language, free of jargon. That would include minutes and agendas for every committee meeting at city hall.
Winnipeg Free Press
MANITOBA GOVERNMENT MAKES TRANSIT MORE ACCESSIBLE
Released Date: January 10,2024 | ASL Signer: Shawna Joynt
Adapted from Manitoba Government - News Release - Manitoba Manitobans with disabilities will have an easier time getting around because of improvements to the Accessibility for Manitobans Act that address barriers to public transportation
MANITOBA GOVERNMENT MAKES TRANSIT MORE ACCESSIBLE
It's my dream': Nova Scotia's Emma Logan wants to encourage more deaf people to curl
Released Date: February 6, 2024 | ASL Signer: Joanna Hawkins
Adapted from CBC News: A deaf Nova Scotia curler is looking to raise awareness of the sport as an option for people with hearing problems. Emma Logan, now 26, lost her hearing at 13 months due to meningitis. She's been curling since she was 11. An elite player, she represented Nova Scotia at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2020 and 2021.
CBC News
How this deaf and blind man is living independently — with a bit of help
Released Date: Janurary 18, 2024 | ASL Signer: Nicole Revoy
Adapted from CBC News: Alec Malette, who is deaf and blind, lives with roommates in Sudbury. He moved out of his parents home in Sturgeon Falls last year with a bit of help from an organization. The 24-year-old is deaf and blind, and has had some help from DeafBlind Ontario. Malette lives in a facility that is supported by the organization.
CBC News Sudbury
Many Canadians experience hearing loss and don't know it. Here's how to prevent and treat it
Released Date: December 10, 2023 | ASL Signer: Joanna Hawkins
Adapted from CBC News: If you’re over 30, experts say you should start getting regular hearing tests. People over 30 should get a hearing test every few years, and once you hit 50 you should go once a year, according to audiologist Emma LeBlanc. (Peakstock/Shutterstock ). Martha Perusse still remembers the day two decades ago when she wore hearing aids for the first time, at the age of 48. "I picked them up and went right back to work. I was walking around the building and I thought, 'This has to be wrong,'" said Perusse, 69, who lives in Montreal and is a peer mentor for Hear Quebec, a non-profit that provides programs and services to those affected by hearing loss.
CBC News
N.L. has 5 ASL interpreters. This deaf advocate says that's hampering seniors' access to services
Released Date: November 15, 2023 | ASL Signer: Jordan Sangalang
Adapted from CBC News: Deaf community holding rally outside Confederation Building on Wednesday. Myles Murphy, executive director of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of the Deaf, is involved in numerous advocacy roles, including advocating for the deaf community to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. (Jessica Singer/CBC). The head of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association for the Deaf says a lack of accessible services is leaving senior citizens isolated in the health-care system.
CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador
He tried to talk to Bell. Now this hard-of-hearing man is living with his mother, his confidence gutted
Released Date: July 19, 2023 | ASL Signer: Jordan Sangalang
Adapted from CBC News: Challenges communicating with Bell led Adam King-Duke to despair about living independently. Living alone provided Adam King-Duke with a sense of newfound independence and confidence. The Newfoundland man, who's hard of hearing, left his mother's house several years ago, striking out by himself like any young adult. But earlier this year, King-Duke says, he suddenly lost access to his television and internet services. He tried fixing the problem on his own to no avail, and assumed it could be solved through a simple conversation with his provider, Bell Aliant.
CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador
MANITOBANS ENCOURAGED TO GET UPDATED COVID-19, SEASONAL FLU VACCINES
Released Date: October 30, 2023 | ASL Signer: Nicole Revoy
Adapted from Manitoba Government News Release: The Manitoba government is encouraging Manitobans to get the updated COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccines as soon as possible to help protect themselves, their families and their communities during the upcoming respiratory virus season, Premier Wab Kinew announced today after receiving both vaccinations at a local pharmacy.
Manitoba Government News Release
A look at Wab Kinew's journey to become Manitoba's 1st Anishinaabe premier
Released Date: October 7, 2023 | ASL Signer: Shawna Joynt
Adapted from CBC News Manitoba: Although Wab Kinew continues to reiterate that he's not out to make history for his ethnicity as Manitoba's first Anishinaabe premier, there's no denying that his community and cultural ties will bring something new to the premier's office. Wabanakwut Kinew, 41, is from Onigaming First Nation in Ontario — part of Treaty 3 territory, which spans parts of northwestern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba. His first name translates to "grey cloud" and his last to "golden eagle" in the Anishinaabe language.
CBC News Manitoba
Deaf Albertans describe a disconnect with video-calling service
Released Date: June 26, 2023 | ASL Signer: Nicole Revoy
Adapted from CBC News: Hang-ups, wait times, not enough interpreters cited as part of the problem with the Video Relay Service. Tessa Rei Lerbekmo-Joyes would like to see a greater awareness of the Video Relay Service. VRS is accessed by deaf or hard of hearing people who connect with an interpreter who can translate sign language to another person. (Bryan Labby/CBC) A video communication tool that's supposed to help people who are deaf connect with hearing people has been a source of frustration as they try to contact financial and medical services, businesses and potential employers.
CBC News Calgary
Manitoba's minimum wage is now $15.30, but more support is needed, advocate say
Released Date: October 1, 2023 | ASL Signer: Joanna Hawkins
Adapted from CBC News Manitoba: Wage went up from $14.15 on Sunday, but commerce leader says that will pinch some employers. The first day of the month marked a boost in Manitoba's minimum wage, which reached $15.30 Sunday. The increase makes Manitoba's lowest wage the third-highest among the provinces — behind B.C. and Ontario, which pay minimum wage workers $16.75 and $16.55 an hour, respectively, according to the Retail Council of Canada. But despite the increase, some feel it's still not a livable wage in the province.
CBC News Manitoba
