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		<title>FOLLOW UP: Canada&#8217;s First Service Dogpark continues to make headlines&#8230;and so does Halifaxgate!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch, Irked Videos

Interesting developments&#8230;after the jump!


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Quoting a recent email from regular Irked contributor Helen McFadyen:
This week alone, [my guide dog Opal] has appeared in television, radio and newspaper  interviews multiple times. First  captured at the Halifax service dog park by CBC radio, then  on TV and radio  outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter addressing Halifaxgate, written by Terry Kelly</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Irked Audio

A few weeks ago, IrkedMagazine.com published a series of features about Metro Transit&#8217;s decision to stop offering free bus passes to Nova Scotians who are blind or have minimum sight. To be deliberately cheeky and hyperbolic (but also to express our bona fide outrage) we dubbed the debacle &#8220;Halifaxgate.&#8221;
After reading our coverage, Canadian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halifaxgate Continued: The Public Responds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries

Our discussion on the implications of Halifax, Nova Scotia&#8217;s recent decision to stop providing free bus passes to blind people has lead to international conversation. Below are some of the responses we&#8217;ve received from the Halifax community and the global community. Respected and gifted people, with and without visual impairment, with and without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis McCormack: In His Own Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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If you&#8217;ve been following Irked this week, then you know that Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based Dennis McCormack, founder and former editor of the Atlantic Braille Press, has been a tireless and vocal opponent of the Halifax Regional Municipality&#8217;s forthcoming bus pass policy change. Here are some samples from the myriad letters that Dennis has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halifax, Nova Scotia reverses its long-held bus pass policy, devolves when faced with the opportunity for growth, slaps its blind citizens in the face, and codifies segregation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;This bus pass is a passport to socialization for us. There is an issue of justice here.&#8221;

The following terrific article, titled &#8220;Metro Transit nixes passes for blind,&#8221; appeared in the January 23-29, 2009 edition of The Halifax Commoner. It was written by Ryan Baker:
Dennis McCormack has used Metro Transit to get around Halifax Regional [...]]]></description>
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