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“Three accessible playgrounds are being built as a part of a legacy of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The province [of British Columbia], Ronald McDonald House Charities and the Rick Hansen Foundation are each contributing to the $1.2 million project. The playgrounds will be built at Kits Beach in Vancouver, the Middle Arm Waterfront Greenway in Richmond and the Celebration Plaza in Whistler. Those in Whistler and Richmond will be built in time for the Games. Vancouver will get its park by next summer.”

Every single city should have at least one accessible playground in its jurisdiction.

Does YOURS????

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Quoting Matthew Burrows, writing for straight.com:

“Vancouverites can be forgiven if they believe this is a great city for people with disabilities. After all, quadriplegic former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan and paraplegic athlete Rick Hansen are known around the world for their achievements. In addition, Vancouver—the largest city in a province that Premier Gordon Campbell has proclaimed the Best Place on Earth—is hosting the Paralympics in March. Talk to University of Victoria social-policy professor Michael Prince, however, and he’ll tell you he rolls his eyes “a little bit” at the boosterism. [October 22 marked] the launch of his book Absent Citizens: Disability Politics and Policy in Canada (University of Toronto Press). Although not quite a “slap in the face”, Prince said the book is a “challenge” to the conventional wisdom that we are doing enough for people with disabilities in this country.”

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Buy Michael Prince’s new book >>

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WARNING:

You’re about to laugh ’til your gut busts, your sides split, and your cheeks ache.

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Last week we wet your appetite. Here now is the extended clip of Rick Mercer and Rick Hansen (wheelchair and all!) going bungee jumping in beautiful British Columbia. Damn, the Rick Mercer Report is h-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s!:

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The Rick Mercer Report’s seventh season premiere is TONIGHT (September 29th) on CBC-TV. You’ll have a chance to see:

Rick Mercer

…bungee jumping

…in Whistler, BC

…with Rick Hansen!

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8PM Tonight, CBC-TV

(8:30 in Newfoundland)

As most of you probably know, Rick Hansen is a truly iconic Canadian who was in an automobile crash at age 15 that left him a paraplegic. In 1985, after winning 19 international wheelchair marathons, he began his dream to circumnavigate the earth and raise awareness and money for spinal cord injury victims. Two years later he completed 40,000 km and raised $26 million. Today he is (among many many things) the President and CEO of the extremely successful and influential Rick Hansen Foundation.

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Terry Fox, Cunard Street near the corner of Robie, Halifax, Nova Scotia, headed for Province House, May 20th, 1980.

Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba July 28, 1958.

On March 9, 1977, Terry discovered he had a malignant tumour in his right leg and Click to continue »