Media Coverage

Articles of Interest

'BCACL Vice President Tim Stainton on the Sean Leslie Show Discussing CLBC Eligibility Issues' - CKNW Audio Vault, 4:20pm, Saturday, May 24, 2008

'Father Turns to Court to Help Disabled Teenage Son' - Vancouver Sun, May 20, 2008

'Court of Appeal Rejects Airlines' Challenge to One-Person, One-Fare Policy' CBC News, May 13, 2008

'B.C Cuts Respite for Family of Severely Disabled Child' CBC News, May 13, 2008

'Attitudes Towards Children with Disabilities Need Improvement, Parents Say' - CBC Health News, May 2, 2008

'Group Home's Past Use as a Grow-op Alarms Mother' CBC News,
April 8, 2008

'Parents Need Corner House' - Victoria Times Colonist Letter to the Editor, by Michael Prince, March 27, 2008

'Disabled Kids Aren't Getting the Help They Need' - Victoria Times Colonist, March 18, 2008

'Parents Need Help with Challenges' - Victoria Times Colonist,
March 17, 2008

News Coverage on the Ashley Treatment - CNN, March 12, 2008

'Victoria Respite Home Slated to Shut Down' - Victoria Times Colonist, March 5, 2008

'Inclusion Policy Under Review' - Richmond Times, March 4, 2008

'Should CLBC be Getting More Money?" - CBC 'Your View"
March 3, 2008 – CBC ‘Your View'

‘Group of Adults with Disabilities May Lose Their BC Home" - CBC interviews Laney Bryenton regarding the closure of L'Arche,
March 3, 2008.

‘Willing to Work" – Vancouver Sun story on the release of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report, ‘Removing Barriers to Work’, February 22, 2008

Woodlands

‘The Life and Times of Woodlands’ – With a chronology of the Institution - Vancouver Sun, July 10, 2008

‘Major fire at Woodlands site’ Vancouver Sun, July 9, 2008

'Buildings' Sad History' - Royal City Record, Letter to the Editor, March 29, 2008

'Still No Compensation for Woodlands Students'
'Opal in No Hurry to Settle the Long-Running Battle Over Woodlands'
'Woodlands school class-action lawsuit delayed yet again'
CKNW March 5, 2008

Cabinet Shuffle

‘BC Should not Abandon its Disability Support System’ – BCACL OpEd, Vancouver Sun, July 4, 2008

‘Families need not worry about shuffle’ – Response from Minister Coleman – Victoria Times Colonist, July 3, 2008

Shuffle Leaves Disabled Community ‘Shocked, Betrayed’ Victoria Times Colonist, June 30, 2008

Inclusive Education

'A Quarter of Disabled Kids have Unmet School Needs' - CTV, May 27, 2008

'Special Needs Program Saved – For Now – at DC' - Tri-City News, May 21, 2008

'Council Urges Reinstatement of CNC Disabilty' - Prince George Citizen, April 29, 2008

'College Cuts Hit Students with Disabilities' - The Now, April 25, 2008

'CNC Board Approves Budget' Prince George Citizen, April 19, 2008

'Districts Won't Come to Rescue of DC Program' Tri-City News,
April 18, 2008

'College Board Approves Cuts' Prince George Citizen, April 18, 2008

'Douglas cuts result of lack of funding' Tri-City News, April 18, 2008

Faculty Layoffs Down to Eight - The Now, April 16, 2008

'Fledgling Program Hit by College Budget Cuts' Tri-City News,
April 16, 2008

Articles published in the Prince George Citizen regarding recent cuts to the Adult Special Education Programs at the College of New Caledonia:

'CNC Students Plan Protest' - March 19, 2008
'CNC cuts should be reconsidered' - March 13, 2008
'Ax falls hard at CNC' - March 11, 2008
'CNC Budget woes alarm educators' March 12, 2008