Hospital staff: “Can I use your wheelchair for another patient?”
Me: “I’m sorry. I don’t let my chair out of my sight.”
Staff: “Are you sure? It’s just for a little while?
Me: “I’m sure.”
(Staff shakes head and leaves)
Don’t ask to borrow a wheelchair user’s wheelchair.
The cuts today at Bell Media are absolutely heartbreaking for our industry. Every Canadian is impacted by this decision. My heart goes out to everyone who lost their jobs- and their teams. Fact-based journalism is so important and this is a HUGE loss.
We have an exciting staffing announcement to share. Current late night anchor @QuinnOhler is stepping into a new role here at Global Edmonton, as our Health Matters reporter and noon news co-anchor. She shared the good news while reporting live from the Stollery Radiothon. #yeg
I need young women to hear me: it wasn’t until 1974 women were granted the right to establish credit in their own name and banks could no longer require a co-signer like a husband or father.
A brief 50 years. Just like Roe. Pay attention, please. 🙏🏻
A research project is looking to change the conversation between healthcare providers and patients with Type 1 diabetes. They're using lived experiences to share the good, the bad and the ugly. @QuinnOhler has the details. #yeg
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@zacharyweeks@edmontonpolice Have had many experiences where the accessible seating was misused and a gathering spot for spectators. So frustrating. The worst is when everyone in front stays standing for event and you are unable to see anything. Glad you had this resolved
Fred Penner and Mr. Dressup is a pretty great crossover, but the story behind it carries some tragedy.
About two weeks before he was to appear on Fred Penner's Place in 1992, Ernie Coombs' wife Marlene was struck & killed by a car while she was out shopping in Toronto.
Penner contacted Coombs and told him that it was okay if he cancelled the shows or rebooked.
Coombs said no. He and his wife had talked about it before she died and he wanted to be on the show.
"The energy that the crew gave him, when he came on set, was overwhelming to say the least," Penner said.
They did two shows. At the end of the second show, a song was scheduled called "Together, Tomorrow"
Penner and Coombs sat on the log on the set getting ready to say goodbye to the audience with that song at the end of the second show.
Penner stated that the song became about Ernie and his wife and both he and Ernie were on the brink of tears while singing the song.
"That was absolutely the most beautiful and most intense moment I ever had on the series," Penner said.
This story comes from my interview with Fred Penner for my episode on Mr. Dressup, which you can listen/read here: https://t.co/OykihwgUpe
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Drinking from the mug made by a dear friend. Let’s leave this phrase out of conversation to those who grieve and who have trauma. Also lose- “you should” and “just”
@Nada_Nuff_ was in Yql for wheelchair parts and didn’t make it home in time to get to YYC for Curtain tonight. So sad. Break a leg and most importantly- leave it all on the stage! You’re beautiful! Life upon the stage is pretty great, right?! Mama Ohler