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Disabled veterans will do Canada proud at Invictus despite the government, not because of it

This year's Invictus Games, an adaptive sports competition for military veterans with disabilities started by Prince Harry, will take place in Toronto. How will the Canadian team do?

Pickering parents file human rights complaint against school board over disability accommodation

After more than two years pushing for classroom accommodations to help their two kids, a Pickering couple has filed a human rights complaint against the Durham District School Board.

Their children have Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a skin condition where a simple scrape can lead to tearing and blisters. The couple says air conditioning would help their kids with their condition as hot temperatures can make their kids' skin more fragile, but when they approached the school board about adding air conditioning in the classroom as a disability accommodation, they say the board told them "No."