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2004 News Releases

Close Captioning introduced for Council meetings

WINNIPEG - February 25, 2004 - Today’s City Council meeting will, for the very first time, include the provision of Closed Captioning. Councillor Jenny Gerbasi, Chair of the Access Advisory Committee, will officially acknowledge this milestone in accessibility at the opening of the meeting at 9:30 a.m.

Not only will Council meetings now be accessible to the deaf community, but changes to the Council building, notably the new elevator, mean that all of our citizens can fully access Winnipeg City Council meetings.

“After many years of effort on the part of the community of persons with disabilities and the Access Advisory Committee…this significant achievement is happening at last, today," said Gerbasi.


Last update: 25.02.2004

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