Progress

Contractors belatedly install a wheelchair ramp at the Chickenburger outlet on Queen St. in Halifax Monday afternoon. Background here. Congratulations to Gus Reed for making HRM a little more inclusive than it was yesterday. The city insists that installing the ramp was a condition of Mickey MacDonald's "temporary" occupancy permit all along, but the chronology of events tells a different story. July 4 — Reed, who uses a wheelchair, meets with MacDonald to protest against the newly opened restaurant's inaccessibility. The owner is adamant that a ramp is not feasible. July 6 — Reed writes to Brad Anguish, HRM's Director, Community & Recreation Services, to complain...