Today on NOW with Dave Brown: 

• Tyler McGregor from Canada’s Para Hockey Team tells you all about this year’s Sledge Skate of Hope 
• Community reporter Amy Amantea chats about new inclusive programming available at the Pacific Training Centre in B.C. 
  • Their 10-month blindness/DeafBlindness skills training program runs from September to June
  • Their independence camps run during July and August 
  • For more information for  Metro Vancouver/Bowen Island , contact 604-947-0021 
  • For more information for Greater Victoria, contact 778- 817-0482 
  • You can also call Toll Free at 1-800-264-COBD or 1-800- 264-2623 
  •  To learn about Camp Bowen visit here
• She also describes a snowshoe event and trivia night hosted by Blind Beginnings. 
  • The showshoe event takes place on Sunday January 22, at 1 p.m. PT
  • Their trivia night takes place on Saturday January 28. The doors open at 6 p.m. with trivia beginning at 7 p.m. PT
    • The trivia night will be located at Moose’s Down Under Pub, at 830 West Pender Street in Vancouver, BC. 
  • For more information on either of these events, you can contact: Blind Beginnings at 604-434-7243  or visit their website here
  • Blind Beginnings is located inside Village Day Lodge at 3150 Creekside Way, about 45 minutes from Kamloops, B.C. 
• Accessibility reporter Meagan Gillmore remembers former Lieutenant Governor David Onley
• And Arno Kopecky shares his thoughts on the recent UN Biodiversity Conference
   

Today on NOW with Dave Brown:

• Dr. Larissa Moniz from Fighting Blindness Canada shares some of their latest research and upcoming events 
• Lawrence Gunther discusses heat pumps as a source for clean heating technology
• Elizabeth Mohler explains the benefits of OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT 
  • She also describes the Candlelight Concert Series in Toronto 
    • The series will feature musicians paying tribute to popular artists, film scores, plays and more including ABBA, Beyoncé, The Nutcracker, and Romeo and Juliet
    • It takes place on selected nights now through March 7 with tickets starting at $30  
• Nelson Rego of Cool Blind tech chats about TransLink’s new Accessible Navigation Project in B.C.
  • And for his tech tip of the day, he describes how to have Siri read text messages out loud on iOS. For his instructions, visit here 
• Contestants Karen Magee, Greg David and Alex Smyth compete in the weekly news quiz!
   

Today on NOW with Dave Brown: 

• Dr. Sylvain Charlebois discusses a new report on the price of food this year in Canada. To access the full report visit here 
• Dawn Dickinson describes Maclean’s predictions on technological innovations to aid medical care
• Aaron Broverman ponders the return of Canada savings bonds to help investors in a high interest environment 
• Shaun Preece of Double Tap discusses the future of narration for audiobooks 
• And Kim Thistle reflects on her recent yoga retreat to Costa Rica 

Today on NOW with Dave Brown:

• Natalie Martiniello chats about Braille Literacy Month and reflects on the state of the writing system
• Anu Pala explores the importance of caring for elders
• Plus, community reporter Milena Khazanavicius shares an update to her guide dog journey! 
  • She also shares an update on the CNIB’s Living with Sight Loss Program

    • The program runs over the phone on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. starting on February 7th and in-person at the Halifax CNIB office on Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. starting on February 8th

    • The office is located at 6136 Almon St.

    • For more information, contact: contact Caelin Lloyd at: Caelin.Lloyd@cnib.ca or by phone at 902-403-6982

  • Milena also describes Emera Oval’s winter programming  

    • For more information, email: skateHRM@halifax.ca 

    • Or call 902-490-2347 or visit their website here

• Dr. Michael Mak discusses seasonal affective disorder and explains some ways to mitigate the symptoms. 
  • If you are experiencing symptoms, contact your family physician directly 

Today on NOW with Dave Brown:

• Accessibility reporter Meagan Gillmore looks ahead to some of the biggest disability issues and discussions for 2023 including: the National Disability Benefit, the committee studying MAID, National Accessibility Standards and accessible housing
• Community reporter Dorothy Macnaughton in Sault Ste. Marie shares her experience with peer support at the CCB

  • The CCB will be hosting a new meeting soon to focus on transit with guest speaker Nicole Maione, the manager of Transit and Parking for the city 

  • The meeting will take place at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18 inside the Pinehill Church of Christ, located at 132 Cunningham 

  • For more information, you can contact Dorothy at: 705-759-0733

• Panasonic has unveiled a new pair of inclusive smart glasses at CES. Nelson Rego of Cool Blind Tech tells you all about it

  • For his tech tip of the day, he explains how to change the text size for individual apps for the iPhone 

    • Full instructions, visit here

• Karen Magee and Alex Smyth return to compete in this year’s very first news quiz with a special appearance by Janis Davidson Pressick!