Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Aaron Sousa
Publication Date: July 18, 2025 - 11:30
Human rights tribunal rules in favour of disabled woman denied ultrasound at Calgary clinic
July 18, 2025
An Alberta woman who filed a human rights complaint after being turned away at a clinic for an ultrasound says she hopes her recent win paves the way for better accommodations for disabled patients.Stephanie Chipeur complained to the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal after the Calgary diagnostics clinic refused to schedule her for an appointment in 2021 unless she had a caretaker also attend to lift her from her wheelchair onto an exam table.
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Melina Frattolin, who was reported missing by her father Saturday night, was found dead in Ticonderoga, N.Y., about 50 kilometres east of Lake George near the New York-Vermont border, on Sunday.
July 20, 2025 - 21:28 | | CBC News - Canada
The death of a nine-year-old girl whose father initially reported she was missing and possibly abducted is being investigated amid “inconsistencies” in his account, police said Sunday after the girl’s body was found in New York State.Melina Frattolin was reported missing from near Lake George in northeast New York late Saturday evening by her father, Luciano Frattolin, according to New York State Police. Both father and daughter were identified by authorities as residents of Canada.No charges have been announced in the case.
July 20, 2025 - 20:59 | | The Globe and Mail
The death of a nine-year-old girl whose father initially reported she was missing and possibly abducted is being investigated amid “inconsistencies” in his account, police said Sunday after the girl’s body was found in New York State.Melina Frattolin was reported missing from near Lake George in northeast New York late Saturday evening by her father, Luciano Frattolin, according to New York State Police. Both father and daughter were identified by authorities as residents of Canada.No charges have been announced in the case.
July 20, 2025 - 20:50 | | The Globe and Mail
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