Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 28, 2013, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A3 A3 SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 NEWS LOCAL POLICE recovered a body from the Red River Saturday morning near Waterfront Drive but it's not clear yet whether it belongs to a Winnipeg mother missing since her two children were found dead Wednesday. Police were called to the waterfront near the Provencher Bridge Saturday morning at about 9: 30 a. m. Emergency crews included the city's water- rescue team and the identification unit. Many canoes and kayaks were on the river at the time, part of a paddling event. Paddlers, many of them teenagers, could be seen hugging and crying as policed worked to pull the body from the water. The body was recovered near a small dock in Stephen Juba Park, which was cordoned off by yellow police tape for much of the morning. Winnipeg police have not yet confirmed details of the deceased person's identity. Police have been searching for Lisa Gibson, 32, since her toddler and infant were found unresponsive in a bathtub in the family's Westwood home. It's believe she fled on foot and was wearing only pyjamas. The search has centred largely on the city's waterways, including Winnipeg police divers who combed the Assiniboine River Friday. Police say she was the last person with the children, and is considered a " person of interest" in the case. She was recently diagnosed with postpartum depression. Body in Red River missing mother's? Not seen since tots found dead A FLYER mailed out by Manitoba's newly minted senior cabinet minister touting her party's record on disability issues includes faulty Braille, a mistake one disability activist called insulting. Saint- Boniface MP Shelly Glover sent out the one- page flyers, known as householders, last week promoting the Harper government's record of removing barriers that stop disabled Canadians from joining the workforce. Some of the text was rendered in Braille, but the dots are not embossed, making the Braille useless to any visually impaired person who must feel the dots to read. " It's pretty silly, and actually I think it's rather insulting to Braille users," said local disability activist Doreen Demas, who is visually impaired. She said there was some chatter about the flyers among Winnipeggers she knows with visual impairments. Winnipeg public relations consultant Jocelyne Nicholas spotted the flyer amid her parent's mail at their home in St. Boniface and tweeted a photo of the flyer's faulty Braille last week. " It was literally a piece of paper with a picture of Braille on it," said Nicholas. " My immediate thought was ' that's bizarre. What's the point?' " After Nicholas tweeted a photo of the flyer, she learned similar flyers had arrived in mailboxes in Tory MP Lawrence Toet's riding of Elmwood- Transcona. Other media have reported similar flyers have surfaced in Peterborough, home to MP Dean Del Mastro, and in Ottawa West- Nepean, home riding of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. Nicholas said it's odd no one caught the error since party mailers would get a lot of scrutiny by many people before hitting mailboxes. " I just found it a little off- colour," she said. The taxpayer- funded flyer, printed on plain computer paper, touts the government's Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities and notes that " unfortunately, disabled Canadians are sometimes limited by inaccessible workplaces." Demas said the Braille flub compounds what she says is lip service among government staff when it comes to information and services in alternative forms useful to the blind. She says she often has to push federal government staff to follow the official policy and provide documents or forms in Braille. " Improving accessibility will remove barriers and help create jobs and economic growth." Glover, reached Saturday, said the householder was never meant to include Braille and MPs don't have the ability to add the embossed dots to flyers yet. " It was simply a visual representation," said Glover. Conservative householders, which allow MPs to update constituents on local issues, have come under criticism in recent years for their overly partisan tone. maryagnes. welch@ freepress. mb. ca Useless Braille in MP's flyer Glover mail- out can't be read by visually impaired By Mary Agnes Welch ' It's pretty silly, and actually I think it's rather insulting to Braille users' - Activist Doreen Demas, decrying the flyer ' It was simply a visual representation' - MP Shelly Glover, defending the flyer The flyer, which touts the government's efforts to remove employment barriers for the disabled, can't be read by the visually impaired. TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Emergency personnel move a body from the Red River to the riverbank near Waterfront Drive on Saturday morning. TWITTER PHOTO A_ 03_ Jul- 28- 13_ FP_ 01. indd A3 7/ 27/ 13 8: 35: 17 PM ;