Foothills Medical Centre is the eighth hospital in Canada to receive adaptive gaming controls and equipment to help patients recover and rehabilitate from injuries and disabilities.
There are Nintendo Switch's, Xbox and Play Stations for patients to play, with the hospital also having a 3D printer to craft extra custom molds for each controller.
"It was within a couple of days, I went from being able to do everything I wanted to do to being flat on my back in a hospital bed," said Sawatzky. "We've had huge demand for gamers across the country and people that wanted to get into gaming after an injury," said Tyler Fentie with Makers Making Change.Fentie says the organization is looking at adding a G.A.M.E space in Winnipeg next to make it the ninth in Canada."Social isolation disproportionately affects people with disabilities and gaming can be really that window into community," he said.
"Just being a leisure pursuit in itself as well, it also can help with motivation in the rehabilitation process," said Haley.As for Sawatzky, he is regaining strength every day, hoping to be home with his family soon, as he looks to be discharged from hospital on June 18th. Vulcan RCMP are going to host an impaired driving simulation next week to alert residents to the consequences of drunk driving.Lethbridge police say orange fentanyl was among the drugs seized during the most recent execution of an ongoing enforcement project focusing on the city's downtown.Sparks, smoke on SkyTrain track after mechanical issue
An email from 2016 detailing the day Jeremy Harrison reportedly brought a gun into the legislative building shows that security were unaware of the former Government House Leader's visit.A proposed apartment development in Regina's Douglas Park neighbourhood has been granted approval from the City Planning Commission following a meeting Tuesday night that saw more pushback from area residents.
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