A funeral is set to take place Monday in Toronto for former Ontario lieutenant\u002Dgovernor David Onley.
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Joan Miles, another community member who was there to pay her respects, said she admired Onley for his advocacy. “David Onley is a very symbolic figure for people … with disabilities,” she said. “His legacy is to have equality rights for people with disabilities, and to have fully-accessible buildings.”Article content
Prior to becoming lieutenant-governor, Onley spent more than two decades working at Citytv as a reporter, joining the station as a weather specialist.
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