Thunder Bay's Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) wasn't about to allow a major milestone like a 100th anniversary pass them by. The Halifax Explosion of 1917 caused vision loss in many people, and CNIB was founded in response in 1918. ​"People had nowhere to turn with vision loss, " said Lisa Rozenbergs, CNIB vision rehabilitation assistant. It's helped to rehab people with different degrees of vision loss over the years." "We have an early intervention specialists who deals with children 0-6 years of age, we have low vision specialists [for] people who need magnification options."

Source: CBC News March 24, 2018 21:56 UTC