She's talking about the new universal locker room at the Calgary YMCA at Quarry Park in the city's southeast. (CBC)"So calling it a universal locker room sounds like it's got a closed area where everybody's just changing outright by their lockers. Kelly Smith, with Calgary YMCA, says security is actually better with the new locker rooms. In most recreation facilities Reanne Hempsall would not be able to accompany her visually impaired boyfriend into a locker room. Kelly Smith, of the Calgary YMCA, says security was a major factor in choosing the universal concept which is popular in Europe but rare in Canada.

Source: CBC News July 01, 2016 23:37 UTC