Landmarks across Canada to be lit yellow for motionball's #NoGoodWay Day campaign

TORONTO — When Peter Flagler leaves his job at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday night he’ll be able to look down Bremner Boulevard to the CN Tower and know that he’s valued.

Flagler, who lives with an intellectual disability, is an assistant to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ equipment staff and motionball’s honorary athlete of the year. The CN Tower is one of several major landmarks that will be lit yellow on Wednesday as part of motionball’s #NoGoodWay Day.

The national anti-bullying campaign hopes to discourage people from using the “R-word” — a slur rooted in outdated medical terminology and now considered a derogatory term.

“When I come out from work it will be so cool to see the CN Tower all yellow,” said Flagler. “I feel honoured because it hurts me and my friends to be called the R-word.”