Daily News Curation - 2025-10-27
Curated 23 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. ‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis
Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed. 📍 Source Score: 27.00
2. More U.S. tariffs would be ‘very damaging,’ auto industry tells MPs
Canada’s automotive industry representatives said some vehicle manufacturers are voicing concern about being seen as ‘too American’ in the tense climate. 📍 Source Score: 17.00
3. Market value of Canadian pro women’s sports has doubled since 2023, new study finds
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/aae0cc8a-c214-4358-82ec-7abe467f98e0,1761575362133/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C495%2C7321%2C4118%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Ottawa Charge fans cheer at a hockey game.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’A new study has found the market value of pro women’s sports in Canada has doubled since 2023, thanks to new leagues like the NSL and PWHL.’/><p>A new study has attached a dollar figure to the explosion of professional women’s sports in Canada, estimating the market value could grow to more than half a billion dollars by 2030.</p> 📍 Source Score: 15.00
4. ‘Historic’ food bank use spurs cost of living concerns from Conservatives
A new Food Banks Canada report says monthly visits to food banks came close to 2.2 million in March 2025, nearly double the rate in 2019. 📍 Source Score: 14.00
5. Canadians to have another exclusive window to buy World Cup tickets for Toronto, Vancouver matches
<p>FIFA began the process of selling another one million tickets for next year’s World Cup on Monday, with the opening of a new ticket draw marking the start of the tournament’s second phase of sales.</p>
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Score: 14.00
6. ‘Presence of insects’ prompts recall of Canadian soup mix
The recall notice pertains to the Mitchell’s Soup Co. brand Curried Chickpea Stew Mix. The agency said Mitchell’s was recalling the 374 g packet of the product. 📍 Source Score: 12.00
7. Rally for defending public education got a bigger crowd than the one for Alberta separation
📍 Source Score: 12.00
8. Grizzly killed through Alberta’s new hunting program, province says
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7543087,1761529741437/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28495%2C360%2C2381%2C1339%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A grizzly bear in Jasper National Park.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’A grizzly bear in Jasper National Park. Brown and black bears are relatively common in Kananaskis Country, making them a cause for concern among organizers of the G7 leaders’ summit scheduled for June 15 to 17.’/><p>The Alberta government says one grizzly bear has been killed by a member of the Wildlife Management Responder Network, marking the first bear “lethally removed” since that program was implemented last summer.</p> 📍 Source Score: 12.00
9. Ford government to raise donation limits, scrap fixed-term elections
The sweeping changes to how elections will work in the province were announced through a news release by the provincial government on Monday afternoon. 📍 Source Score: 10.50
10. Alberta government expected to legislate teachers back to work
📍 Source Score: 7.50
11. Parliamentary committee urges Liberals to fix Indigenous procurement system
Cross-partisan committee of MPs recommends that Ottawa move “immediately” with First Nations, Métis and Inuit to develop new Indigenous business verification rules. 📍 Source Score: 4.00
12. No COVID Shot Appointments Available? Check Again Later
Vaccinations are up this year over last year, but there are enough doses to go around, BC’s health ministry says. 📍 Source Score: 6.00
13. Ford defends Ontario’s anti-tariff ad that angered Trump, says he achieved his goal
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/85cd722b-92c2-4e5f-a28e-b62f6394d46a,1761584811026/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C344%2C4800%2C2700%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media during a press conference at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media during a press conference at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette’/><p></p> 📍 Source Score: 6.00
14. Former Manitoba premier, cabinet minister pay ethics fines after probe
Legislature Speaker Tom Lindsey says former premier Heather Stefanson submitted the payment last week and one of her former cabinet ministers, Jeff Wharton, has also paid his fine. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
15. Manitoba hiring landfill search workers, probe could begin in December: premier
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the search of a Winnipeg landfill for the remains of a woman killed by Jeremy Skibicki could begin in December. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
16. Some Canadian communities make it mandatory for homeowners to replace lead pipes. Do such bylaws work?
📍 Source Score: 4.50
17. B.C. will go ahead with anti-tariff ads despite Trump blow-up over Ontario
Premier David Eby announced last week that B.C. will roll out digital ads in the U.S. next month ‘to explain who wins and who loses’ from additional tariffs on softwood lumber. 📍 Source Score: 2.50
18. Shaping Saskatchewan: Laurie Bouvier
Laurie Bouvier is the executive director of AFCS. Bouvier is originally from Treaty One Territory and moved to Saskatchewan in 2003. 📍 Source Score: 1.30
19. Best of Vancouver award winners 2025: Wellness
Your Best of Vancouver winners in the Wellness category. 📍 Source Score: 1.00
20. ‘Between Breaths’ Comes to the Firehall
The critically acclaimed play about Newfoundland’s ‘Whale Man’ sails into Vancouver. 📍 Source Score: 1.00
21. Better communication, engaging youth among top issues for Nunavummiut headed to the polls
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/3f24ba04-ef34-4a73-8bed-6161c451e960,1761251704963/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’woman stands in front of a building with a KFC and Pizza Hut sign.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Jeannie Ehaloak, who served as Cambridge Bay’s MLA from 2017 to 2021, believes politicians should work hard to ensure their constituents are aware of some of the work that’s happening in the legislative assembly. ‘/><p></p> 📍 Source Score: 1.50
22. A timeline of Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry’s relationship
<p>Former prime minister Justin Trudeau and pop star Katy Perry have been linked since this summer when they were spotted out together in Montreal. With a recent outing together in Paris, the two appear to have made their relationship official.</p>
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Score: 1.50
23. It’s back! Saskatchewan to host Grey Cup in 2027
<p>“In Saskatchewan, we do Grey Cups right, ” Roughriders president Craig Reynolds.</p>
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Score: 1.30