Daily News Curation - 2025-10-28
Curated 32 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Canada Post says layoffs aim to ‘align our management team’ amid overhaul
The company said the changes ‘will align with the government’s expectation that leadership and structural change from within the Corporation is essential.’ 📍 Source Score: 20.00
2. Interior Health deals with 2 waves of resignations, BC Conservatives call for action
Health Minister Josie Osborne said the province is focused on supporting doctors and other health care professionals during a time of mounting pressure. 📍 Source Score: 19.50
3. First Nation and Canada begin legal battle over ‘grossly underfunded’ on-reserve schools
<p>The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has begun hearing a potentially precedent-setting legal battle between Canada and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation about the alleged systemic underfunding of on-reserve schooling in Ontario. </p>
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Score: 18.50
4. Drug to slow early-stage Alzheimer’s disease approved by Health Canada
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/56592e3d-5ab9-4157-82c2-6f687a601a4e,1761663701647/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C267%2C5566%2C3130%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Tests for people with Alzheimer’s disease with blocks and pegs’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’A view shows tests for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease at the Memory Centre Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG), in Geneva, Switzerland, June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse’/><p>Lecanemab is the first medication approved in Canada that targets the buildup of amyloid plaque in the brain, which is believed to be an underlying cause of Alzheimer’s disease.</p> 📍 Source Score: 19.50
5. People who lived at Ontario Training Schools seek closure 8 years after start of class action alleging abuse
<p>People who lived at Ontario Training Schools are suing the province, alleging abuse was rampant at the children’s detention centres. Nearly eight years after a class action was launched, the case is still stuck in the civil system. Lawyers say it’s another casualty of underfunded courts. </p>
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Score: 17.00
6. Governments Of Canada and Manitoba Strengthening Justice for Canada’s First Responders
📍 Source Score: 17.00
7. Canadian studies set to be conducted on ISS. What to know
The studies will examine such things as astronauts’ mental health and how their bodies adapt to microgravity and cope with space anemia. 📍 Source Score: 16.00
8. As tastes change, Alberta’s craft brewers expand their offerings
<p>According to Statistics Canada, beer consumption in Alberta has declined over the past decade. During the same time period, the market share of ciders, coolers and ready-to-drink cocktails has doubled. </p>
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Score: 15.00
9. The Bank of Canada could cut rates again. It likely won’t help food prices
As many Canadians struggle with affording essentials like food, experts say an interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada could help consumers, but not as much for grocery prices. 📍 Source Score: 14.00
10. Ford government to limit debate, skip public hearings on bill to scrap speed cameras
<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is proposing to limit debate and avoid public input on three pieces of legislation, including one that would end the province’s speed camera program.</p>
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Score: 16.50
11. How Canadian charities fund illegal West Bank settlements
<p>An investigation from CBC’s the fifth estate follows the trail of millions of dollars in tax-deductible donations sent through Canadian charities to support Israeli settlements deemed illegal under international law.</p>
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Score: 14.50
12. As Carney set for key China talks, Poilievre urges ‘results’ on tariffs
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Canadians expect Prime Minister Mark Carney to get some results from his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. 📍 Source Score: 12.00
13. Manitoba Government Expands Care for Dialysis Patients and Mothers in Norway House Cree Nation
📍 Source Score: 13.00
14. Could ‘Plan México’ be the guide for ‘Plan Canada’
📍 Source Score: 10.50
15. How Certified Canadian Publishers Keep Our Stories Close to Home
A new national program helps readers easily spot and support Canadian-owned book publishers. 📍 Source Score: 12.00
16. Carney mum on whether he saw Ontario’s anti-tariff ad beforehand
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Score: 10.50
17. ‘Forever Canadian’ petition surpasses goal, collects 456K signatures
The final tally is far greater than the required 294,000 signatures to initiate a possible referendum in Alberta. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
18. Return to office for Ontario civil servants ‘unnecessarily confusing,’ unions say
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/6d731b33-b734-4a53-b52c-18b0e6cc02db,1761587864692/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C248%2C4720%2C2655%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A man walks out from an office filled with shadow to a sunny hallway at Queen’s Park.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Ontario Premier Doug Ford arrives in the legislative chamber for his government’s tabling of the budget at Queen’s Park on May 15, 2025. ‘/><p>The return to office last week by thousands of Ontario public servants has been “disrespectful,” “piecemeal” and filled with “unnecessary confusion,” say the workers’ unions, who point out some ministries and agencies still don’t have enough space to meet Premier Doug Ford’s order.</p> 📍 Source Score: 9.00
19. BC’s Government Employee Strike Is Over. Here’s What Comes Next
The tentative deal clears the way for other public sector unions to fight for better wages. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
20. N.B. business in trademark tangle with Alberta government over licence plates
📍 Source Score: 7.50
21. Say cheese? Why you’ll soon have to take photos when entering, exiting U.S.
Travellers will soon be required to have their photograph taken when entering or leaving the U.S. by air, sea or land — including Canadians and even American citizens. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
22. B.C. sees 1st avian flu outbreaks since January as 9 confirmed in poultry stocks
A list published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency shows the virus has been detected in nine commercial poultry flocks in the region over the last two weeks. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
23. The Beaches make a play for Canadian rock royalty at Doug Mitchell
The Beaches are making more than just waves. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
24. Vancouver May Get a Major New City Plan. It’s Not Enough
Council will vote on an approach that assumes just building more will spur affordability, even though that’s not true. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
25. BC Residents May Have to Cover a Property Tax Break for Pipelines
After lobbying, BC Assessment slashed its appraisals of the industry’s infrastructure. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
26. Which industry in each province is most threatened by tariffs?
<p>As tariffs make an impact, Canadian industries are finding themselves competing for priority in trade negotiations. Here are the industries under threat in each province. </p>
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Score: 4.50
27. More Alberta parents pushing back against vitamin K injection for newborns, some doctors say
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/a1168de7-8a6a-4f22-b26a-f9f265c1320d,1761673251890/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C52%2C1000%2C562%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A baby is yawning and swaddled in a woman’s arms’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Mother holding cute newborn baby boy in here arms. Sleepy baby yawning.; Shutterstock ID 1033088542’/><p>Some Alberta doctors say they’re seeing a recent and concerning trend of new parents either questioning or refusing vitamin K injections, which have been given to newborns as standard practice for decades.</p> 📍 Source Score: 4.50
28. 86-year-old man with Alzheimer’s walks out of Saskatoon care home undetected, dies days later
📍 Source Score: 4.50
29. Halloween costumes don’t have to come from a store. Here are some tricks to make your own
<p>Some people are trading in store-bought Halloween costumes for do-it-yourself options. Hot glue, dollar-store materials and items that can be found at home are all you need to create affordable, high-quality get-ups.</p>
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Score: 4.50
30. AI ‘hallucinations’ could prove real problem for owner of fire-ravaged Vancouver property
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/0d3e2780-3523-4dbd-b3af-081b06d662a0,1761583550555/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C15%2C603%2C339%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A man walks across an empty residential lot.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’The owner of an empty lot in East Vancouver wanted his property’s assessed value cut in half from $19 million to $10 million. Unfortunately, he allegedly relied on artificial intelligence to bolster his case’/><p>As the owner of a fire-ravaged Vancouver property he’s been accused of neglecting, Fu De Ren has defended himself in civil proceedings and bylaw trials. But his inclusion of alleged AI “hallucinations” as part of a self-represented bid to cut his property’s assessed value in half may end up costing him money.</p> 📍 Source Score: 2.00
31. Arctic fossil is northern-most rhino species ever found
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/ea0cbe6e-c0a0-421f-9523-5da61f4a7d0d,1761657542415/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28222%2C0%2C3555%2C1999%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Illustration of furry rhino by a lake’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Artist’s recreation of Epiatheracerium itjilik in its forested lake habitat, Devon Island, Early Miocene. The plants and animals shown are based on fossils found at the site, including the transitional seal Puijila darwini.’/><p>Millions of years ago, a pony-sized, hornless rhino wandered through the woods and munched on leaves in what is now northern Nunavut. A new study identities it as a new species, and offers an intriguing explanation for how it got there.</p> 📍 Source Score: 2.00
32. Calgary recount confirms Jeromy Farkas elected as mayor
<p>On Tuesday, Elections Calgary released updated numbers, which show that Jeromy Farkas won the election with 91,112 votes to Sharp’s 90,496, a difference of 616 votes.</p>
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Score: 1.50