Daily News Curation - 2025-11-04
Curated 17 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Governments Of Canada and Manitoba Strengthening Justice for Canada’s First Responders
📍 Source Score: 17.00
2. Who gets bail — and who doesn’t? Take a look inside Manitoba’s courtrooms
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.3061931,1745078031000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C252%2C4368%2C2457%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Multiple hands are seen holding bars at a prison.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Quebec’s superior court has certified a class-action lawsuit against the province’s office of the attorney general, as well as the cities of Montreal and Quebec.’/><p>An 18-year-old with severe fetal alcohol spectrum disorder accused of running drivers off the road in a stolen truck was among those denied release during recent bail hearings in Winnipeg, which CBC News watched to learn more about who gets released, who doesn’t and why.</p> 📍 Source Score: 17.50
3. Manitoba Government Expands Care for Dialysis Patients and Mothers in Norway House Cree Nation
📍 Source Score: 13.00
4. Food prices in Canada keep climbing, but these grocery items will give you sticker shock
<p>Shoppers paid four per cent more at the grocery store in September. Here’s what food items cost the most, and why.</p>
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Score: 10.50
5. How more than 100 volunteers painted an Ontario town red to pay respect to veterans
<p>Wherever you go in Port Stanley, you’re sure to be surrounded by the poppies, whether they’re pinned up on park benches, wreathes, storefronts, signs or elsewhere. It’s all thanks to the efforts of 106 volunteers that made it happen.</p>
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Score: 13.50
6. What’s an ‘Alberta whisky’? The province wants to spell it out in law
<p>You’ve probably heard about Kentucky or Tennessee bourbon. But what makes an Alberta whisky? The provincial government wants to sort that out in legislation.</p>
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Score: 13.10
7. Montreal transit strike could be first test of new Quebec labour law
A strike that is upending public transit in Montreal could be the first test of a new law that gives the Quebec government broad power to end labour disputes. 📍 Source Score: 12.00
8. Canada’s immigration system is lost in the bushes
📍 Source Score: 9.50
9. Family violence against seniors reaches record high in Canada: StatsCan
📍 Source Score: 9.50
10. McMaster research targets menstrual cup ‘mess’ with absorbent tablets to tackle period stigma
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/057b43df-21e4-4075-b40c-0c7ac73594be,1762183700661/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C756%2C4032%2C2268%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A bloody piece of a cotton-like material in front of a menstrual cup. ‘ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Researchers at McMaster University developed an absorbent, biodegradable tablet made from seaweed-based materials that aims to make menstrual cups more accessible and less ‘messy.’’/><p>McMaster University professor Zeinab Hosseinidoust worked alongside associate professor Tohid Didar to create smart tablets that work with menstrual cups to make them more accessible and reduce the “mess” that can come along with them.</p> 📍 Source Score: 6.00
11. Fox shot, paralyzed in Ontario town prompts animal cruelty investigation
A fox that had to be euthanized because it was paralyzed after being shot multiple times has sparked an animal cruelty probe by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). 📍 Source Score: 7.50
12. E-borrowing exceeds print at Vancouver libraries — can it keep up with the cost?
<p>For the first time in its history, loans of digital materials, such as e-books, e-magazines and music, have exceeded those of physical copies at the library, although online facsimiles cost three to five times as much.</p>
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Score: 7.80
13. Who is Champagne, the minister selling Canadians on Carney’s 1st budget?
Champagne is an old-school retail politician who prefers pressing the flesh to digital communications. Liberals tend to describe him with one word: gregarious. 📍 Source Score: 6.60
14. The Beaches make a play for Canadian rock royalty at Doug Mitchell
The Beaches are making more than just waves. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
15. MGBHLM First Nation grows with new attractions
With a new fire hall, pump track and plans to relocate the Gold Eagle Casino, the MGBHLM First Nations reserve is growing its community and economy. 📍 Source Score: 3.00
16. Tolls on U.S.-side of Blue Water Bridge rising in December
The increase in tolls on the U.S. side of the Blue Water Bridge is part of a ‘staggered’ increase that began in 2024, according to Michigan’s Department of Transportation. 📍 Source Score: 2.00
17. Indigenous tourism helps me share Miyo-pimatisiwin — and other lessons my dad taught me
<p>Blaine Mirasty grew up learning traditional Cree ways, even while around him, prejudice was common toward Indigenous people. Now he’s launched an Indigenous tourism business, which gives him a chance to show people ‘Miyo-pimatisiwin,’ or how to live a good life.</p>
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Score: 1.30