Daily News Curation - 2025-11-17
Curated 14 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Federal refugee employment program faces ‘extremely long, ballooning wait times’
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7244884,1719256454000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2812%2C90%2C1537%2C864%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A pair of workers in overalls use equipment inside a manufacturing facility.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’The difficulty of finding workers to fill jobs is leading some companies to hire refugees living internationally through the federal government’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot.’/><p>Instead of months, a federal program is now taking years to process the applications of skilled refugees living overseas and have a job waiting for them in Canada. </p> 📍 Source Score: 28.50
2. Quebec’s video game industry says it’s thriving — but government cuts could stall success
<p>While the province is seen internationally as a significant video game development player — and Canada’s $5-billion industry overall is benefiting from global political trends — industry leaders in Quebec say there are still sources of uncertainty affecting business and talent. </p>
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Score: 17.00
3. Port of Churchill, Hudson Bay Railway get $51M in provincial money toward improvements
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/7f6b1c24-6ae2-4640-a358-f3ab49d6e881,1763333866119/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C535%2C5712%2C3213%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A man holds a football next to another man.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew told Prime Minister Mark Carney that the ‘ball is in his hands’ when it comes to expanding the Port of Churchill during an announcement in Winnipeg on Sunda’/><p>Manitoba is putting up $51 million in new funding to help upgrade the Hudson Bay Railway line as federal and provincial government officials were in Winnipeg Sunday to work toward the possibility of expanding the Port of Churchill. </p> 📍 Source Score: 13.50
4. Carney faces crucial confidence vote as MPs set to vote on budget
Prime Minister Mark Carney faces a crucial confidence vote on his budget on Monday, but it’s not known yet if Canada will be heading to another election or not. 📍 Source Score: 9.50
5. Illicit crypto-to-cash deals are unlocking new ways to launder money in Canada
📍 Source Score: 9.50
6. Manitoba Government Honours Indigenous Veterans and Supports First-Annual Powwow
📍 Source Score: 10.50
7. Saskatchewan Roughriders beat Montreal Alouettes for fifth Grey Cup
The Roughriders won their fifth Grey Cup title with a clutch late defensive stand to defeat the Alouettes 25-17 in Winnipeg. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
8. Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
9. Rogers clients complain of customer service nightmare, spending hours on hold to resolve simple issues
<p>Rogers customers say they’re furious about what they say is a lack of customer service — spending hours and hours trying to cancel services or fix bills — as workers who handled Rogers customer service calls get laid off. Experts point to a lack of competition in the industry and few regulatory protections as the culprit.</p>
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Score: 4.50
10. B.C. Premier David Eby survives leadership review as NDP delegates signal support
B.C. Premier David Eby faced NDP delegates during their convention and received enough support to avoid facing a leadership review. 📍 Source Score: 3.00
11. How one North Vancouver school is redefining education for neurodiverse learners in B.C.
“Our students learn through doing.” 📍 Source Score: 2.00
12. BC’s Flood Prevention Promises Remain Unfulfilled
After the 2021 atmospheric river, governments preached averting over recovery. Locals remember. Do politicians? 📍 Source Score: 3.00
13. Budget, government’s fate up in the air as MPs prepare for crucial vote
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Score: 3.00
14. Vancouver Police Finally Reveal Names of School Liaison Officers
After telling The Tyee publishing this information would harm police, names and school assignments are out. 📍 Source Score: 1.00