Daily News Curation - 2025-11-26
Curated 30 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Quebec’s language law causes confusion for English speakers, federal commissioner says
<p>Changes to Quebec’s French-language law are creating confusion for English-speaking residents trying to access services, according to a midterm report from Canada’s commissioner of official languages.</p>
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Score: 31.20
2. Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities by nearly 300%
<p>A joint investigation by CBC News and the Investigative Journalism Foundation has found that transit violence in some of Canada’s biggest municipalities remains well above pre-pandemic levels, despite recent decreases. It has roughly doubled over the past decade in eight major Canadian cities.</p>
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Score: 27.60
3. Manitoba Government Helps Recruit Emergency Medical Responders in Rural Manitoba with Financial Aid, New Community Training
📍 Source Score: 22.44
4. Manitoba foundation helps youth struggling with mental health, named after late teen
A Manitoba organization that focuses on helping children and youth in crisis was created in memory of a teen who died 10 years ago. 📍 Source Score: 18.20
5. Millions in funding for First Nations and Inuit policing left unspent, says budget watchdog
<p>A report from the federal spending watchdog shows that although funding has increased for First Nations and Inuit policing services, spending for the programs hasn’t caught up, while Indigenous communities say their police services are going underfunded.</p>
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Score: 25.20
6. Manitoba Government Invites Applications for Two Community Development Grant Programs
📍 Source Score: 19.50
7. Governments of Canada and Manitoba Invest $12.5 Million to Address Gender-Based Violence
📍 Source Score: 17.00
8. Carney announces supports for Canada’s lumber, steel sectors
The moves come as the steel industry continues to be hammered after U.S. President Donald Trump levied 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian steel in June. 📍 Source Score: 17.00
9. Critics worry about Liberal plan to fast-track high-speed rail
<p>In an effort to halve the approval time for Canada’s new high-speed rail network, the Liberal government is streamlining how it expropriates land in a way that some say could compromise property rights and lead to costly mistakes. </p>
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Score: 20.40
10. Year after quadriplegic Quebec man chose assisted dying, advocates prepare class action
<p>Advocates and the widow of a quadriplegic Quebec man are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against the province after the 66-year-old requested medical assistance in dying following a hospital stay last year that left him with a severe bedsore. </p>
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Score: 16.20
11. F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet ‘by a mile’ in 2021 Defence Department competition
<p>The American-built F-35 fighter jet dominated its Swedish rival Gripen in terms of technical and military capabilities during a competition held by the Defence Department in 2021, according to data obtained by Radio-Canada.</p>
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Score: 16.08
12. Will the Canada-Alberta ‘Grand Bargain’ oil pipeline deal lead to more emissions?
📍 Source Score: 16.80
13. Oilpatch drilling slows as oil and natural gas prices sink
<p>Low oil and natural gas prices are taking a toll on the industry as drilling activity is falling in Western Canada and job losses are mounting.</p>
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Score: 11.40
14. Canada’s weather warning system has changed. Here’s how
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Score: 11.40
15. Classes resume at B.C. school after grizzly attack, with safety measures in place
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Score: 9.00
16. Lower oil and gas industry spending in 2026 predicted by energy service group
In its annual State of the Industry report, Enserva says total oil and gas capital spending is expected to drop by 5.6 per cent this year and by a further 2.2 per cent in 2026. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
17. Nova Scotia approves Halifax bylaw restricting Dartmouth Cove infilling
The Nova Scotia government says it has approved changes submitted by Halifax to restrict infilling along a strip of shoreline in Dartmouth. 📍 Source Score: 8.50
18. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen answers your questions
<p>Astronaut Jeremy Hansen took questions from across the country before he blasts off to space for the Artemis II mission, where he’ll become the first Canadian to fly around the moon.</p>
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Score: 10.80
19. Ontario grocers could avoid taking beer and wine empties under new deal
<p>Ontario grocers and the Beer Store have reached an agreement-in-principle on alcohol recycling that will allow the retailers to avoid collecting empties at their stores and gives a renewed role to the brewers, The Canadian Press has learned.</p>
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Score: 10.80
20. Rail advocate in Lac-Mégantic Que., says he was fined after raising safety concerns
A rail safety advocate in Lac-Mégantic, Que., says he was fined nearly $700 after he reported a safety concern with the train tracks running through the community. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
21. No criminal offence by police in failed search for B.C. woman found dead: watchdog
British Columbia’s police watchdog agency says officers in an Interior community could have done more in the search for a missing Indigenous woman who was later found dead. 📍 Source Score: 4.80
22. Ontario’s repeal of emissions target looms over landmark climate case
Young activists behind a landmark case allege “Ontario’s repeal of its own emissions targets is an 11th hour attempt to escape accountability on its toothless climate plan.” 📍 Source Score: 4.50
23. ‘Nobody wins today’: Ex-bouncer found guilty of manslaughter in Halifax Alehouse death
Alexander Pishori Levy, 40, was charged in the death of Ryan Sawyer, 31. Levy previously testified he applied a chokehold on Sawyer outside the bar during a scuffle. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
24. Child struck after car failed to stop for school bus in Ottawa Valley
A 10-year-old child was struck in Ottawa Valley after an oncoming car failed to stop for their school bus. The Quebec driver was charged under the highway traffic act. 📍 Source Score: 5.40
25. Authoritarian Doug Ford is privatizing our water
📍 Source Score: 3.00
26. Nine Alberta MLAs facing recall petitions
📍 Source Score: 4.50
27. Photos: Belfast electronic duo Chalk light up the Fox Cabaret
The Irish duo made the most of their only Canadian tour stop. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
28. Burnaby Public Library Wrestles with the Costs of DEI
Inclusivity staff groups are being cancelled over budget concerns, but more action is promised. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
29. B.C. teacher disciplined after talking to student on Grindr, engaging in sexual contact: regulator
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.4371565,1764129058914/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C311%2C1365%2C767%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A phone app with a mask logo and the word ‘Grindr’.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’A B.C. teacher will not be allowed to be certified for at least eight years after communicating with a student via Grindr and engaging in ‘sexualized physical contact’ with them, according to the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation. (CBC)’/><p>A B.C. teacher will not be allowed to be certified for eight years after messaging a student on the Grindr dating app and engaging in sexual relations with them.</p> 📍 Source Score: 5.40
30. A farmer, her flock, and the North they sustain
In B.C’s North Coast, Kieran McKeown, a third-generation farmer, blends innovation, integrity, and community spirit to feed a region and keep her family’s legacy alive. 📍 Source Score: 3.60