Daily News Curation - 2025-11-28
Curated 34 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Live updates | Ottawa pledges $4M over 4 years to fund B.C. task force investigating extortion crisis
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Score: 33.96
2. Ontario university constructing Canada’s first 3D printed multi-storey residence
University of Windsor begins building Canada’s first 3D-printed multi-storey, net-zero student residence with hopes of bringing a new solution to Ontario’s housing crisis. 📍 Source Score: 24.20
3. Manitoba Government Announces Overpass North of Carberry at Trans-Canada Highway and Provincial Trunk Highway 5
📍 Source Score: 20.00
4. Consular services won’t be affected by Global Affairs Canada cuts: minister
The recent federal budget includes a $561 million cut to the department’s budget next year, which increases to a $1.1 billion cut two years later. 📍 Source Score: 20.40
5. Almost four in 10 Canadians took on more debt last year, survey shows
Almost one in four Canadians said their debts increased in the last year and more than half said their financial commitments have increased their stress levels. 📍 Source Score: 15.60
6. Can Canadians still trust Canada Post with holiday mail after months of strikes?
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/4915a3ec-9db0-4460-a994-a3e912179f9a,1764358510208/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C262%2C5037%2C2833%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A Canada Post delivery truck seen from a car window that’s splattered with rain.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’A Canada Post mail delivery truck is pictured through a rain-spattered windshield in downtown Toronto on May 21.’/><p>Technically, the rotating Canada Post strikes are over. But can Canadians trust the corporation to get their Christmas cards and packages delivered on time? Here’s what to know.</p> 📍 Source Score: 16.80
7. Some commercial lobster fishers say Indigenous treaty fishing threatens stocks. Government memo says otherwise
<p>The fifth estate investigates misconceptions and allegations fuelling conflict in Canada’s largest lobster fishery, where Mi’kmaw fishers face broad opposition when exercising treaty rights.</p>
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Score: 15.00
8. The Carney-Smith agreement surely won’t make pipelines ‘boring again’
<p>Guilbeault’s resignation — the rare cabinet resignation due to a disagreement over government policy — both adds to and underlines the test of national and political leadership that Mark Carney signed up for when he put his signature on that memorandum.</p>
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Score: 17.28
9. Ontario signs nearly $40M deal with another First Nation in Ring of Fire region
<p>As part of its ongoing plans to develop in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire region, the Ontario government has signed a community partnership agreement with Marten Falls First Nation. Here’s how the agreement builds on other deals the province has made with communities in the region, and why some First Nations are critical of the province’s fast-tracked development approach.</p>
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Score: 18.00
10. Carney-Smith Pipeline Plan Is Slammed in BC
Eby said the project has ‘no proponent, no route, no money, no First Nations support.’ 📍 Source Score: 12.60
11. Consumers may not be feeling as ‘rosy’ as the economy appears to be
Good news indicators on inflation, the job market and economy may be overshadowing the struggles faced by many consumers as data shows not all are ready to celebrate. 📍 Source Score: 13.50
12. Canada Calls Its Reactors Peaceful. It’s Not So Simple
A venerable anti-nuclear war group says Carney’s SMR funding could fuel a new arms race. 📍 Source Score: 9.50
13. Molson Canada accuses ex-managers of multimillion-dollar fraud scheme
📍 Source Score: 9.50
14. New earthquake warning system launched in Ontario and Quebec
The new earthquake early-warning system is now operational in eastern Ontario and Quebec. The system sends alerts to those in affected areas to take cover. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
15. Sask. child-care deal extended for 5 more years, expands eligibility for kids turning 6
📍 Source Score: 7.50
16. New trial ordered for Ontario man who spent 23 years in prison for 10-year-old girl’s murder
<p>Ontario’s court of appeal has set aside a conviction and ordered a new trial for a man who spent 23 years in prison for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1989 — but by all accounts, it’s unlikely that trial will ever happen.</p>
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Score: 10.80
17. Manitoba Government Signs onto National Electricity Grid Memorandum of Understanding
📍 Source Score: 7.50
18. Manitoba Government Takes Action to Protect Children
📍 Source Score: 7.50
19. Manitoba Government Investing $9.4 Million in Bilingual Municipalities
📍 Source Score: 7.50
20. Measles Update #50
📍 Source Score: 4.50
21. Measles Update #49
📍 Source Score: 4.50
22. Measles Update #47
📍 Source Score: 4.50
23. Ontario exempting training centres from municipal and planning laws
Ontario may let Skills Development Fund training centres bypass municipal planning rules, sparking concerns over safety, oversight, and transparency. 📍 Source Score: 5.40
24. Urn left at Ontario thrift store contained remains, police seeking owner
Police are asking for help identifying who left a sealed wooden urn containing suspected cremated remains at a West Lincoln thrift store’s donation bay. 📍 Source Score: 5.40
25. The Ontario Federation of Labour adopts a “Hot Cargo” resolution against Israel
📍 Source Score: 5.40
26. Alberta’s plan to steal the pensions of working people
📍 Source Score: 4.50
27. A fresh take on Little Women at Granville Island Stage
A multi-generational fave returns with a refreshed and theatrical approach. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
28. Water From Your Eyes bring chaotic brilliance to the Biltmore Cabaret
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📍 Source Score: 5.40
29. Human Rights Tribunal on RCMP Methods Delays Decision Nearly a Year
Three of six complainants alleging racial bias have died while awaiting an outcome. 📍 Source Score: 3.60
30. Employer Prosecuted for Workplace Fatality
📍 Source Score: 2.00
31. Support for the NDP is declining. What can be done?
📍 Source Score: 3.00
32. Sinead X Sanders on traumatic brain injuries, cognitive dissonance, and a long-awaited killer debut
Vancouver finest players rally around a singer with an extraordinary story. 📍 Source Score: 2.40
33. Montreal Canadiens sign defenceman Mike Matheson to 5-year extension
The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenceman Mike Matheson to a five-year, US$30-million contract extension in an announcement in before a game in Las Vegas. 📍 Source Score: 1.00
34. Crown seeks jail for former Saskatoon Christian school principal guilty of assaulting student
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7540630,1764359926512/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28640%2C93%2C459%2C258%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Two men walking behind a courthouse.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Duff Friesen, right, leaves Court of King’s Bench with his lawyer, Daniel Mol, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Friesen, the former principal of Legacy Christian Academy in Saskatoon, was acquitted by a jury at Court of King’s bench on three of four assault charges after he was accused of hitting students with a wooden paddle two decades ago. He has a second jury trial, on seven similar charges, starts Sept. 15, 2025.’/><p>The Crown prosecution says Duff Friesen should serve jail time for assaulting a student. His lawyer wants a conditional discharge. </p> 📍 Source Score: 1.20