Daily News Curation - 2025-12-01
Curated 25 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Montreal-area paramedics have a new dispatch system. They fear it’s putting patients at risk
<p>CBC News spoke with five paramedics who say they’ve been sent out to respond to 911 calls unnecessarily — either because the call had already been handled by another team and reappeared in the system, or because several ambulances were dispatched to the same call. Urgences-santé, meanwhile, insists there’s been no impact on patient care since the system was implemented. </p>
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Score: 22.20
2. Kneecap launches defamation case against Liberal MP over entry ban video
The legal action comes after government documents revealed the Prime Minister’s Office and the Canada Border Services Agency were not ‘involved’ in Vince Gasparro’s announcement. 📍 Source Score: 18.00
3. A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit
An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis. 📍 Source Score: 17.30
4. Calgary recertified as ‘bird friendly city’ for supporting local and migratory birds
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/eb8f8e4b-16df-4104-8a39-85999a44118f,1764519486048/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%281051%2C1140%2C3815%2C2145%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Black-capped chickadee.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’The black-capped chickadee was named Calgary’s mascot bird in 2022. It’s one of nearly 300 types of birds found throughout the year in Calgary, which has been certified as a bird friendly city by Nature Canada for the third time this year.’/><p>Calgary’s efforts to support local and migratory bird populations have earned it a recertification by Nature Canada as a bird friendly city, making it the first city to receive the distinction three times. </p> 📍 Source Score: 17.00
5. Canadian air passenger traffic to U.S. down for 9th consecutive month
The drop comes almost a year after U.S. President Donald Trump first started musing about making Canada the 51st state, a threat he has repeated throughout the trade war. 📍 Source Score: 14.00
6. Carney brings Trudeau-era minister back into cabinet, adds responsibilities to 2 others
<p>Marc Miller is the new minister of Canadian identity and culture, as well as official languages.</p>
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Score: 16.50
7. Quebec unions launch legal fight against Law 14
On Monday, the CSQ, CSN, FTQ, CSD and the APT filed a lawsuit in Quebec superior court, arguing Law 14 infringes on workers’ rights and gives the government unprecedent power. 📍 Source Score: 11.50
8. Manitoba schools ordered to review safety measures after student grabbed by sex offender
<p>Every school in Manitoba must undertake a safety review and send the assessment to the province’s Department of Education, the provincial government says, responding to a child being assaulted last week.</p>
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Score: 11.90
9. Nor’easter to bring snow, rain and wind to the Maritimes starting Tuesday evening
<p>CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says people should prepare for potential power outages and ferry and bridge delays or closures as wind gusts reach 70-90 km/h.</p>
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Score: 10.80
10. Algoma Steel to lay off 1,000 workers over ‘unprecedented tariffs’
Algoma Steel said Monday that it plans to lay off about 1,000 workers due to impacts from tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
11. Manitoba Government Invests $500,000 to Support Safe Schools, Controlled Access Plans
📍 Source Score: 10.50
12. Montreal to open 500 new spaces in warming shelters for unhoused people
Martinez Ferrada has promised to put an end to the homeless encampments that have cropped up across Montreal within four years by transitioning their occupants to housing. 📍 Source Score: 7.00
13. Homeowner says she’s out $381K after hiring Ottawa contractor to renovate kitchen
<p>An Ottawa couple says they’ve lost out on more than $381,000 after hiring Ottawa contractor Giuseppe “Joey” Peloso and his company Magnolia to renovate their kitchen, when plumbing broke and flooded their home. Plaintiffs in other lawsuits against Peloso and his business include other customers, subcontractors, investors, the Republic of Austria and Embassy of Niger.</p>
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Score: 8.50
14. ‘Barely holding on’: More than 1M Ontarians visited a food bank in last year
A new report shows more than one million Ontarians visited a food bank in the past year, with them making 8.7 million visits during this period. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
15. Public service job cuts are a self-inflicted wound that affects everyone
📍 Source Score: 9.00
16. On Our Radar: Buddie turns its completely understandable stress into something beautiful
Guitar bands are back in Vancouver, and it’s beautiful. 📍 Source Score: 5.00
17. Why excavators may be a tool of choice for some cash-seeking thieves
<p>This unique form of theft has been happening all over the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. Thieves on the hunt for cash break through the walls of banks using excavators that experts say anyone capable of ordering a key online can drive off the lot. </p>
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Score: 6.70
18. Beyond public ownership: Time for ecosocialism
📍 Source Score: 5.50
19. Pay high duties or lose U.S. shoppers? Some Canadian retailers forced to choose amid holiday sales
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7620171,1756404764000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C1053%2C2000%2C1125%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A woman uses a pencil and paper to trace a pattern over a garment on a table.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’An employee is shown at Free Label Clothing’s factory in Vancouver, B.C.’/><p>Months after the U.S. ended duty-free shipping on small packages, Canadian online retailers will have to make a tough gamble: pay pricey fees on low-value shipments, or get a holiday sales boost from American customers?</p> 📍 Source Score: 5.50
20. May says voting for Carney’s budget a ‘mistake’ after Alberta pipeline deal
Green Party leader Elizabeth May says the energy deal signed with Alberta amounted to a ‘significant betrayal and a reversal’ which has her questioning the worth of Carney’s word. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
21. Energy regulator cancels New Brunswick gas price cuts promised by Liberal government
Premier Susan Holt had campaigned in the 2024 election to eliminate the portion of the carbon adjuster tax on diesel and gas to help with the high cost of living. 📍 Source Score: 4.00
22. Crown Royal plant closure now a done deal, union says
<p>“They had made their mind up and they were not changing it,” says the head of the union.</p>
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Score: 4.50
23. WestJet and Air Transat passengers fight back after airlines falsely claim they can’t film disputes
<p>Jason Huang says a WestJet employee grabbed his phone and threatened to deny him boarding when he began recording his conversation during airport check-in. Legal expert say passengers are within their rights to record these interactions, and video and audio recordings may help in battles for compensation. </p>
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Score: 4.50
24. Between Breaths dives into the life of a Newfoundland conservationist who loved people as much as whales
“What is your life, and what is your life to you in its final moments?” 📍 Source Score: 1.00
25. ‘Outpouring of kindness’ for Ottawa Charge head coach after breast cancer diagnosis
📍 Source Score: 1.00