Daily News Curation - 2025-12-05
Curated 33 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Manitoba Government Adds Doctors to Health Links to Strengthen Care, Reduce Emergency Room Referrals
📍 Source Score: 25.50
2. Sask. introduces involuntary treatment legislation as fall sitting ends
<p>In its throne speech, the provincial government touted The Compassionate Intervention Act as a key component in its response to the ongoing drug addictions crisis.</p>
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Score: 18.90
3. Supreme Court hearings on Quebec secularism law to begin in March
<p>Hearings for one of the most highly anticipated Supreme Court of Canada cases in years are scheduled to begin March 23. The outcome of the Supreme Court hearings will likely set major precedents across the country, notably on minority rights and on governments’ use of the notwithstanding clause. </p>
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Score: 17.00
4. Class action launched against Nova Scotia Power over data breach, alleged overbilling
A Nova Scotia injury law firm is moving forward in its efforts to launch a class action lawsuit against Nova Scotia Power in light of this past spring’s cyberattack. 📍 Source Score: 14.00
5. Health Canada recalls glucose monitors that may give ‘incorrect’ readings
Health Canada is asking diabetes patients to check if their glucose monitor is subject to an international recall that has serious health risks. 📍 Source Score: 15.20
6. Toronto 2026 FIFA World Cup games could include England, France and Senegal
Toronto is one of two Canadian host cities for the FIFA 2026 World Cup, which will be spread across Canada, the United States and Mexico. 📍 Source Score: 14.00
7. More Than 1,500 Manitoba Babies Received New Respiratory Virus Protection Since Program Expansion
📍 Source Score: 13.00
8. Hundreds of public sector workers warned their jobs could be cut, union says
A federal union says hundreds of workers have been warned they may lose their jobs as the government moves to shrink the size of the public service. 📍 Source Score: 15.00
9. Avian flu kills dozens of Niverville geese
<p>Dozens of Canada geese are dead in Niverville as a result of a confirmed avian flu outbreak.</p>
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Score: 9.50
10. Eglinton Crosstown LRT finishes testing, will open in ‘coming weeks’
The province said the 25-stop light-rail line had successfully graduated from its final testing phase and was being handed over from Metrolinx to the Toronto Transit Commission. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
11. Renowned Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry dead at 96
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/c1452011-8e64-4df7-a298-172c76ecce17,1764964300345/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C229%2C4403%2C2476%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’a close up photo of a man’s face in side profile with his hand raised in front of him’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Ther CBC’s Marivel Taruc interviews architect Frank Gehry, 94, after a ground-breaking for the Forma towers, in Toronto, on June, 7, 2023.’/><p>Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry, whose works included the 2008 redesign of the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, has died. </p> 📍 Source Score: 8.50
12. Joly says feds will serve Stellantis with notice of default on funding contracts
<p>The federal government is escalating its fight with automotive giant Stellantis over the company’s decision to move some production to the U.S., despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in Canadian taxpayer incentives in recent years.</p>
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Score: 10.50
13. Manitoba’s Kinew tops premiers’ approval poll once again, despite 10 per cent drop
Manitoba’s premier is once again top-of-the-heap in leaders’ year-end approval ratings, according to a new poll, but this time it’s by a very narrow margin. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
14. Natural resources minister takes heat from B.C. chiefs over potential West Coast pipeline
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/35e0745e-64ad-4543-9da3-18012d166684,1764878841949/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Tim Hodgson stands at a podium addressing First Nations chief in Ottawa’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson addresses the B.C. regional caucus at the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa, after leaders raised concerns about a proposed pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s coast.’/><p>Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson faced a failing grade and a cancelled speech at this week’s Assembly of First Nations meeting as pushback grows among B.C. chiefs over the government’s new energy agreement with Alberta.</p> 📍 Source Score: 8.70
15. Third Session Ends With Important Legislation to Keep Communities Safe, More Inclusive
📍 Source Score: 5.40
16. Manitobans Invited to Participate in Budget 2026 Survey, Consultations
📍 Source Score: 6.50
17. Alberta legislation would change citizen referendum rules, restrict political party names
📍 Source Score: 6.90
18. Examining the federal government’s 2.7 billion in cuts to foreign aid
📍 Source Score: 6.00
19. Richmond Christmas Fund marks another year of local support
The long-running initiative invites the community to donate new toys and enjoy family-friendly activities. 📍 Source Score: 6.00
20. Calgary-Banff rail idea submitted to Major Projects Office
<p>A proposal for a hydrogen-powered passenger rail connecting Calgary and Banff has been submitted to the federal government in the hopes of having it fast-tracked.</p>
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Score: 6.00
21. Measles Update #51
📍 Source Score: 3.90
22. Mi’kmaq chiefs, former attorney general disappointed with N.S. cannabis directive
Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Michelle Glasgow says in a letter she and her council are “appalled” by the province’s directive. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
23. Malfunction on new branch of Montreal rail network caused by signalling system
A problem with the signalling system caused a service interruption this morning on Montreal’s light-rail network. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
24. The Arts Club finds the enduring appeal of Little Women
The timeless classic hits the Granville Island Stage. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
25. You Nearly Missed: Jane Siberry continuing to write her own rule book at the Rickshaw
Get ready for a true Canadian original. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
26. Mr. Puffs café reportedly used as Laval gang leader’s headquarters targeted by gunfire
<p>A Mr. Puffs café in Laval, Que., reportedly used as a headquarters by a recently slain gang leader was hit by gunfire overnight.</p>
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Score: 4.50
27. Police find ‘I hate my child’ search made on couple’s device 2 days before boy, 12, died
<p>The first-degree murder trial of Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber in Milton, Ont., heard texts in which the women questioned whether a boy in their care might be dying a month before his death in December 2022.</p>
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Score: 4.50
28. Ottawa begins to consider the possibility of a Quebec referendum
<p>The Parti Québécois’s dominance in the polls for nearly two years and its leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s promise to hold a referendum on Quebec sovereignty during his first term have reverberated all the way to Ottawa.</p>
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Score: 4.50
29. United Steelworkers call Algoma Steel layoffs an embarrassment for the government
📍 Source Score: 3.00
30. The Tyee Has a New AI Policy
Long story short: We’re mostly taking a pass on the robots. 📍 Source Score: 2.00
31. The Crofton Mill Closure Highlights Multiple Government Failures
Raw log exports, capital flight and shuttered mills signal the fall of BC’s forestry sector. 📍 Source Score: 3.00
32. Somali communities say ‘people feel insecure and live in fear’ after Trump’s tirade
<p>Many people in the Somali community say they feel fearful and angry in the aftermath of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tirade against Somali communities in Minnesota.</p>
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Score: 3.00
33. 30 can’t-miss Vancouver events for December 2025
Your guide to what’s on in Vancouver in December. 📍 Source Score: 1.00