Daily News Curation - 2025-12-10
Curated 29 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Canada lists 4 new terrorist entities, including online extremist groups
The move marks the first time any country has listed one of those IMVE groups, 764, as a terrorist organization, a statement from Public Safety Canada said Wednesday. 📍 Source Score: 22.50
2. Toronto is Canada’s ‘rattiest’ city, according to new ranking | Hanomansing Tonight
<p>Toronto retains its title as the ‘rattiest’ city in Canada, according to the latest ranking from pest control service Orkin Canada. Kaylee Byers, an assistant professor in the school of population and public health at the University of British Columbia, talks to Hanomansing Tonight about tracking rat populations.</p>
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Score: 24.20
3. Liberals back Bloc’s proposal to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws
<p>Liberal MPs on the House justice committee backed a Bloc Québécois proposal to remove a religious exemption from Canada’s hate speech laws — after the suggestion initially appeared to halt the government’s anti-hate legislation.</p>
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Score: 24.10
4. Trump’s threats to tariff Canadian fertilizer imports could hurt Sask. potash industry
<p>Donald Trump’s threats to tariff Canadian fertilizer imports could damage Saskatchewan’s potash industry if demand for the mineral critical in making fertilizer drops off, according to a University of Saskatchewan professor.</p>
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Score: 17.90
5. Cost of Carney’s Egypt summit flight ballooned to $736K with no air force plane available
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/79d504f0-4d67-434d-a924-73da4aba583e,1765323169125/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C18%2C4872%2C2740%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Prime Minister Mark Carney with U.S. President Donald Trump’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’President Donald Trump greets Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)’/><p>Prime Minister Mark Carney’s last-minute trip to a Gaza peace summit in Egypt in October cost Canadian taxpayers over $736,466 — more than three times higher than it would have been if the Royal Canadian Air Force had been able to supply a plane.</p> 📍 Source Score: 17.00
6. Rockslide strikes vehicle along Highway 97 near Summerland, B.C.
“It wasn’t a shock, it was more like, ‘Okay, when is the next big one going to happen?’” said Penticton resident, Kandace Sztepanacz. 📍 Source Score: 12.00
7. Manitoba Government Matches Canadian Red Cross Donations to Support Wildfire Evacuees and Affected Businesses
📍 Source Score: 15.00
8. Four hospitals in B.C.’s Interior launching virtual emergency care
Four hospitals in B.C.’s Interior say they’re setting up virtual emergency care where patients can be seen by a doctor virtually as part of a pilot project. 📍 Source Score: 17.40
9. ‘Slow down,’ say police after 2 officers injured while responding to 400 southwestern Ontario crashes
<p>Two police officers were among the multiple people injured as treacherous road conditions resulted in more than 400 reported crashes early Wednesday in southwestern Ontario.</p>
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Score: 14.70
10. No charges laid in crash that killed 4 students and teacher from Walkerton, Ont.: police
<p>Seven months after four students and their teacher were killed in a multi-vehicle crash while returning home to Walkerton, Ont. from a high school softball tournament, provincial police have ended their investigation and said no charges will be laid.</p>
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Score: 10.10
11. Vancouver International Black Film Festival returns for its fifth edition
A hybrid lineup of films, panels, and workshops spotlights creators from Canada and around the world. 📍 Source Score: 9.50
12. Federal Immigration Cuts Put Strain on BC’s Health-Care Sector, Say Advocates
‘Are we able to plan our life in BC, or should we leave?’ asks one student caught in limbo. 📍 Source Score: 12.00
13. Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s longtime ambassador to the U.S., is stepping down
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Score: 9.50
14. Air Transat, pilots’ union have reached tentative deal to avert strike, airline’s parent company says
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/f22f7701-91da-4aae-afa4-b20f70f5d3d9,1765330040776/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C312%2C6000%2C3375%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A plane with the words ‘Air transat’ sits on a tarmac.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Air Transat and the union representing around 750 of its pilots have steered clear of a strike and reached a tentative deal, the leisure airline’s parent company said Tuesday evening. Neither the company nor the union released details of the tentative agreement.’/><p></p> 📍 Source Score: 7.50
15. N.S. premier firm on cannabis crackdown as tensions grow with Mi’kmaq communities
The premier told reporters that there’s ‘multiple sides to the story’ and that he’s heard from ‘lots of people’ who are unhappy with cannabis dispensaries in their communities. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
16. Ryan Wedding’s ‘cocaine lawyer’ pitches plan if released at bail hearing
An Ontario attorney with alleged ties to a Ryan Wedding says if he’s released on bail, he will follow the ‘most stringent’ plan he’s ever proposed in his career. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
17. Quebec cracks down on organized crime, high-risk sex offenders and protests in new bill
<p>Quebec’s Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière tabled a bill Wednesday aiming to create a public registry for high-risk sex offenders, prevent protests from taking place too close to the homes of elected officials and crack down on members of organized crime groups who show off their groups’ logos or patches.</p>
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Score: 9.00
18. Manitoba Government Announces Removal Of 23 Grocery Property Controls
📍 Source Score: 7.50
19. Manitoba Government Begins Search at Brady Landfill
📍 Source Score: 7.50
20. Ford government urged by Ontario Liberals to sell U.S. alcohol for charity
The province’s stockpile of U.S. liquor has been sitting in storage and the Ontario Liberals are calling on the Ford government to have it sold and donate the proceeds to charity. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
21. Montreal pediatric clinic to close, calling Bill 2 ‘the nail in the coffin’
Tiny Tots in Decarie Square, operated by ELNA Medical Group, will begin phasing out operations in the new year, and it is working on relocating options to ensure care. 📍 Source Score: 5.50
22. Ontario Liberals want province to sell off U.S. liquor and give proceeds to charity
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Score: 5.70
23. Anti-corruption police launch investigation into allegations of Quebec Liberals’ wrongdoings
<p>Quebec’s anti-corruption police have launched a criminal investigation into the Quebec Liberals’ wrongdoing allegations.</p>
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Score: 4.50
24. Canadian swim star Penny Oleksiak denies drug use, says she’ll keep training despite 2-year suspension
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Score: 4.50
25. Inuit cultural items unveiled at Museum of History following journey from Vatican
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Score: 4.50
26. The Culinary Commons helps Vancouver chefs gather
1250 East Georgia Street is serving Vancouver’s culinary community. ] 📍 Source Score: 2.60
27. ‘Unacceptable’: N.B. auditor general raises concerns about MMIWG response
Two years after releasing a plan in response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, New Brunswick’s auditor general found little progress. 📍 Source Score: 1.00
28. Threats force in-person GO station meeting to move online, Metrolinx says
Metrolinx has moved upcoming Simcoe Street closure info sessions online after receiving an “anonymous threat,” with authorities now investigating. 📍 Source Score: 1.00
29. Pro-Palestinian activist Yves Engler barred from running for NDP leadership
<p>Self-described “agitator” Yves Engler says he has been denied entry into the NDP leadership race.</p>
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Score: 1.00