Daily News Curation - 2025-12-11
Curated 37 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Manitoba Government Increasing Investment to Centreport Canada, Building Jobs and Strengthening Trade
📍 Source Score: 21.50
2. Environment Canada releases winter outlook. Time to get the snow pants out?
Over the next three months, Canadians are likely to see above average temperatures across the eastern Arctic, around Hudson Bay, across Northern Quebec and Labrador. 📍 Source Score: 18.50
3. Manitoba Government Expands Virtual Medicine Ward to Support Home Recovery and Reduce Emergency Room Wait Times
📍 Source Score: 23.40
4. For 1st time since trade war, Canada exported more than it imported
The Canadian economy achieved a trade surplus for the first time since the trade war began, as exports rebounded and imports fell in September, according to Statistics Canada. 📍 Source Score: 15.00
5. Ontario’s education unions say funding will mitigate violence crisis, low test scores
📍 Source Score: 12.50
6. On Human Rights Day let’s reflect on Canada’s complicity in the Gaza genocide
📍 Source Score: 12.50
7. Man accused of attempted murder was discharged from involuntary mental health order, family says
<p>The family of a man charged with two counts of attempted murder says they were shocked to learn he’d been released from a community treatment order months ago, and say he was denied vital care before the near-fatal attacks.</p>
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Score: 14.60
8. Manitoba Government Introduces Legislation to Recognize Sign Languages
📍 Source Score: 12.10
9. Ottawa using AI to review public comments on its AI strategy
The federal government is using artificial intelligence to sort through public input on AI policy. 📍 Source Score: 12.50
10. Manitoba Government Launches $10 Million Business Security Rebate Program
📍 Source Score: 12.00
11. TikTok class action accuses platform of not protecting kids, seeks damages
The civil claim was filed after Canadian privacy commissioners reached similar conclusions about TikTok’s targeted advertising practices and age verification measures. 📍 Source Score: 9.50
12. ‘Canada is not for sale!’ Unless we’re quietly arming the fascists next door
📍 Source Score: 9.50
13. On the Top Chef Canada finale, Alex Kim came second—but his story came first
The Five Sails culinary director made a splash on the show. 📍 Source Score: 9.50
14. Dollarama sales spike 22% as many seek lower-cost ‘consumables’
The company’s business model has shown ‘resilience’ in what is an ‘unpredictable’ economic environment, Dollarama CEO Neil Rossy said in a statement. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
15. ‘Profound failure of care’ led to death of Winnipeg infant who had meth in bloodstream, prosecutor argues
<p>A prosecutor says a constellation of events in a Winnipeg home that included unsafe sleeping conditions, rampant drug use and the parents’ tumultuous relationship shows a “profound failure of care” in the weeks leading up to the death of a three-month-old in 2022.</p>
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Score: 10.20
16. ‘I believe in his innocence,’ wife of lawyer tied to Ryan Wedding tells court
The wife of an Ontario lawyer allegedly involved in a violent transnational drug ring headed by a Canadian Olympian says she believes in his innocence. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
17. Industries Pay Much Less for Water in BC, Report Finds
Charging rates that match Quebec would raise millions for key watershed projects, advocates say. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
18. National museum CEO leaves role after report alleged she mistreated staff for over a decade
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Score: 9.00
19. Officer who shot Deer Lake First Nation man 5 times cleared of wrongdoing, Ontario police watchdog says
<p>Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared a Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) officer of wrongdoing in connection with the death of a Deer Lake First Nation man who was shot five times. The decision comes a year after the 40-year-old’s father was also shot and killed by police.</p>
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Score: 9.00
20. Flooding in parts of B.C.’s Fraser Valley leads to major highway closures, state of emergency
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/07295a0b-b4e8-4091-bbb9-13b25766cc3c,1765414981791/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C322%2C6000%2C3375%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A flooded yard is pictured with a house above the water line.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’A flooded yard is pictured along Chilliwack Lake Road in B.C.’s Fraser Valley on Wednesday,’/><p></p> 📍 Source Score: 9.00
21. Alberta boy, 12, pleads guilty to attempted murder of 7-year-old brother
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/4a5b5741-6328-4a77-817a-ea6ae262e0dd,1765409756593/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C55%2C3000%2C1687%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A female police officer walks up to a building that says ‘Courthouse 320.’’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’A police officer arrives at the provincial court building in Lethbridge, Alta., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. A third member of an Alberta high school football team accused of sexually assaulting a teammate has pleaded not guilty. ‘/><p>A 12-year-old Lethbridge, Alta., boy who “had been researching murder on YouTube” before he stabbed his seven-year-old brother nine times, pleaded guilty to attempted murder Wednesday afternoon. </p> 📍 Source Score: 8.10
22. Manitoba Government Invests more than $2 Million for Interlake Infrastructure
📍 Source Score: 7.50
23. Manitoba Government Adds Training Seats for Laboratory and X-Ray Technologists to Address Critical Rural Diagnostic Gaps
📍 Source Score: 7.50
24. Immigration museum CEO in Halifax accused of bullying, creating environment of fear
A federal investigation of the CEO leading the Canadian Museum of Immigration has found Marie Chapman bullied staff and created an environment of fear that caused emotional harm. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
25. Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson’s School
Alberta’s premier defended her quiet efforts to accredit the psychologist’s for-profit online ‘academy.’ 📍 Source Score: 5.50
26. Study Shows Wide Wage Gap for Trans and Non-Binary Workers
A StatCan report examines gender-diverse workers’ economic outcomes for the first time. 📍 Source Score: 5.50
27. N.B. appeals court rules Wolastoqey Nation can’t fight Crown over private forest land
The Wolastoqey Nation had been seeking a declaration of Aboriginal title on over half of the province, saying the land was unceded and sold by the Crown without their consent. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
28. The Alberta pipeline deal will bring us closer to climate Armageddon
📍 Source Score: 4.50
29. NDP leadership committee rejects Yves Engler’s candidacy application
📍 Source Score: 4.50
30. Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
31. Toronto police ID killer in 3 homicide cold cases involving young women
<p>Toronto police say DNA testing has identified Kenneth Smith, who died in Windsor in 2019, as the killer of three women in Toronto between 1982 and 1997.</p>
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Score: 4.50
32. House of Commons agrees to break for 6-week holiday recess, will return in new year
<p>The House of Commons is wrapping up the fall sitting Thursday, meaning MPs will be heading back to their ridings for a six-week holiday break.</p>
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Score: 4.50
33. Wife of Ontario lawyer arrested in Ryan Wedding case testifies at bail hearing
<p>The wife of an Ontario lawyer allegedly involved in a transnational drug smuggling ring told his bail hearing Thursday she never saw her husband receive luxurious gifts or suspicious amounts of cash from clients in their decades together.</p>
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Score: 4.50
34. House of Commons set to rise for 6 weeks as Liberal bills still face votes
House Leader Steven MacKinnon says his government has ‘accomplished an incredible amount’ during the fall sitting, pointing to budget and crime bills which have yet to become law. 📍 Source Score: 3.00
35. Sign of the times: Facing an uncertain future, the Penthouse looks back
As development pressures mount, Danny Filippone reflects on the club’s legacy, its community roots, and the memories that continue to shape Vancouver culture. 📍 Source Score: 2.60
36. Case involving teen alleged to be part of online extremist group back in Halifax court
A case involving a Halifax teenager, who police allege is affiliated with the violent online extremist group known as 764, was back in court. 📍 Source Score: 1.00
37. Some provinces are selling U.S. booze again — with a holiday twist. Is yours one of them?
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/d1bca747-58d6-4c06-8bbc-4e998646be46,1765414231575/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C189%2C2016%2C1134%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Bottles of wine on a store shelf with signage reading United States behind it’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Premier Susan Holt says N.B. Liquor stores in New Brunswick will remove U.S. alcohol from store shelves as part of the province’s response to a tariff threat from President Donald Trump. Premier Susan Holt says N.B. Liquor stores in New Brunswick will remove U.S. alcohol from store shelves as part of the province’s response to a tariff threat from President Donald Trump.’/><p></p> 📍 Source Score: 1.00