Daily News Curation - 2025-12-24
Curated 22 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. The Wegovy weight loss pill could come to Canada. What we know
The FDA approved the one-a-day Wegovy pill, the first oral GLP-1 medication for obesity in the U.S., Wegovy manufacturer Novo Nordisk said in a statement Tuesday. 📍 Source Score: 21.50
2. Quebec government to ask Supreme Court of Canada to weigh in on electoral map changes
The Quebec government says it will ask the Supreme Court to hear an appeal aimed at stopping a redrawing of the provincial electoral map. 📍 Source Score: 24.10
3. NAV Canada clears Santa Claus and his reindeer for takeoff
The final preparations for Santa Claus’ annual Dec. 24 flight are complete after successfully navigating ‘several unusual challenges,’ NAV Canada said in a statement. 📍 Source Score: 17.00
4. Charting the delays: Current flight disruptions at Canada’s major airports
<p>CBC News has put together this live overview of the flight statuses at three major airports in order to paint a picture of how easy — or hard — air travel currently is for Canadians.</p>
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Score: 18.50
5. Canada backs Greenland’s sovereignty as U.S. talks of annexation
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand plans to visit the Greenland community of Nuuk to open a Canadian consulate there early next year. 📍 Source Score: 17.00
6. Disability rights and wrongs in Canada
📍 Source Score: 14.50
7. Hospitals warned about rare infection emerging in Calgary
<p>Health officials are warning emergency wards about the circulation of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) among homeless adults living in Calgary.</p>
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Score: 18.00
8. Dead crows in southwestern Ontario tested positive for avian flu, pathologist says
<p>Six of the dozens of deceased crows found in a roosting area along the Thames River in Chatham-Kent have tested positive for avian influenza, according to the Canadian Wildlife Health Co-operative.</p>
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Score: 13.50
9. Relationship with Carney ‘much more collaborative’ than Trudeau, Moe says
Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan’s relationship with the federal government has become more collaborative this year under its new leadership in a year-end interview. 📍 Source Score: 9.50
10. Here’s Why Involuntary Care Won’t Work for Most People
We need a total rethink of our failed approach to drugs and homelessness. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
11. Manitoba Government Announces Second Round of Funding for Gate Project
📍 Source Score: 7.50
12. Manitoba Government Invests $2.6 Million in Parkland and Westman Municipalities
📍 Source Score: 7.50
13. Quebec school cellphone ban has had positive impact, students and administrators say
Quebec’s expanded school cellphone ban is getting top marks from some students and administrators who say the measure has improved students’ concentration and social interactions. 📍 Source Score: 5.50
14. Lawsuit by Humboldt Broncos’ families dismissed by judge
In his decision, Justice Graeme Mitchell of Court of King’s Bench in Regina says the families’ allegations are not sound in law and lack merit. 📍 Source Score: 4.00
15. Ottawa suspends plans to ban single-use plastic exports
The federal government is suspending the planned export ban on single-use plastics due to tariffs and supply chain issues “creating significant pressure on the domestic economy.” 📍 Source Score: 5.60
16. Measles Update #55
📍 Source Score: 4.50
17. Ontario police watchdog investigates man’s death after fall from Etobicoke balcony
Ontario’s SIU is probing the death of a 38-year-old man who fell from an Etobicoke balcony as Toronto police responded to a call for a person in distress. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
18. Ontario plant that’s bottled Crown Royal since 1971 listed for sale weeks before planned shutdown
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/c703faad-bc59-4593-8d36-e678404f2bfe,1764628484362/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2811%2C0%2C1335%2C750%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A logo for a whiskey brand.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’The Crown Royal logo on Diageo’s bottling plant in Amherstburg.’/><p>The Diageo-owned Amherstburg, Ont., bottling facility is now up for sale as the company prepares to close the Crown Royal plant early next year.</p> 📍 Source Score: 4.50
19. A look at the 26 Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions
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Score: 4.50
20. Multiple Canadian businesses listed on U.S.-based ‘gift card’ site without permission
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Score: 4.50
21. RCMP say 70 trees deliberately cut, left to die in Powell River, B.C.
<p>Police say municipal staff inspected the site and found the trees were left standing but had been cut around their bases, likely with a chainsaw. Many of the trees that were cut were older-growth Douglas fir trees, valuable to the community and ecosystem.</p>
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Score: 3.00
22. ‘It just fills my heart’: Community rallies behind N.S. fish market after fire
📍 Source Score: 3.00