Daily News Curation - 2026-03-17
Curated 37 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
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1. How a Veteran Firefighter Battled WorkSafeBC for Treatment
First responders with job-related trauma face ‘impossibly high’ barriers when choosing mental health care. Source Score: 24.40
2. The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada
Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person. Source Score: 16.92
3. Advocates Hope a Ruling Will Change RCMP Treatment of Indigenous Witnesses
But critics say the Canadian rights tribunal didn’t go far enough after finding police discrimination. Source Score: 13.50
4. Refusal to condemn US-Israeli illegal war on Iran shows the hypocrisy of Canada’s ‘rules-based’ PM
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 12.60
5. How the Top One Per Cent Threaten Canada’s Future
Wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few. To preserve democracy, we must act. Source Score: 12.60
6. Manitoba Government and Manitoba M�tis Federation Expand Access to Safe, Supportive Transitional Housing in Interlake Region
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 12.50
7. Manitoba Government Highlights Investments in Women’s Health Care Making a Difference Across the Province
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 14.60
8. Manitoba Government Returns to Session with Plan to Continue to Lower Costs and Improve Health Care
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 14.60
9. Manitoba Government Launches Public Consultations on Using Artificial Intelligence
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 12.10
10. $90M for private schools is terrible public policy, but it makes political sense for Alberta’s Conservatives
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 8.60
11. Job cuts at Ottawa hospital show deepening crisis of underfunding across Ontario
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 9.40
12. Manitoba Government Celebrates Opening of All-Canadian Bus Manufacturing Facility in Winnipeg
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 11.40
13. Manitoba Government Grows Nursing Workforce as Record 45 Nurses Set to Graduate Intensive Care Unit Training
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 10.10
14. Manitoba Government Supports Indigenous Mothering Centre to Keep Mothers and Babies Together
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 10.10
15. Manitoba Government Invests $600,000 to Support Expansion of Gaynor Family Regional Library
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 10.10
16. Manitoba Government Makes Menstrual Products Mandatory in Workplaces
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 9.50
17. Manitoba Government Continues to Support Businesses Through $10 Million Business Security Rebate
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 10.10
18. Manitoba Government Enacts Legislation to Protect Against Intimate Partner Violence
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 9.50
19. What Are Universities For?
They’ve reached a breaking point. Meet the educators charting their future. Source Score: 5.00
20. Manitoba Government Announces Open House on the Future of Lemay Forest
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
21. Manitoba Government Expands Advanced Spine Surgery at Concordia Hospital
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
22. Manitoba Government Opens New Highway Traffic Inspection Station and Weigh Scale Near Headingley
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
23. Manitoba Government Expands Surgical Capacity with New Grace Hospital Surgery Clinic
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
24. Manitoba Government Breaks Ground on New Kindergarten to Grade 8 School in West St. Paul
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
25. Manitoba Government Announces New Bail Unit Operational
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
26. Manitoba Government Invests $3.4 Million in First Nation-Owned Minago Mine
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
27. Manitoba Government Invests $950,000 In Waste Management and Diversion in Lynn Lake and Marcel Colomb First Nation
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
28. Why Is Vancouver’s World Cup Human Rights Plan So Weak?
Other cities hosting FIFA matches have far stronger measures, says a non-profit coalition. A Tyee deep dive. Source Score: 4.00
29. BC Teachers Win Gender-Affirming Care, Except in Two Cities
The Vancouver and Coquitlam locals say members voted to stay on local health plans not renegotiated in more than a decade. Source Score: 7.10
30. Reviewing the news cycle with Nick Seebruch and Sarah Sahagian
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 4.50
31. Measles Update #87
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 4.50
32. Province Reminds Manitobans About Free Prescription Birth Control
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 4.50
33. Measles Update #86
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 4.50
34. Manitoba Leading the Country in Access to Family Doctors
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 4.50
35. Measles Update #85
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 4.50
36. Measles Update #84
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 4.50