Daily News Curation - 2026-05-04
Curated 25 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
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1. Governments of Canada and Manitoba Raise Early Childhood Educator Wages
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 18.00
2. A 60-Year-Old Vancouver Journalism School Is Shutting Down
Langara’s program offered an affordable, practical education to generations of BC reporters. Source Score: 10.60
3. Canada Should Be Leading a Geothermal Power Boom
We have all it takes to wake a sleeping giant of clean energy. What’s in the way? Source Score: 10.50
4. Carrie Tait receives ‘Journalist of the Year’ award for stories about Alberta Health Services corruption scandal
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 10.40
5. Manitoba Government Announces Expansion of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Antibody Program to All Infants
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 10.50
6. Statement of Solidarity by Unifor and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) for May Day 2026
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 7.00
7. Repeal DRIPA? Then Comes a Mess, Admits This BC Conservative
Party leader candidate Iain Black offers a plan that risks economic gridlock and a constitutional crisis. Source Score: 7.00
8. Manitoba Government Announces 2026 Excellence in Education Award Recipients
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 9.50
9. Manitoba Government Implements Electronic Patient Record at Ashern’s Lakeshore General Hospital
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 8.50
10. Ontario NDP MPP calls out Ford’s healthcare failure
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 7.10
11. Manitoba Government Cracks Down on Impaired Drivers
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
12. Manitoba Government Reopens Historic Captain Kennedy House
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
13. Manitoba Government Brings First Cases Against Grocery Property Controls
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
14. Manitoba Government Honours the Work of Early Childhood Educators
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
15. Manitoba Government Commemorates Day of Mourning
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
16. Manitoba Government Investing More Than $9 Million to Reconstruct Provincial Road 311
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
17. 1% increase in health care spending could raise billions
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 6.10
18. Elections Alberta investigates after the names of millions of voters published online
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 4.00
19. Alberta’s Voters Data Breach Was Very Bad. And Inevitable
The UCP set the table for this massive privacy intrusion. AI has gobbled it up. Source Score: 4.00
20. In Vancouver, FIFA Critics Demand More for Workers and Unhoused
Community advocates and unions warn the city is failing to protect vulnerable people as the World Cup approaches. Source Score: 5.00
21. Hundreds of Surrey Memorial Patients Are Overdosing Every Year
But fatalities remain low, according to the BC Coroners Service. Source Score: 4.90
22. When Will the Knives Come Out for Naheed Nenshi?
A poll offers great news for the UCP and questions about NDP leadership. Source Score: 4.50
23. Measles Update #106
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 4.50
24. Measles Update #105
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 4.50