Daily News Curation - 2025-11-05
Curated 26 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Canada’s top public servant says budget will result in 40,000 job cuts, programs terminated
<p>The head of the federal public service says the budget commitment to spend less and invest more will result in the loss of 40,000 jobs as programs are scaled back or eliminated.</p>
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Score: 30.50
2. Governments Of Canada and Manitoba Strengthening Justice for Canada’s First Responders
📍 Source Score: 17.00
3. Here’s how Carney’s budget aims to tackle youth unemployment
Budget 2025 proposes nearly $1.6 billion in funding for the youth job market in Canada as unemployment for young Canadians nears 15 per cent. 📍 Source Score: 16.00
4. New national emergency alert system proposed in federal budget
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/339ddab8-e5e5-4493-ac6f-9193031d7e28,1762357510927/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C466%2C4455%2C2505%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A close up of a smartphone displaying an emergency alert.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’The budget says the proposed funding responds to the Mass Casualty Commission’s recommendations on public alerting.’/><p>The federal budget is proposing more than $55 million for a new national emergency alert system, making good on a recommendation from the committee that examined the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.</p> 📍 Source Score: 16.00
5. Canada’s men collect their 1st-ever FIFA U17 World Cup win
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/2163d613-0d64-4179-845e-896c3a4cad99,1762374339666/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2820%2C0%2C1139%2C640%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Canadian men’s players celebrate in the wake of their last-minute 2-1 win over Uganda in Group K play at the FIFA U17 World Cup in Doha, Qatar on November 5, 2025.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’With Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Uganda, Canada’s men improved to 1-20-4 in nine trips to the U17 tourney.’/><p>Elijah Roche scored in the 88th minute and Marius Aiyenero converted a penalty in stoppage time as Canada pulled off a Houdini-like 2-1 win over Uganda on Wednesday for its first-ever victory in nine trips to the FIFA U-17 World Cup.</p> 📍 Source Score: 14.00
6. Manitoba Government Expands Care for Dialysis Patients and Mothers in Norway House Cree Nation
📍 Source Score: 13.20
7. Alberta hospital, nursing staff vote 98% in favor of striking ahead of mediation
About 16,000 Alberta hospital workers, including licensed practical nurses and health-care aides, have voted overwhelmingly to strike if necessary to back contract demands. 📍 Source Score: 13.50
8. First snowfall of the season expected in the GTA this week: Environment Canada
The GTA could see its first snow this weekend as colder air moves in with a weekend forecast of flurries expected to arrive Sunday. 📍 Source Score: 9.50
9. Canada’s immigration system is lost in the bushes
📍 Source Score: 9.50
10. Get Ready for Harper-Style Public Service Cuts, Says Analyst
Budget 2025 proposes cutting 40,000 government jobs. 📍 Source Score: 12.00
11. The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney’s Budget
But will the Liberals find enough support to survive a non-confidence vote? 📍 Source Score: 12.00
12. Thousands of Alberta nursing care staff vote in favour of strike
<p>Nursing care staff represented by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees have voted 98 per cent in favour of strike action in a vote this week. </p>
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Score: 12.00
13. Federal budget charts difficult path out of current crisis — with small margin of error
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Score: 10.20
14. Manitoba Government Invests More Than $1.3 Million for Community Revitalization Projects in Westman
📍 Source Score: 10.50
15. Infrastructure, jobs may be focus of Ontario’s fall fiscal update
Ontario’s finance minister recently highlighted infrastructure spending and protecting jobs as areas the federal budget falls short. 📍 Source Score: 8.80
16. St. Mary’s fish plant destroyed by fire as crews face hurricane-force winds in N.L.
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/7d053638-130b-4b13-8e60-d03aa326ae44,1762306583188/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C304%2C2048%2C1152%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A fish plant engulfed in flames’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’The St. Mary’s Bay Inc. fish plant has been destroyed in a fire Tuesday night.’/><p>The fish plant in the Newfoundland community of St. Mary’s has burned to the ground as the community faces hurricane force winds and heavy rain, Mayor Steve Ryan told CBC News Tuesday night. </p> 📍 Source Score: 8.70
17. Manitoba Government to Help Students Learn About Climate Change and Climate Action in Schools
📍 Source Score: 7.50
18. Waves could reach 12 metres high on N.L. south coast as heavy winds, rain persist
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/faa2ce34-7944-46e4-a210-f3df11643b24,1762263544423/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C96%2C1024%2C576%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’view of shoreline with large waves.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Waves pounded the shores of Trepassey, near the southeastern corner of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, on Sunday morning.’/><p>CBC meteorologist Ashley Brauweiler warns of a storm surge from the Burin Peninsula to the southern Avalon that could bring waves as high as 12 metres breaking along the shore.</p> 📍 Source Score: 6.00
19. Toronto is facing a ‘freeze’ as it looks to increase its landfill capacity
The City of Toronto expects to run out of landfill space by 2035, and despite approving a “long term waste plan” in 2016, city officials are still searching for solutions. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
20. The Beaches make a play for Canadian rock royalty at Doug Mitchell
The Beaches are making more than just waves. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
21. Budget 2025 made some changes to tax policy. What does it mean for you?
Tax policy experts say that while this year’s budget has ‘not a lot for the average person’ in terms of tax policy, some minor changes could end up affecting your tax bill. 📍 Source Score: 2.00
22. Will Carney’s Budget of Contradictions Sink His Government?
With a mega-deficit, big job cuts and more military spending, critics have lots to attack. 📍 Source Score: 3.00
23. Infants Bear the Brunt of RSV Hospitalizations, UBC Study Finds
Researchers say the province should do more to protect the very small and vulnerable. 📍 Source Score: 2.20
24. What Budget 2025 promises for border security and traveller screening
The budget says new funding will go toward ‘digital solutions to maximize efficiency in security screening activities’ and developing a new preclearance system for travellers. 📍 Source Score: 1.00
25. ‘Our hearts are shattered’: Fashion dog Tika the Iggy dies
Tika the Iggy, an Italian Greyhound who has become popular on social media for her fashionable style, died earlier this month a few days after tumours were removed from her liver. 📍 Source Score: 1.20
26. Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont resigns from Conservative caucus to join the Liberals
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/0905db69-96e1-4438-9d30-a948a4cda86c,1762294608702/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C330%2C8127%2C4571%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Former deputy speaker Chris D’Entremont rises to remove his name from candidates for speaker of the House of Commons in Ottawa on Monday, May 26, 2025.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Former deputy speaker Chris D’Entremont rises to remove his name from candidates for speaker of the House of Commons in Ottawa on Monday, May 26, 2025.’/><p>Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont resigned from the Conservative caucus Tuesday — and he’s joining the Liberals.</p> 📍 Source Score: 1.30