Daily News Curation - 2025-11-14
Curated 32 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Health Canada ignored expert advice to expand access to safe drugs for opioid users, internal documents show
<p>As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled back their support of safe supply programs, an investigation by CBC’s the fifth estate has found.</p>
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Score: 21.50
2. Manitoba Government Passes Legislation to Respond to Meth Crisis
📍 Source Score: 17.90
3. Manitoba Government Creates Rental Construction Incentive Program
📍 Source Score: 12.00
4. As speed cameras are banned in Ontario, Toronto says it needs more funds to cope
Automated speed enforcement programs in the province officially came to an end after a lightning-fast bill from the Ford government forbade their use on city streets. 📍 Source Score: 12.00
5. Considering sectoral bargaining in Canada
📍 Source Score: 9.50
6. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon released from hospital, recovery from illness ongoing
Rideau Hall said Monday that the governor general was in hospital due to a respiratory virus, forcing her to miss Tuesday’s Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
7. ‘I’m hoping for a miracle’: Breslau, Ont., neighbours on hook for $14K per household for decade-old sewer work
<p>People living in a Breslau, Ont., neighbourhood received letters this week saying they’re expected to pay almost $14,000 per household for sewer and water work done in 2016. Some said they had no idea the bill was coming, while the Township of Woolwich says it should have had better communication with affected property owners.</p>
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Score: 7.50
8. Ontario skincare company closes store after complaints, allegations it failed to pay rent
A Waterloo Resveralife store has closed after its lease was terminated, prompting relief from customers who allege years of pressure tactics and unresolved complaints. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
9. Manitoba Government Accepts All Recommendations From Independent Review of The Planning Amendment Act and The City of Winnipeg Charter Amendment Act (Bill 37)
📍 Source Score: 7.50
10. Manitoba Government Adds 800 Teachers in Two Years
📍 Source Score: 7.50
11. UCP transportation minister’s plan will make Alberta’s highways even more dangerous
📍 Source Score: 6.50
12. On Our Radar: Blue Jay Valley shows why East Van rules in video for "Living In the City"
The kids are more than alright. 📍 Source Score: 5.00
13. On Our Radar: Scarlet Fever’s debut LP, Girl with Shank, cuts deep
The four-piece Vancouver band has been a regular at shows around town lately. 📍 Source Score: 5.00
14. There’s still time to win a Canadian getaway—and support B.C.’s hospitality workers
Two days left to support BC hospitality workers. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
15. Quebec men accused in alleged extremist plot will go to trial following federal indictment
<p>Three Quebec men accused of facilitating terrorism will be sent to trial after the federal Crown prosecutor’s office filed a direct indictment on Nov. 7, along with new charges. </p>
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Score: 7.50
16. Nova Scotia’s first two individual ‘death reviews’ slammed for lack of transparency
One list of recommendations deals with the death of a child at a public pool, and the other is in response to the death of a person in custody. 📍 Source Score: 5.80
17. How to Speed Up Wheelchair Repairs
Systemic changes are needed from government and industry, experts say. In the meantime, users are turning to DIY. 📍 Source Score: 5.00
18. Winnipeg couple plead guilty to animal cruelty after killing cats, birds, axolotl for videos they sold
<p>A Winnipeg couple have pleaded guilty to multiple counts of animal cruelty after being arrested last year for making videos of animals being tortured and killed and selling them on a messaging app — a venture that included more than 90 animals, ranging from kittens to birds to an axolotl.</p>
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Score: 5.50
19. Five things to know about Quebec graphite mine added to major projects list
The project includes the company’s future open-pit Matawinie Mine in the Lanaudière region, which plans to produce 106,000 tonnes per year of graphite concentrate over 25 years. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
20. Canadians say they’ll spend less, shop earlier for the holidays: BMO
Tariffs and price concerns were cited as the main reasons Canadians are changing their holiday shopping plans this year. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
21. 30 can’t-miss Vancouver concerts for November 2025
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📍 Source Score: 4.50
22. Snowy CPL final featuring viral ‘icicle kick’ exceeds 1 billion views, league says
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/32211e6d-289e-4fc0-bdf0-459b742bec6a,1763141029912/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C120%2C5834%2C3281%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Three male soccer players.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Atletico Ottawa’s David Rodríguez (7) lays in the snow as he reacts to a referees call the Canadian Premier League soccer final in Ottawa on Sunday, Nov. 9.’/><p>The snowy Canadian Premier League final, which featured a blizzard and an audacious bicycle kick, has generated over one billion views, according to a spokesperson from the league.</p> 📍 Source Score: 4.50
23. Car crashes through entrance at Home Hardware in Saskatoon
<p> Around 1:30 AM Friday, a car swerved off Central Avenue in the Sutherland neighbourhood and blew through the front entrance of a Home Hardware store. By 8:00 a.m., the owner had the place ready to open for business as usual.</p>
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Score: 4.50
24. Saskatchewan Roughriders don’t lack in Grey Cup experience
📍 Source Score: 4.50
25. Apartments pitched for Halifax seaside community larger than allowed due to ‘honest error’
The 64-unit and 22-unit buildings are proposed for Eastern Passage, a community known for its fishing village and waterfront. But there’s a 12-unit cap on developments in the area. 📍 Source Score: 3.00
26. Two arrested, one wanted in homicide and attempted murder investigation: OPP
Provincial police say two people have been arrested and a third is wanted after linked shootings in Vaughan and Bolton left one man injured and another dead. 📍 Source Score: 2.40
27. Ottawa’s austerity plan pushes women out — just before pay equity kicks in
📍 Source Score: 2.00
28. Heart of the City Festival showcases the Downtown Eastside’s commitment to building community
“These are real people, with real feelings.” 📍 Source Score: 3.00
29. Ksi Lisims LNG Makes Federal List of ‘Nation-Building’ Projects
The prime minister sidestepped questions about US ownership and First Nations opposition at a northern BC presser. 📍 Source Score: 3.00
30. Frustrated community grills police, politicians about extortion in B.C.’s Lower Mainland
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Score: 3.00
31. Measles Update #45
📍 Source Score: 1.30
32. Toronto winter village look-a-like website removed after complaint to police, domain host
The Distillery District Winter Village, which transforms the historic area into a Christmas paradise, is a spot where many visitors to the city and locals flock. 📍 Source Score: 1.00