Daily News Curation - 2025-11-17
Curated 23 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Home sales in Canada recovering, but buyers still cautious, data shows
Housing sales in Canada in October were down compared with October last year, but were up when compared with September, the Canadian Real Estate Association said. 📍 Source Score: 26.50
2. Federal refugee employment program faces ‘extremely long, ballooning wait times’
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7244884,1719256454000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2812%2C90%2C1537%2C864%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A pair of workers in overalls use equipment inside a manufacturing facility.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’The difficulty of finding workers to fill jobs is leading some companies to hire refugees living internationally through the federal government’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot.’/><p>Instead of months, a federal program is now taking years to process the applications of skilled refugees living overseas and have a job waiting for them in Canada. </p> 📍 Source Score: 28.50
3. Manitoba Government Expands Prenatal Care in Interlake-Eastern Health Region with Midwifery Services
📍 Source Score: 21.00
4. Quebec’s video game industry says it’s thriving — but government cuts could stall success
<p>While the province is seen internationally as a significant video game development player — and Canada’s $5-billion industry overall is benefiting from global political trends — industry leaders in Quebec say there are still sources of uncertainty affecting business and talent. </p>
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Score: 17.00
5. Toronto City Hall raises Palestinian flag, joining other cities across Canada
<p>The Palestinian flag is flying over Toronto City Hall Monday after similar moves by other Canadian cities.</p>
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Score: 14.00
6. Port of Churchill, Hudson Bay Railway get $51M in provincial money toward improvements
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/7f6b1c24-6ae2-4640-a358-f3ab49d6e881,1763333866119/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C535%2C5712%2C3213%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A man holds a football next to another man.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew told Prime Minister Mark Carney that the ‘ball is in his hands’ when it comes to expanding the Port of Churchill during an announcement in Winnipeg on Sunda’/><p>Manitoba is putting up $51 million in new funding to help upgrade the Hudson Bay Railway line as federal and provincial government officials were in Winnipeg Sunday to work toward the possibility of expanding the Port of Churchill. </p> 📍 Source Score: 13.90
7. Ford government open to using notwithstanding clause to publish sex offenders registry
Currently, the Ontario Sex Offender and Sex Trafficker Registry is accessible to police enforcement agencies but not to members of the public. 📍 Source Score: 12.00
8. Chief asks for help finding missing jacket adorned with Order of Canada, family history
The jacket was adorned with the Order of Canada, the King Charles III Coronation Medal and the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal. 📍 Source Score: 9.50
9. Illicit crypto-to-cash deals are unlocking new ways to launder money in Canada
📍 Source Score: 9.50
10. Manitoba Government Honours Indigenous Veterans and Supports First-Annual Powwow
📍 Source Score: 10.50
11. Manitoba Government Launches Tool to Combat Chronic Wasting Disease
📍 Source Score: 8.50
12. Nova Scotia to create enforcement unit to fight illegal seafood buying, processing
The province says that up to 30 per cent of the lobster caught every year in the Atlantic region goes unreported, representing about $400 million in under-the-table sales. 📍 Source Score: 5.70
13. Gen Z plans to fund holiday shopping with credit cards, survey shows
This year, 40 per cent of Canadians aged 18-34 are planning on spending more on holiday shopping this year than they did last year, a new survey shows. 📍 Source Score: 5.50
14. Surrey, B.C., family fears for safety after extortion task force raids home
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Score: 5.50
15. Kingston researchers develop 3D-printed biopsy tool for glioblastoma research
A Kingston research team has created a patented 3D-printed surgical biopsy tool that allows scientists to map and study glioblastoma with unprecedented precision. 📍 Source Score: 3.00
16. Alberta United Conservatives go to court to stop elected-MLAs from using ‘progressive conservative’ name
📍 Source Score: 4.50
17. Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
18. Rogers clients complain of customer service nightmare, spending hours on hold to resolve simple issues
<p>Rogers customers say they’re furious about what they say is a lack of customer service — spending hours and hours trying to cancel services or fix bills — as workers who handled Rogers customer service calls get laid off. Experts point to a lack of competition in the industry and few regulatory protections as the culprit.</p>
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Score: 4.50
19. How one North Vancouver school is redefining education for neurodiverse learners in B.C.
“Our students learn through doing.” 📍 Source Score: 2.00
20. BC’s Flood Prevention Promises Remain Unfulfilled
After the 2021 atmospheric river, governments preached averting over recovery. Locals remember. Do politicians? 📍 Source Score: 3.00
21. Green leader will support Liberal budget, says PM heard her ‘pleas’ on climate
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Score: 3.00
22. Measles Update #46
📍 Source Score: 1.30
23. Vancouver Police Finally Reveal Names of School Liaison Officers
After telling The Tyee publishing this information would harm police, names and school assignments are out. 📍 Source Score: 1.00