Daily News Curation - 2025-11-25
Curated 32 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
1. Family distraught as Manitoba refuses to pay for treatment for 30-year-old with degenerative disease
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/9e78d099-9e06-434e-84bc-247d7127400c,1764040448418/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A man in a black shirt, seated in a wheelchair with tears welling in his eyes, while his father’s hand is placed on his shoulder.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’An emotional Jeremy Bray expressed disappointment after learning Monday the health minister hadn’t changed their mind and wouldn’t fund a treatment for his degenerative disease.’/><p>Tears gathered in Jeremy Bray’s eyes as he absorbed the news that his pleas for Manitoba’s government to cover his life-sustaining treatment hadn’t changed the health minister’s mind.</p> 📍 Source Score: 24.30
2. Manitoba Government Expands Prenatal Care in Interlake-Eastern Health Region with Midwifery Services
📍 Source Score: 23.10
3. Governments of Canada and Manitoba Invest $76.9 Million in Rural Infrastructure
📍 Source Score: 17.00
4. New Quebec secularism bill to ban prayer in schools, restrict offering of religion-based meals
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5909319,1612992085000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C27%2C1338%2C752%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Quebec Education Minister Jean-François Roberge says the report card situation isn’t so bad. ‘/><p>The Quebec government plans to enact a series of measures expanding its secularism rules across public institutions, including a ban on prayer rooms in universities and CEGEPs and restricting the offering of religion-based meals.</p> 📍 Source Score: 18.90
5. MPs recommend criminalizing coercive control to combat intimate partner violence
<p>Members of Parliament have revived calls for Canada to criminalize the concept of coercive control as a way of combating intimate partner violence, after a previous bill died when Parliament was dissolved. </p>
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Score: 14.00
6. Calgary genealogy society working to uncover secrets of thrift store mystery box
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/3de983d1-4117-4fb6-bae1-00caedaae550,1764016776062/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28252%2C112%2C1104%2C621%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A photo depicting a boy.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’A photo depicting a boy named Wilfred Prescott Nickerson was among the items found in the mystery box being studied by the Alberta Family Histories Society. The child’s connection to the rest of the box remains a mystery.’/><p>A photograph from a telegraphers union meeting. An Italian restaurant menu from Toronto. A newspaper clipping covering a graduating class of Royal Canadian Air Force engineers. What do all those have in common? That’s what researchers with the Alberta Family Histories Society are looking to uncover after receiving a mysterious box from a thrift store.</p> 📍 Source Score: 14.80
7. Indigenous-led Red Dress Alert program must be implemented in Manitoba ‘without delay’: report
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/8220d9db-74c6-4eb2-85b2-0499d5d602bf,1764099536695/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28123%2C0%2C1796%2C1010%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Frames photos stand on a table with a vase of flowers’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Framed photos of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people are displayed on a table at Tuesday’s event.’/><p>A Manitoba Red Dress Alert program must launch no later than June 2026 and be implemented through an Indigenous-led independent organization, says a report released Tuesday.</p> 📍 Source Score: 13.50
8. Penny Oleksiak gets 2-year competition ban for anti-doping rule violation
The International Testing Agency (ITA) said in a statement that Oleksiak has accepted the penalty for three whereabouts failures between October 2024 and June 2025. 📍 Source Score: 7.50
9. Manitoba Government Honours Indigenous Veterans and Supports First-Annual Powwow
📍 Source Score: 10.50
10. Premiers, federal ministers urge Saskatchewan company to change U.S. export plans
Federal and provincial leaders are pushing Saskatchewan-based Nutrien, one of the world’s biggest potash producers, to change course on its U.S. export plans. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
11. Second grizzly bear captured in Bella Coola after attack, B.C. conservation officers say
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Score: 11.55
12. Manitoba Builds more than 5,300 Child-Care Spaces in Last Two Years
📍 Source Score: 9.00
13. Manitoba Government Launches Tool to Combat Chronic Wasting Disease
📍 Source Score: 8.50
14. One of Ontario’s ‘most important freshwater ecosystems’ is at risk: report
Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition releases report highlighting significant ecological threats facing Lake Simcoe, despite protections plan implemented 16 years ago. 📍 Source Score: 9.00
15. 14 Alberta MLAs are now facing recall drives. Here’s how the process works
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5484611,1680807462000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C129%2C3024%2C1701%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’A skyward view of the Classical Revival-style Alberta Legislature building, its Corinthian columns seen on the left and its dome at the top centre of the image.’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’In its 2019 annual report, released Thursday, the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) admits its investment returns failed to meet the benchmark and its clients’ expectations.’/><p></p> 📍 Source Score: 9.00
16. McGill University’s decision to cut 25 sports teams called ‘unfortunate’ by U Sports CEO
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/5f17c852-9681-4f04-8ee9-18e451a23995,1764084172671/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2820%2C0%2C1139%2C640%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Logo pictured for Canadian university sports’ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’The programs being cut at McGill University in Montreal for 2026-27 include track and field, women’s rugby and men’s volleyball. The full list features badminton, baseball, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, golf, lacrosse, logger sports, nordic skiing, sailing, squash and tennis. ‘/><p>U Sports chief executive officer Pierre Arsenault says McGill University’s decision to cut 25 sports teams following the 2025-26 season is “unfortunate.”</p> 📍 Source Score: 9.90
17. Quebec economic update includes tax breaks for workers, use of Green Fund to tackle debt
<img src=’https://i.cbc.ca/ais/92e2f584-994a-4570-99f6-7e4ce3767026,1764085454314/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C4000%2C2250%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29’ alt=’Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard presents the province’s economic update on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. ‘ width=’620’ height=’349’ title=’Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard presents the province’s economic update on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. ‘/><p>Finance Minister Eric Girard plans to help workers save $1.8 billion over five years through a reduction of contribution rates to the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) and Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP). </p> 📍 Source Score: 9.00
18. Manitoba Government Restores Funding for Lactation Consultants
📍 Source Score: 7.50
19. Manitoba Government to Rename Bridge in Lac Du Bonnet
📍 Source Score: 7.50
20. Why experts say a white nationalist rally in London, Ont., this past weekend won’t be the last
<p>An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.’s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour. </p>
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Score: 5.50
21. Measles Update #46
📍 Source Score: 4.50
22. Saint John man straps fridge on his back to raise awareness about food insecurity
In just a couple of months, Wright has covered 160 km and collected more than $2,000 in donations for local programs. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
23. How holiday spending plans could reflect a divided ‘K-shaped’ economy
Holiday shopping amid inflation and tariffs means many Canadians expect to take on more debt in what one retail analyst says demonstrates concerns about a ‘K-shaped economy.’ 📍 Source Score: 4.50
24. Canadian pistachio recall impacts 86 products in just 2 weeks
More than 100 pistachio-containing products have been recalled in November alone as a salmonella outbreak continues to be investigated. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
25. Youth arrested in Ontario for posting ISIS videos, seeking firearms
The arrest comes amid what security officials are calling a worrying trend of youth radicalization. 📍 Source Score: 4.50
26. How BC’s New Economic Plan Gets It All Wrong
The government’s ‘Look West’ strategy doubles down on resource extraction at the expense of smarter spending. 📍 Source Score: 4.00
27. Colleen Jones, champion curler and CBC reporter, dead at 65
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Score: 4.50
28. Ontario ballet’s stolen Nutcracker set recovered
📍 Source Score: 4.50
29. Joni Mitchell and Nelly Furtado to receive special honours at the 2026 Juno Awards
<p>Joni Mitchell will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 55th Juno Awards next year, while Nelly Furtado will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The first round of performers for the March ceremony in Hamilton was also announced. </p>
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Score: 4.50
30. Sign of the times: Facing an uncertain future, the Penthouse looks back
As development pressures mount, Danny Filippone reflects on the club’s legacy, its community roots, and the memories that continue to shape Vancouver culture. 📍 Source Score: 3.00
31. How one North Vancouver school is redefining education for neurodiverse learners in B.C.
“Our students learn through doing.” 📍 Source Score: 2.40
32. Good Samaritan struck and killed while assisting man in Nova Scotia
RCMP in Nova Scotia say a woman, who had stopped to help a man who was on the road, was fatally struck by a vehicle. 📍 Source Score: 1.00