Daily News Curation - 2026-02-05

Curated 12 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.

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Additional Stories

1. The erosion of Ontario’s public healthcare system

📍 Source Score: 11.80

2. Press Restrictions During Vancouver Decampment Violated Human Rights: Report

A BC human rights inquiry also found that the police board ‘abdicated its legal responsibility’ when investigating complaints. 📍 Source Score: 7.90

3. As BC’s Universities Struggle, Students Are Ready to Fight

A deep drop in international students has led to a funding crisis. Cuts can’t be the answer. 📍 Source Score: 8.40

4. BC Must Overhaul the Province’s Forestry Industry, Report Says

A council created as part of the Greens’ decision to back the NDP says the government can’t ‘keep kicking this can down the road.’ 📍 Source Score: 6.90

5. Manitoba Government Delivers Record Number of Hip and Knee Surgeries

📍 Source Score: 7.50

6. Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care

Francisco Barahona is one of many people denied treatment when they can’t get MSP coverage. 📍 Source Score: 6.90

7. 2026 will be full of Canadian strikes and brutal employer push back

📍 Source Score: 4.50

8. Alberta finance minister publishes perennial poverty plea, warns of ‘tough choices’

📍 Source Score: 4.50

9. UCP Warns of Bad-News Budget, but Denies Responsibility

And Danielle Smith pushes for more control of judges. 📍 Source Score: 4.50

10. BC Halts Plans to Make Polluters Pay for Cleanup Costs

The province billed its Public Interest Bonding Strategy as a key step to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. Now it’s on hold. 📍 Source Score: 3.90

11. Measles Update #72

📍 Source Score: 4.50