Daily News Curation - 2026-08-28
Curated 19 items from disability, accessibility, and social policy sources.
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1. Want to Make Food Affordable? Tackle Food Waste
There’s a $58-billion hole in Canada’s new policy to support farmers, families and small businesses. And it stinks. Source Score: 16.50
2. Can Canada’s democracy survive current danger?
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 10.50
3. Canadians’ Private Spending on Health Care Is Up Sharply
The federal Liberals’ abandoned pharmacare promise is a major factor. Source Score: 10.60
4. Manitoba Government Supporting Livestock Producers with Lower Costs, Stronger Protections
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 11.50
5. Manitoba Government Adds 4,725 Net New Health-Care Workers Since 2023
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 13.10
6. Under Findlay, the BC Conservatives Are Headed for the Rocks
MLA defections, missteps and firings are signs of a party in crisis. Source Score: 7.00
7. One Chart Might Explain Why Albertans Don’t Feel So Rich
Residents still make more than other Canadians, but data shows stagnating prosperity like nowhere else in the country. Source Score: 7.90
8. Manitoba Government Invests $205,000 to Support Food Security for Seniors
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 9.50
9. Manitoba Government Announces Over $100 Million in Tariff Supports
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 9.50
10. Province Rolls Out New Health and Physical Education Curriculum to Make Manitoba Kids Healthier
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 9.50
11. Manitoba Government Invests $97,000 to Expand Northern Healthy Food Initiative
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 10.50
12. Manitoba Government and City of Winnipeg Invest $1.4 Million to Support Downtown Businesses
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 9.50
13. Manitoba Government Invests $165,550 Toward Stony Mountain Community Centre Roof Restoration
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 10.50
14. Canadian unions applauded walking away from trade negotiations, call for more worker protections
Rabble.ca — progressive Canadian news Source Score: 5.00
15. Manitoba Government and City of Winnipeg Unite Behind Development of Provincewide Economic Development Agency
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
16. Manitoba Government Invests $100,000 in Winnipeg Pickleball Courts
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
17. Manitoba Government Invests $286,000 for Recreation and Active Living Projects in Seven Northern Affairs Communities
Government of Manitoba press release Source Score: 7.50
18. It’s ‘Never Too Late’ to Vaccinate Your Kid for School
Amidst rising measles cases, BC is encouraging parents to talk to health-care providers with immunization questions and concerns. Source Score: 5.60