The Catch-All: ICMYI April 20-26

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News Round-up

Ontario

Umar Zameer found not guilty of murder in Toronto police officer's death, CBC News (Apr. 21)

Ontario homelessness spend balloons as community housing craters, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Apr. 23)

Ford government wins battle to keep health-care staffing shortage figures secret, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Apr. 24)

No more sick notes? Why the Ford government wants to eliminate doctors notes for illness, Colin D'Mello and Isaac Callan, Global News (Apr. 24)

Ongoing colonialism shows itself in Ontario’s legislature says Independent MPP, Kerry Slack, APTN (Apr. 26)

Canada

Canada Post refusing to collect banned guns for Ottawa's buyback program, Daniel Leblanc, CBC News (Apr. 23)

Pierre Poilievre Meets with Far-Right Extremist Group at Nova Scotia-New Brunswick Border, Luke LeBrun, PressProgress (Apr. 24)

'Violation': CSIS had officer investigated after she reported a superior raped her, Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press (Apr. 26)

US

Biden signs Israel, Ukraine, TikTok bill into law, Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC (Apr. 24)

Kent State Victim’s Sister Condemns Militarized Response To Pro-Palestinian College Protests, Sanjana Karanth, HuffPost (Apr. 25)

Early test results show pasteurized milk with traces of H5N1 virus isn’t infectious, FDA says, Brenda Goodman, CNN (Apr. 26)

The Onion Sold to Founder of Twilio, Who Taps Ex-NBC News Reporter Ben Collins to Lead Satire Site as CEO, Todd Spangler, Variety (Apr. 26)

World

‘Outdated and offensive’: police in England and Wales barred from blaming restraint deaths on ‘excited delirium’, Shanti Das, The Guardian (Apr. 20)

Heavier drinking during Covid led to 2,500 more deaths from alcohol in 2022 – ONS, Robert Booth, The Guardian (Apr. 22)

‘Anti-democratic’: Labor minister warns Facebook against removal of Australian news content, Josh Butler, The Guardian (Apr. 24)

Burkina Faso soldiers massacred 223 civilians in one day, finds rights group, Mark Townsend, The Guardian (Apr. 24)

Israel-Palestine

Israel gave no evidence UNRWA staff linked to ‘terrorism’: Colonna report, Simon Speakman Cordall, Al Jazeera (Apr. 22)

Deadly settler attacks sweep the West Bank as Israel's army looks on, Fayha Shalash, Middle East Eye (Apr. 22)

Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves, Al Jazeera (Apr. 25)

Israel intensifies strikes on Rafah ahead of threatened invasion, Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters (Apr. 25)

COVID

Sask. officials knew COVID-19 was spreading at an 'exponential' rate in 2021, but refused restrictions, Alexander Quon and Zak Vescera, Investigative Journalism Foundation (Apr. 23)

About 2m people have long Covid in England and Scotland, figures show, Nicola Davis, The Guardian (Apr. 25)

More than a quarter of people with Covid infection develop Long Covid, new research reveals, University of York (Apr. 25)

Tech

Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps, Emmanuel Maiberg, 404 Media (Apr. 22)

AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO', Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Apr. 23)

Zuckerberg says it will take Meta years to make money from generative AI, Alex Heath, The Verge (Apr. 24)

FCC votes to restore net neutrality, Lauren Feiner, The Verge (Apr. 25)

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