The Catch-All: ICYMI August 17-23
The news I've been consuming this week
Hello, all. Lots of news this week, as per usual. I wrote a column for Ricochet about the Ford government's move to shut down safe injection sites and their history of social murder.
Scott Martin
In terms of news, please check out PressProgress' story under the Canada section. It's about National Post columnist Adam Zivo and his claim that he spied for a foreign intelligence agency. It's simultaneously one of the funniest and most concerning articles I've ever read.
News Round-up
Ontario
Doug Ford increases size of Ontario cabinet again in latest reshuffle, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Aug. 17)
He worked two weekends at a Toronto magic mushroom store. Now he’s got a criminal record, Raju Mudhar, Toronto Star (Aug. 19)
Patients at Kingston clinic learn of losing their doctor as new patients rostered, Tori Stafford, Kingstonist (Aug. 20)
Grieving mom warns of more deaths when supervised consumption sites close, Jessica Smith Cross, The Trillium (Aug. 23)
Canada
This National Post Columnist Says He Spied for a Foreign Intelligence Agency. Experts Call His Behaviour 'Unethical' and 'Absurd.', Luke LeBrun, PressProgress (Aug. 20)
Tory MP deletes post that claimed cost of living is driving parents to traffic kids, Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press (Aug. 21)
Alberta Energy Regulator guilty of ‘environmental racism’ says Fort Chipewyan First Nation chief, Leanne Sanders, APTN News (Aug. 22)
Global News Refused To Air Anchor’s Reports On Israel: Sources, Emma Paling, The Maple (Aug. 22)
Teamsters serve CN Rail with Monday strike notice, Uday Rana, Global News (Aug. 23)
US
JD Vance blames higher crime rates on 'wave of Irish immigration' in resurfaced clip, Alana Loftus, Irish Star (Aug. 17)
North Texas UPS driver crashes after passing out from heat, union says, Amelia Jones, FOX 4 (Aug. 18)
University of California bans camps and face masks used to ‘conceal identity’, Cecilia Nowell and Dani Anguiano, The Guardian (Aug. 19)
Chicago police arrest dozens of anti-genocide protesters on second night of DNC, The Cradle (Aug. 21)
“I Was Pulled Off of the Sidewalk”: At Least 3 Journalists Arrested Covering DNC Protests, Akela Lacy and Jonah Valdez, The Intercept (Aug. 21)
Judge rules Breonna Taylor's boyfriend caused her death, throws out major charges against ex-Louisville officers, CBS News (Aug. 23)
RFK Jr. suspends his presidential bid and backs Donald Trump before appearing with him at his rally, Jonathan J. Cooper, Michelle L. Price and Gabriel Sandoval, Associated Press (Aug. 23)
World
Ambulances called to Amazon’s UK warehouses 1,400 times in five years, Andrew Kersley, The Guardian (Aug. 17)
Germany was never denazified. That’s why it’s siding with Israel today., Alain Alameddine and Nira Iny, Mondoweiss (Aug. 17)
The Cost of Trying to Make Palestinian Lives Matter in the Newsroom, Hoda Sherif, The Nation (Aug. 19)
Indonesia scraps plan to change election law after thousands protest, Al Jazeera (Aug. 22)
China Hits Xi Jinping’s Renewable Power Target Six Years Early, Bloomberg (Aug. 22)
Venezuela: Supreme Court Delivers Electoral Review Verdict, Confirms Maduro Victory, Ricardo Vaz, Venezuelanalysis (Aug. 22)
Israel-Palestine
Israeli strikes kill 35 in one day as Gaza hospitals warn of collapse, Al Jazeera (Aug. 19)
Scottish government suspends meetings with Israeli ministers over war on Gaza, Middle East Eye (Aug. 20)
Israeli army invades ‘most crowded displacement camp in history,’ bombs Palestinians in shelters, Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss (Aug. 22)
Freed Israeli captive Noa Argamani says she was wounded by Israel, not Hamas, Middle East Eye (Aug. 23)
COVID
COVID linked to 65% of new onset cognitive impairment, dementia, Isabelle Charboneau, NewsNation (Aug. 13)
‘Significant amount of COVID’ expected in the fall. Are new vaccines coming?, Saba Aziz, Global News (Aug. 21)
COVID-19 tied to higher risk of depression, anxiety, PTSD and other conditions, with the unvaccinated most affected, study shows, Jacqueline Howard, CNN (Aug. 21)
Masking returns to Laval hospitals as COVID-19 cases increase across Quebec, CBC News (Aug. 23)
Tech
Swift Could Sue Trump Under State Law for Fake AI Endorsement, Samantha Cole, 404 Media (Aug. 19)
Google reaches a $250 million deal to skirt proposed journalism bill, Jess Weatherbed, The Verge (Aug. 22)
No one’s ready for this, Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke, Sarah Jeong, The Verge (Aug. 22)
AV Corner
Podcast: Exposing Lies about Canada's Arms Trade with The Maple - Blueprints of Disruption
Music: All Of This Awaits You - Swami John Reis and the Bed of Nails
Video: Is Europe Turning Fascist? - Second Thought
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