The Catch-All: ICYMI August 24-30

Hello all, once again. Hope you've been having a good week. It seems Ontario may be having an election relatively soon, if the behaviour of the PCs is anything to go by. If that's the case, I may pivot to more election focused analysis in the future. Hopefully in addition to the weekly news media criticism. Happy labour day weekend!

News Round-up

Ontario

Toronto cop arrested while trying to leave country: police, CBC News (Aug. 26)

Toronto neighbourhoods with drug consumption sites saw many types of crime drop: data, Jon Woodward, CTV News (Aug. 27)

Lawyer to would-be Greenbelt developers ‘failed to comply’ with lobbying law, Charlie Pinkerton, The Trillium (Aug. 28)

Ford’s PC Party to begin nominations in coming weeks with early election looming, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Aug. 28)

How Decades of Underfunding Eroded Toronto’s Schools, Wency Leung, The Local (Aug. 29)

Canada

Indigenous leaders burn pipeline agreement, set up B.C. road blockade, Matt Simmons, The Narwhal (Aug. 24)

BC Illegally Collected Personal Info Tied to the Wet’suwet’en Conflict, Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee (Aug. 26)

Canada hits China-made electric cars with 100% tariff, João da Silva, BBC News (Aug. 26)

Liberal staffers pull support for party in Montreal byelection, citing government's stance on Gaza, Evan Dyer and Raffy Boudjikanian, CBC News (Aug. 28)

Kevin Falcon moves to suspend BC United’s campaign, will work with BC Conservatives, Amy Judd, Global News (Aug. 28)

Poilievre urges Singh to end NDP deal with Liberals, force fall election, Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press (Aug. 29)

Winnipeg serial killer handed four life sentences in murders of Indigenous women, Danton Unger, CTV News (Aug. 28)

US

The DEA Is Using Matthew Perry’s Death to Fuel Its Drug War, Manisha Krishnan, Filter Magazine (Aug. 27)

Kamala Harris steals another idea from Trump. Now she wants to build the wall – no joke., Ingrid Jacques, USA Today (Aug, 28)

Ex-county official convicted of murdering Las Vegas reporter, The Washington Post (Aug. 28)

Kamala Harris Says She Would Appoint A Republican To Her Cabinet, Igor Bobic, HuffPost (Aug. 29)

World

(Australia) Home Affairs rejects three-quarters of Palestinian visa applications amid political furore, Natassia Chrysanthos, The Age (Aug. 24)

Australia gives workers right to ignore bosses’ after-hours calls, emails, Wing Kuang, Al Jazeera (Aug. 26)

Political chaos in France after Macron refuses to name PM from leftwing coalition, Kim Willsher, The Guardian (Aug. 26)

Indian police fire teargas at hundreds protesting over Kolkata doctor's rape, murder, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Reuters (Aug. 27)

Palestinian Man Found Dead in Belgium with his Hands & Feet Tied to a Tree, Ayesha Malik, S2J News (Aug. 27)

Israel-Palestine

UN aid operations halt in Gaza after Israeli evacuation orders: Official, Al Jazeera (Aug. 26)

Israeli minister Ben-Gvir says he would build synagogue on Al-Aqsa compound, Al Jazeera (Aug. 26)

Israel launches large-scale military invasion in the northern West Bank, Shatha Hanaysha, Mondoweiss (Aug. 28)

Israel agrees 'pauses' in Gaza assault to allow polio vaccination campaign, Middle East Eye (Aug. 30)

COVID

Why do we have to keep getting COVID?, Flannery Dean, The Globe and Mail (Aug. 24)

St. Joe's to shut down Parkwood long-COVID program due to lack of provincial funding, Kendra Seguin, CBC News (Aug. 27)

Young reporter wants to 'mask in peace', BBC News (Aug. 27)

Covid associated with increased risk for hearing loss in young adults, Richard Sima, The Washington Post (Aug. 29)

Quebec COVID-19 summer wave more lethal than last year's, Aaron Derfel, Montreal Gazette (Aug. 29)

Tech

Telegram app founder Pavel Durov reportedly arrested at French airport, Nadeem Badshah and Reuters, The Guardian (Aug. 24)

Dutch watchdog fines Uber $324 million for alleged inadequate protection of drivers’ data, Mike Corder, Associated Press (Aug. 26)

Israel Is Buying Google Ads to Discredit the UN’s Top Gaza Aid Agency, Paresh Dave, WIRED (Aug. 26)

Elon Musk’s xAI accused of worsening Memphis smog with unauthorized gas turbines at data center, Lora Kolodny, CNBC (Aug. 28)

Rootless Masculinity Influencers Are Pivoting to Wildly Antisemitic Claims, Anna Merlan, Mother Jones (Aug. 28)

OpenAI and Anthropic will share their models with the US government, Lauren Feiner, The Verge (Aug. 29)

Musk's X banned in Brazil after disinformation row, Sofa Ferreira Santos, BBC News (Aug. 30)

U.S. escalates efforts to halt Ottawa's digital services tax, Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press (Aug. 30)

AV Corner

Podcast: China's Place Across the 'Global South' - The Vietnam Weekly Podcast
Music: Dead, Rich or In Jail - Dune Rats and Fidlar
Video: Voting During the Genocide - Bad Empanada