The Catch-all: ICYMI August 31- September 6

Hello all, hope you're having a good weekend. I was invited on to Rabble Rants with Jessa McLean so we could dissect the NDP's move to withdraw from their supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals. You can listen at the link below.

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News Round-up

Ontario

Ontario Science Centre: City inspectors scrambled to respond to shutdown, documents show, Jon Woodward, CTV News (Sep. 3)

Ford rules out Ontario election in 2024, but could call one in early 2025, Liam Casey, The Canadian Press (Sep. 3)

New study says Kingston faces land 'shortfall' to meet future employment growth, Bill Hutchins, Kingstonist (Sep. 4)

Ontario's corner stores begin selling alcohol as rules loosen, Liam Casey and Rianna Lim, The Canadian Press (Sep. 5)

Canada

BC NDP Knows This Tool Protects Renters. But Rejects It, Mo Amir, The Tyee (Sep. 4)

Cyclist struck by car during Winnipeg protest, Charles Lefebvre, CTV News (Sep. 4)

Canadian mega landlord using AI ‘pricing scheme’ as it massively hikes rents, The Breach (Sep. 4)

Releasing names of 900 alleged Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada could embarrass federal government, bureaucrats told, David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen (Sep. 4)

Far-Right Media Outlet Linked to Secret Russian Influence Campaign Produced 50+ Videos Focused on Canada, Luke LeBrun, PressProgress (Sep. 5)

Ukrainian group says it plans court challenge to prevent release of names of alleged Nazi war criminals, David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen (Sep. 6)

US

Labor Day hotel strikes reflect the frustrations of a workforce largely made up of women of color, Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press (Sep. 2)

Tucker Carlson accused of airing ‘pro-Nazi propaganda’ on show – as Elon Musk promotes it as ‘worth watching’, Rhian Lubin, Independent (Sep. 4)

How some of the internet's most popular pro-Trump pundits ended up as paid messengers for Russian propaganda, Brandy Zadrozny and Ryan J. Reilly, NBC News (Sep. 5)

Loss of bats to lethal fungus linked to 1,300 child deaths in US, study says, Rebekah White, The Guardian (Sep. 5)

Donald Trump says he’ll task Elon Musk with auditing the entire federal government, Emma Roth, The Verge (Sep. 6)

World

BRICS New Development Bank authorizes Algeria to join, Reuters (Aug. 31)

Brazil's Amazon rainforest fires in August reach 14-year high, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Reuters (Sep. 1)

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is shot and wounded in a confrontation with police, Rodney Muhumuza, Reuters (Sep. 3)

David Cameron sat on advice that there was breach of law in Gaza, officials say, Patrick Wintour and Kiran Stacey, The Guardian (Sep. 3)

Two loggers shot dead with arrows in clash with Indigenous group in Peruvian Amazon, Dan Collyns, The Guardian (Sep. 4)

Washington Uses Drug Trafficking Narratives to Destabilize Honduras, teleSUR (Sep. 4)

Michel Barnier named as new French prime minister, Dalal Mawad, Stephanie Halasz, Sophie Tanno and Emmanuel Miculita, CNN (Sep. 5)

Israel-Palestine

West Bank shooting kills three Israelis as Jenin turns 'catastrophic', Beatrice Farhat, Al-Monitor (Sep. 1)

This 20-year-old says IDF used him as a human shield when searching houses in Gaza. He's not the only one, Yasmine Hassan and Mohamed El Saife, CBC News (Sep. 4)

Israeli army kills American activist in occupied West Bank, Michael Arria and Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss (Sep. 6)

Israeli forces withdraw from Jenin, step up raids in other West Bank areas, Al Jazeera (Sep. 6)

COVID

An even more contagious COVID strain is ‘just getting started’ amid California wave, Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times (Aug. 30)

Ontario dropped wastewater testing early, with no plan for feds to step in: documents, Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen (Sep. 1)

As COVID Surges, the High Price of Viral Denial, Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee (Sep. 3)

No Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in Canada this fall, immunocompromised N.B. woman feels 'expendable', Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News (Sep. 6)

Tech

Musk’s Twitter investors have lost billions in value, Faiz Siddiqui, The Washington Post (Sep. 1)

Sextortion Scammers Try to Scare People by Sending Photos of Their Homes, Samantha Cole, 404 Media (Sep. 3)

Appeals Court Upholds Decision Against Internet Archive’s Book Scanning Program, Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly (Sep. 4)

‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine, Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Sep. 4)

Telegram changes its tone on moderating private chats after CEO’s arrest, Mia Sato, The Verge (Sep. 5)

AV Corner

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