The Catch-All: ICYMI July 13-20

Hey all, hope you had a good week. I haven't included updates about the LCBO strike, because a very strange Friday occurred. There was a deal between the LCBO and OPSEU announced, then apparently the union asked for back strike-pay after the deal was reached. The government used this to justify their decision to refuse to sign paperwork. There was a very nasty couple of hours but a tentative deal has apparently been reached this morning for the LCBO to reopen Tuesday that the union will vote on. All of this has been quite difficult to follow, especially for a round-up, but that's the summation of it.

Anyway, on with the news!

News Round-up

Ontario

‘Throwaway cost’: Doug Ford ordered Highway 413 signs, then replaced them weeks later, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Jul. 17)

Ontario Science Centre survives severe rainstorm despite fears over roof, Colin D'Mello and Isaac Callan, Global News (Jul. 18)

Corus cuts radio, TV jobs in Kingston as part of cost savings, Jan Murphy, The Whig-Standard (Jul. 18)

56 child-care projects planned for schools across Ontario 'cancelled': government docs, Sneh Duggal, The Trillium (Jul. 19)

Ford gives Ontario ministers new marching orders: ‘Move the province forward’, Colin D'Mello and Isaac Callan, Global News (Jul. 19)

Canada

Tick-spread illnesses are on the rise in Canada. Are surveillance, awareness efforts keeping up?, Lauren Pelley, CBC News (Jul. 13)

Former Alberta cabinet minister Tyler Shandro not guilty of unprofessional conduct, law society says, Madeleine Cummings, CBC News (Jul. 18)

Evacuations ordered throughout B.C. Interior as wildfires grow, CBC News (Jul. 18)

Justin Trudeau picks Steven MacKinnon as new labour minister after Seamus O’Regan steps down, Mark Ramzy and Alex Ballingall, Toronto Star (Jul. 19)

US

Republicans Just Handed Down a Death Sentence to the Nation's Coal Miners, Kim Kelly, In These Times (Jul. 11)

How LASD surveilled me, a journalist, after I started reporting on deputy gangs, Cerise Castle, Los Angeles Public Press (Jul. 17)

Cult of the leader in Milwaukee: The Republican Party is now Donald Trump’s party, Iker Seisdedos, El País (Jul. 18)

Largest housing provider for migrant children engaged in pervasive sexual abuse, US says, Paul J. Weber and Valerie Jonzalez, Associated Press (Jul. 19)

World

Thailand is set to roll out a controversial $13.8 billion handout plan in digital money to citizens, Jintamas Saksornchai, Associated Press (Jul. 15)

Committee calls for 'immediate' preparations for united Ireland, RTÉ News (Jul. 16)

Caribbean leaders call for ‘Marshall plan’ to help rebuild after Hurricane Beryl, Natricia Duncan, The Guardian (Jul. 18)

Warring parties agree to extend shaky ceasefire in eastern DR Congo, Africanews and Associated Press (Jul. 18)

Haiti: Unprecedented Sexual Violence Against Women, UN, teleSUR (Jul. 18)

At least 17 dead as Bangladesh student protests over jobs intensify, Al Jazeera (Jul. 18)

Journalist told to pay damages for mocking Italian PM's height, Christy Cooney, BBC News (Jul. 18)

Israel-Palestine

Testimonies from the Mawasi massacre: 90 people buried in the sand, Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss (Jul 14)

Israel bombs 6th UN-run school in Gaza in 10 days, kills dozens, Al Jazeera (Jul. 16)

ICJ says Israel’s presence in Palestinian territory is unlawful, Al Jazeera (Jul. 19)

Drone attack on Israel’s Tel Aviv leaves one dead, at least 10 injured, Al Jazeera (Jul. 19)

COVID

Tour de France reintroduces mask mandate amid COVID-19 concerns, Barry Ryan, Cycling News (Jul. 14)

P.E.I.’s CPHO not currently reporting COVID-19 viral levels in wastewater, Stu Neatby, Saltwire (Jul. 15)

COVID Rates Are Rising Again. Why Does It Spread So Well in the Summer?, Tanya Lewis, Scientific American (Jul. 16)

Ontario can’t make COVID-19 disappear by pretending it doesn’t exist, Iris Gorfinkel, Toronto Star (Jul. 16)

Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling, Ziyad Al-Aly, The Conversation (Jul. 18)

Tech

OpenAI whistleblowers call for SEC probe into NDAs that kept employees from speaking out on safety risks, Cheyenne Macdonald, Engadget (Jul. 13)

Generative AI Hype Cycle Is Hitting ‘Trough of Disillusionment’, Emanuel Maiberg, 404 Media (Jul. 18)

A faulty software update causes havoc worldwide for airlines, hospitals and governments, Charlotte Graham-Mclay, Elaine Kurtenbach, David McHugh, Haleluya Hadero and Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press (Jul. 19)

Twitch restores former President Trump’s Twitch account, Danny Gallagher, Engadget (Jul. 19)

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