The Catch-All: ICYMI July 6-12

Happy weekend, all. I don't want to do too much preamble as my laptop is running out of battery, but I had a chance to read a lot more news this week. As always, I recommend you look through the headlines and click on what seems important, and just stow away the crucial info from the ones you don't click on. I'm hoping to make more time to do some journalism in the future once I get a better picture of my work schedule. Until then, I hope your news diet is as in-depth as possible!

News Round-up

Ontario

What’s at stake in the LCBO strike, Peter Hogarth, Spring Magazine (Jul. 8)

Doug Ford still using personal phone as transparency battle over call log continues, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Jul. 10)

'Perfect rat storm': Ontario cities seek ways to fight increasingly visible rats, Sheila Reid, The Canadian Press (Jul. 10)

Excluded: The Legal Loophole Barring Hundreds of Ontario Students From School, Sakeina Syed, The Local (Jul. 10)

Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college says, Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press (Jul. 11)

Canada

Group Threatens to Blockade Highway Over Illegal Dumping in Kanesatake, Christopher Curtis, The Rover (Jul. 3)

Some analysts are now saying Global’s owner is headed for bankruptcy — can Corus be saved?, Ana Pereira, Toronto Star (Jul. 6)

Renters with disabilities live in fear of eviction. Now, this man with PTSD sleeps in a shed, Natalie Stechyson, CBC News (Jul. 7)

Silk, Great Value plant-based beverages recalled across Canada, CBC News (Jul. 8)

The Fall of François Legault, Philippe J. Fournier, The Walrus (Jul. 10)

Kernatium Division: Canadian Teenagers Create Militia Intended to “Kill Jews And Immigrants”, Peter Smith, Canadian Anti-Hate Network

'Justice was served today': Winnipeg serial killer Jeremy Skibicki convicted on four counts of first-degree murder, Danton Unger, CTV News (Jul. 11)

US

'I had to downgrade my life' - US workers in debt to buy groceries, Natalie Sherman and Nathalie Jimenez, BBC News (Jul. 7)

Fascism Is Already Here, Cde. Peter, Red Clarion (Jul. 8)

Arsenic, lead and other toxic metals detected in tampons, study finds, Kate Gibson, CBS News (Jul. 8)

Internal memo reveals Anti-Defamation League surveillance of leftwing activist, Tom Perkins, The Guardian (Jul. 9)

‘Wall Street Journal’ sued by star reporter for discrimination, David Folkenflik, NPR (Jul. 9)

Why Did the National Education Association Just Lock Out Its Own Staffers?, Kim Kelly, Truthout (Jul. 9)

Massachusetts ballot question would give Uber and Lyft drivers right to form a union, Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press (Jul. 10)

Fake electors get tapped as GOP convention delegates, Sara Murray and Zachary Cohen, CNN (Jul. 10)

World

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso military leaders sign new pact, rebuff ECOWAS, Al Jazeera (Jul. 6)

French voters deliver a win for the left, a blow for Le Pen and a hung parliament, Juliette Jabkhiro, Layli Foroudi and Zhifan Liu, Reuters (Jul. 7)

Kenyan cult leader goes on trial on terrorism charges over 400 deaths, Agence France-Presse via The Guardian (Jul. 8)

Exclusive: NATO will need 35-50 extra brigades under new defence plans, Sabine Siebold, Reuters (Jul. 8)

Cuba foils plot to sneak arms onto island from U.S., official says, Nelson Acosta, Reuters (Jul. 9)

Devastation as world’s biggest wetland burns: ‘those that cannot run don’t stand a chance’, Harriet Barber, The Guardian (Jul. 9)

Kenyan president sacks cabinet after anti-tax protests, Basillioh Rukanga and Wycliffe Muia, BBC News (Jul. 11)

Burkina Faso: New Law Will Criminalize Homosexual Relations, teleSUR (Jul. 11)

Israel-Palestine

Five Palestinian journalists among dozens killed by Israel in 24 hours, The Cradle (Jul. 6)

IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on October 7 to Prevent Hamas Taking Soldiers Captive, Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz (Jul. 7)

‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza, Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine (Jul. 8)

US set to wind down Gaza pier operations, Al Jazeera (Jul. 11)

COVID

NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — and this variant's harder to duck, Caroline Lewis, Gothamist (Jul. 4)

San Jose just recorded COVID in the wastewater at 99.99% of its peak, Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News (Jul. 8)

Higher Covid-19 Vaccination Rates Linked To Lower Prevalence Of Pediatric Asthma Symptoms, Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes (Jul. 8)

‘Playing COVID roulette’: Some infected by FLiRT variants report their most unpleasant symptoms yet, Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times (Jul. 8)

Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection, National Institutes of Health (Jul. 11)

Tech

First known TikTok mob attack led by middle schoolers tormenting teachers, Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica (Jul. 8)

Meta claims news is not an antidote to misinformation on its platforms, Josh Taylor, The Guardian (Jul. 9)

Thousands of Samsung workers launch indefinite strike over pay, Jess Weatherbed, The Verge (Jul. 10)

AI Finds That AI Is Great In New Garbage Research From Tony Blair Institute, Emanuel Maiberg, 404 Media (Jul. 10)

NATO’s newest weapon is online content creators, Taylor Lorenz, The Washington Post (Jul. 10)

SpaceX space junk crashed onto Saskatchewan farmland, highlighting a potential impending disaster, Aaron Boley and Samantha Lawler, The Conversation (Jul. 11)

Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach, Matt Egan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (Jul. 12)

Exclusive: Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 election, Sara Fischer, Axios (Jul. 12)

AV Corner

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