The Catch-All: ICYMI June 15-21

Guess what? I'm finished my undergraduate degree in journalism! I just submitted my last assignments and wrapped up my final exams. Depending on grades (of which I have little doubt I'll pass) I will officially have completed my degree.

What does this mean for The Catch? Well it means I'll have an analysis piece out next week, as has been desperately missing from this newsletter since I was overwhelmed with school and work. Secondly, while I have started a new job, the shifts will become less and less reliable. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as I hope to do journalism when and where I can to combine incomes. Long story short, I'll be able to dedicate more time to this newsletter and publishing articles elsewhere.

Excited for you to start this journey with me!

News Round-up

Ontario

LCBO workers vote in favour of strike: ‘Don’t force a dry summer’, Isaac Callan, Global News (Jun. 16)

Inside the ‘shocking’ police operation targeting pro-Palestine activists in Toronto, Martin Lukacs, The Breach (Jun. 17)

How a political disaster brewed in Brighton, Charlie Pinkerton, The Trillium (Jun. 17)

Ontario Line subway project price tag increases by billions of dollars, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Jun. 21)

Businessman killed in Toronto triple shooting defrauded hundreds of victims, netted at least $100-million, records show, Patrick White, Colin Freeze and Mariya Postelnyak, The Globe and Mail (Jun. 21)

Canada

Public blasted Trudeau, other politicians for honouring Nazi division veteran, documents show, David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen (Jun. 18)

Ousted national chief sues Assembly of First Nations for $5M, Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News (Jun. 18)

Calgary cop repeatedly used racial slurs and threatened his colleague before getting promoted, review board hears, Jeremy Appel, Progress Report (Jun. 19)

Saskatchewan ignoring requests from privacy commissioner to release documents: report, Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press (Jun. 20)

Four Of Canada’s Federal Party Leaders Invested In Real Estate, Davide Mastracci, The Maple (Jun. 20)

‘Save the Children Convoy’ Finally Ends, Leaving Farmer With Piles of Garbage, Rancid Food and Unpaid Bills, Luke LeBrun, PressProgress (Jun. 21)

US

Steve Bannon asks the Supreme Court to keep him out of prison, Ryan J. Reilly and Daniel Barnes, NBC News (Jun. 21)

Texas Megachurch pastor who sat on Trump faith board resigns after admitting molesting girl, 12, in the 1980s, Mike Bedigan, Independent (Jun. 18)

World

Von der Leyen buries report slamming Italy as she seeks Meloni’s vote, Clothilde Goujard, POLITICO (Jun. 16)

We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality, Marianne Cooper and Maxim Voronov, Scientific American (Jun. 18)

Almost 2,000 children die every day from air pollution, report finds, Fiona Harvey, The Guardian (Jun. 18)

Relatives search for missing in Saudi Arabia as hajj death toll tops 900, France 24 (Jun. 19)

Gay sex ban in Namibia ruled unconstitutional, Natasha Booty, BBC News (Jun. 21)

At least 200 injured, 100 arrested in Kenya tax protests: Rights groups, Al Jazeera (Jun. 21)

Israel-Palestine

Blinken’s lies about Hamas rejecting a ceasefire reveal the Biden administration’s true intentions, Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss (Jun. 15)

Israel to ‘strengthen’ Jewish settlements in West Bank after countries recognize Palestinian state, Oren Liebermann CNN (Jun. 16)

The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or more, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press (Jun. 17)

Netanyahu dissolves influential war Cabinet after key partner bolted from government, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press (Jun. 17)

Palestinian journalist describes torture, abuse at Israeli detention camp, Qais Abu Samra, Anadolu Ajansi (Jun. 20)

COVID

Yes, Everyone Really Is Sick a Lot More Often After Covid, Jinshan Hong and Bhuma Shrivastava, Bloomberg (Jun. 14)

Months after being diagnosed with COVID-19, one in five people are still suffering from symptoms, new research finds, Brianna Morris-Grant, ABC News (Australia) (Jun. 17)

Cargill avoids damages for handling of early days of COVID-19 that left two employees dead, 951 with virus, Matt Scace, Calgary Herald (Jun. 19)

Think you have a summer cold? There's a good chance it's COVID: experts, Teri Fikowski, CTV News (Jun. 19)

Tech

Stop playing games with online security, Signal president warns EU lawmakers, Natasha Lomas, Tech Crunch (Jun. 17)

AI Images in Google Search Results Have Opened a Portal to Hell, Emanuel Maiberg, 404 Media (Jun. 17)

STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus, Caroline Haskins, WIRED (Jun. 18)

TikTok confirms it offered US government a 'kill switch', Imran Rahman-Jones, BBC News (Jun. 21)

AV Corner

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