The Catch-all: ICYMI March 9-15

Hello everyone, I hope you had a good week. It's been rough over here but who isn't having a bad time lately? Anyway, I'll readily admit that I'm not keeping up with Ontario news as much as I should. My priorities have (temporarily) shifted to school but I hope to have more free time at the end of this semester to delve into politics a little bit more.

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News Round-up

Ontario

Most Ontarians don’t believe a long-term care bed should count as a home: new poll, Colin D'Mello and Isaac Callan, Global News (Mar. 11)

Cenotaph Honouring SS Veterans Won’t Return To Oakville Cemetery: Source, Taylor C. Noakes, The Maple (Mar. 14)

Canada

From luxury bunkers to tactical vehicles, the ultra-rich are preparing for the Big One, Andre Maye, CBC News (Mar. 9)

Average asking rent prices reach $2,193 in February, up 10.5% from 2023, The Canadian Press via CP24 (Mar. 11)

Military leaders ignored more than decade of sex misconduct allegations involving 'Officer X': report, David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen (Mar. 12)

Getting an education lowers a prisoner’s likelihood of reoffending. So why does Canada make it nearly impossible for inmates to take online courses?, Brendan Kennedy, The Toronto Star (Mar. 15)

US

Protesters Turn Oscars Red Carpet Into Gridlock as Show Threatens to Start With Many Empty Seats, Jaden Thompson, Matt Donnelly and Jordan Moreau, Variety (Mar. 10)

Warden is ousted as FBI raids California women’s prison known as the ‘rape club’, Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times (Mar. 12)

SXSW Stands By Military, Weapons Maker Partnerships As Bands Boycott Over Gaza, Matt Shuham, HuffPost (Mar. 12)

Federal judge finds Flint, Michigan, in contempt for missing water line replacement deadlines, Paul Egan, USA Today (Mar. 13)

Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China: Reuters exclusive, Joel Schectman and Christopher Bing, Reuters (Mar. 14)

World

India implements ‘anti-Muslim’ 2019 citizenship law weeks before election, Al Jazeera (Mar. 11)

4 million people face ‘acute food insecurity’ in troubled Haiti, says UN food agency official, Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press (Mar. 12)

The UK government has published a new definition of ‘extremism.’ Critics fear it could curtail free speech, Luke McGee, CNN (Mar. 14)

Israel-Palestine

Iron bars, electric shocks, dogs and cigarette burns: How Palestinians are tortured in Israeli detention, Ahmed Aziz, Lubna Masarwa and Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye (Mar. 11)

Why is the US setting up temporary port off Gaza for aid deliveries?, Al Jazeera (Mar. 11)

‘Massacre’: Israel forces attack crowds waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 21, Al Jazeera (Mar. 15)

Netanyahu approves Rafah attack plans as aid ship reaches Gaza, Jason Burke, The Guardian (Mar. 15)

COVID

Disabled people's exclusion from indoor spaces is a civil rights violation, not an annoyance, Julia Doubleday, The Gauntlet (Mar. 11)

Overview of the Medium- and Long-Term Complications Associated with COVID-19, Pandemic Patients (Mar. 12)

Many countries are bouncing back from the pandemic but the poorest are not, UN says, Edith M. Lederer, Assoiated Press (Mar. 14)

My body can’t tolerate alcohol anymore after getting COVID. I’m not alone, Nuala Bishari, San Francisco Chronicle (Mar. 14)

‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms, Melody Schreiber, The Guardian (Mar. 15)

Tech

Airbnb bans all indoor security cameras, Diba Mohtasham, NPR (Mar. 11)

Amazon's Hidden Chatbot Recommends Nazi Books and Lies About Amazon Working Conditions, Jason Keobler, 404 Media (Mar. 12)

SXSW Audiences Loudly Boo Festival Videos Touting the Virtues of AI, Michael Schneider, Variety (Mar. 13)

The U.S. Wants to Ban TikTok for the Sins of Every Social Media Company, Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Mar. 13)

Pornhub Pulls Out of Texas, Samantha Cole, 404 Media (Mar. 14)

AV Corner

Podcast: Is Canada heading toward a measles outbreak? - This Matters
Video: J.K. Rowling & Holocaust Denial - Caelan Conrad
Music: Thot Police - ACxDC