The Catch-all: ICYMI November 16-22
The news I've been consuming this week
Hello everyone, hope you had a good week. Just a reminder that the latest episode of The North State was released last Monday. Writer, researcher and co-host of The Maple's Expats and Allies podcast Chuka Ejeckam joined me to dissect Canadian opinion sections and their terrible takeaways from Trump's election win. RSS feed here, or check out the link below. On with the news.
News Round-up
Ontario
U of T faculty members called into Dean’s office for supporting Palestine on social media, Olga Fedossenko, The Varsity (Nov. 18)
Ford government spent more than a week planning ‘end-of-day’ science centre closure, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Nov. 20)
Ford government moves to bar lawsuits over injured, killed cyclists after bike lane removals, Jack Hauen and Aidan Chamandy, The Trillium (Nov. 21)
Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish resigns from Peel Police Service Board in light of 21.3% budget increase, CBC News (Nov. 22)
Canada
UCP members push to adopt more dangerous anti-trans policies, Jeremy Appel, Canadian Dimension (Nov. 18)
NDP MP cautioned for wearing pin supporting Palestinians in the House of Commons, Raisa Patel, Toronto Star (Nov. 18)
The Federal Government Has Crushed Another Pair Of Strikes, Adam D.K. King, The Maple (Nov. 28)
Edmonton police Chief Dale McFee calls it quits; commission to begin search for successor, Keith Gerein, Edmonton Journal (Nov. 20)
Stephen Harper appointed chairman of Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Janet French, CBC News (Nov. 20)
Poilievre's office maintains tight control over what Conservative MPs say and do, Christian Noel, CBC News (Nov. 20)
Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles, Leyland Cecco, The Guardian (Nov. 20)
Vancouver police ignore FOI requests for chief's communications, Andrew Weichel and Lisa Steacy, CTV News (Nov. 21)
US
Trump nominates former Michigan congressman Pete Hoekstra to be ambassador to Canada, Darren Major, CBC News (Nov. 20)
How Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz unravelled in just eight days, Martin Pengelly, The Guardian (Nov. 21)
House passes dangerous bill that targets nonprofits, pro-Palestine groups, Michael Arria, Mondoweiss (Nov. 21)
World
Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners, Al Jazzera (Nov. 16)
Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia, Aamer Madhani, Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Matthew Lee and Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press (Nov. 17)
El Salvador court calls ex-president to trial for 1989 murders of priests, Reuters (Nov. 18)
Venezuela Sends Second 200-Ton Humanitarian Aid to Cuba, teleSUR (Nov. 1)
Israel-Palestine
Israel Targets, Injures One of the Only Journalists Left in North Gaza in Strike, Sharon Zhang, Truthout (Nov. 20)
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill at least 88, including children in their sleep, Al Jazeera (Nov. 21)
Top war-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others in Israel-Hamas fighting, Molly Quell, Associated Press (Nov. 21)
Trudeau says Canada would 'abide' by ICC arrest warrant for Israel PM Netanyahu, Stephanie Ha, CTV News (Nov. 21)
COVID
Brunch, Interrupted, Julia Doubleday, The Gauntlet (Nov. 20)
Tech
Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization, Sarah Scire, Nieman Lab (Nov. 18)
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have spelled out their plans for DOGE, Jay Peters, The Verge (Nov. 20)
US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press (Nov. 21)
Elon Musk is directing harassment toward individual federal workers, Jay Peters, The Verge (Nov. 22)
AV Corner
Podcast: Western Marxism is not anti-colonial w/ Gabriel Rockhill - The Red Nation Podcast
(Old) Music: Redemption & Ruin - The Devil Makes Three
Video: Why is Elon Musk Like That? - Second Thought
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