The Catch-all: ICYMI November 23-29
The news I've been consuming this week
Hello all, hope your weekend is going smoothly. Not much to update, so I suppose it's on with the news round-up!
News Round-up
Ontario
Ford gov’t passes law to remove Ontario bike lanes, frustrate future installations, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Nov. 25)
Canada is one step closer to burying nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario, Fatima Syed, The Narwhal (Nov. 28)
'This is now case law': Board orders Kingston doctor to repay OHIP more than $600,000, Tori Stafford, Kingstonist (Nov. 29)
TVO lays off journalists as it pivots away from written news, Jessica Smith Cross, The Trillium (Nov. 29)
Canada
Meta fights CRTC, refuses to publicly release info on news blocking measures, Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press (Nov. 22)
Feds apologize for role in the slaughter of Inuit sled dogs, Savanna Craig, APTN News (Nov. 23)
Canada’s Far Right Is Getting Bolder, Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Aurélie Campana and Samuel Tanner, The Walrus (Nov. 28)
Police Treat Nazi Monument As ‘War Memorial’ In Alleged Vandalism Case, Taylor C. Noakes, The Maple (Nov. 28)
Canada Post says it has been temporarily laying off striking workers, Jenna Benchetrit, CBC News (Nov. 28)
Hit man offered $100,000 to kill Montreal crime reporter covering his trial, Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press (Nov. 29)
US
How the US Media Helped the Biden Administration Distance Itself From the Horrors of Gaza, Adam Johnson and Othman Ali, The Nation (Nov. 25)
Trump vows new Canada, Mexico, China tariffs that threaten global trade, Costas Pitas, Reuters (Nov. 26)
Team Trump Debates ‘How Much Should We Invade Mexico?’, Asawin Suebsaeng and Andre Perez, Rolling Stone (Nov. 27)
World
Australia withdraws a misinformation bill after critics compare it to censorship, Associated Press (Nov. 24)
The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated, Jim Gomez, Associated Press (Nov. 23)
White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so it has enough troops to battle Russia, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press (Nov. 27)
One dead, thousands displaced as floods hit southern Thailand, AFP via VNExpress International (Nov. 28)
Israel-Palestine
Dying in ‘Hell’: The fate of Palestinian medics jailed by Israel, Simon Speakman Cordall, Al Jazeera (Nov. 24)
Israeli government sanctions Haaretz, severs all ties, Middle East Eye (Nov. 24)
Doomsday is looming in the occupied West Bank, and the PA carries on as usual, Middle East Eye (Nov. 24)
Biden OKs $680m Israel arms sale despite new Gaza ceasefire push: Reports, Al Jazeera (Nov. 27)
At least 42 Palestinians killed as Israel ramps up bombing in central Gaza, Al Jazeera (Nov. 28)
Day 2 of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire sees Israeli airstrike on Lebanon and scattered attacks, Kareem Chehayeb and Julia Frankel, Associated Press (Nov. 28)
COVID
Everything Wrong with Canada's Proposed Long COVID Recommendations, Simon Spichak, Canadian Health Sentinel (Nov. 25)
Four years on from the pandemic and long Covid’s inequalities have only worsened, Mohamed Ali, Telegraph (Nov. 27)
Trump pick for US health agency proposed ‘herd immunity’ during Covid, Melody Schreiber, The Guardian (Nov. 27)
For the love of God, Covid isn’t over – so can people please wear masks?, Sam Williams, The Canary (Nov. 28)
Long COVID appears to be driven by ‘long infection’. Here’s what the science says, Brendan Crabb and Gabriela Khoury, The Conversation (Nov. 28)
Tech
Meta is ‘reckless’ in ‘need-to-know situations’, Canada warns Australia as it braces for early bushfire season, Tory shepherd, The Guardian (Nov. 23)
Canada’s major news organizations band together to sue ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Josh Rubin, Toronto Star (Nov. 29)
Canada watchdog sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct, BBC News (Nov. 28)
AV Corner
Podcast: Canada's Criminal Bank - The Hatchet
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