The Catch-all: ICYMI October 12-18

Hello all, hope your week went well. I didn't release an analysis piece this week, but with the long weekend and graduating from TMU with a bachelor's in journalism (and a minor in politics) it's been quite a week.

I've also had my hands full with The North State. The second part in my three-part series on the Canadian response to Israel's genocide in Gaza has been released. I spoke with Alex Cosh from The Maple and Justin Brake from The Independent about how each of them have confronted the Canadian government about their support of Israel. Check it out below. Third and final episode in the series releases on Monday.

Listen below. Anyway, on with the news!

News Round-up

Ontario

Ford government will not ‘take no for an answer’ on Highway 401 tunnel plan, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Oct. 12)

There are unexploded WWII bombs in Ottawa’s Mer Bleue bog: documents, David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen (Oct. 15)

Workers Just Won the First Walmart Warehouse Union in Canada, Kari Thompson, Jacobin (Oct. 18)

Ontario has never seen an MPP like Sol Mamakwa, Jon Thompson, Ricochet (Oct. 18)

Canada

BC Conservative Candidate Posted Graphic Instructing Critics of Donald Trump on How to 'Kill Themselves', Luke LeBrun, PressProgress (Oct. 15)

I resigned from Canada’s largest broadcasting corporation over its complicity in Israel’s genocide, Arfa Rana, Mondoweiss (Oct. 16)

Trudeau tells inquiry some Conservative parliamentarians are involved in foreign interference, Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News (Oct. 16)

Poilievre refuses to learn which members of his party are involved in political interference, Nick Seebruch, rabble.ca (Oct. 16)

Feds won't commit to cutting alleged Nazi collaborators' names from Victims of Communism memorial, David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen (Oct. 18)

Big tobacco companies reach tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with Canada, Associated Press (Oct. 18)

US

North Carolina authorities arrest armed man after threats against FEMA workers, Brianna Sacks and Dan Lamothe, Washington Post (Oct. 14)

JD Vance thinks monarchists have some good ideas, Gaby Del Valle, The Verge (Oct. 16)

World

Vietnam wants to learn from China's railway construction experience: Deputy PM, VnExpress (Oct. 12)

Anti-Zionist beliefs ‘worthy of respect’, UK tribunal finds, Matthew Weaver and agencies, The Guardian (Oct. 14)

Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?, Patrick Greenfield, The Guardian (Oct. 14)

Zambians struggle with electricity shortages driven by drought, Rédaction Africanews and AP, africanews, (Oct. 13)

Israel-Palestine

Israeli Defense Officials: Gov't Pushing Aside Hostage Deal, Eyeing Gaza Annexation, Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz (Oct. 13)

US to deploy about 100 troops to operate advanced anti-missile system in Israel amid heightened tensions, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (Oct. 13)

Palestinians seen burning alive in horrifying videos following Israeli bombing of Gaza hospital, The New Arab (Oct. 14)

US officials attend Gaza aid meetings on site of Israeli prison accused of ‘horrific’ torture, Jonathan Guyer, The Guardian (Oct. 14)

Israel is ‘erasing northern Gaza’, aid groups warn, Middle East Eue (Oct. 16)

COVID

In children, Covid is tied to higher risk of type 2 diabetes, Elizabeth Cooney, Stat News (Oct. 14)

Tech

Twitter/X's short-sighted block function update is almost here, Emma Keates, AV Club (Oct. 16)

Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more, Alex Heath and Jay Peters, The Verge (Oct. 16)

This Is Exactly How an Elon Musk-Funded PAC Is Microtargeting Muslims and Jews With Opposing Messages, Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Oct. 18)

AV Corner

Podcast: The curious case of the third 'assassination attempt' of Donald Trump - The Morning Edition
Music: Shooting Star - Benjamin Tod
Video: Authenticity in Music - Gabi Belle