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News Round-up

Ontario

Ontario tables bill to return lands to the Greenbelt, Allison Jones, The Canadian Press (Oct. 16)

Ford government moves to bar Hamilton MPP from being recognized at Queen Park after Gaza comments, Samantha Beattie, CBC News (Oct. 16)

Ontario MPPs vote 78-0 to condemn Hamas, affirm Israel's right of self defence amid ongoing war, CBC News (Oct. 19)

Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama threatens to sue Premier Doug Ford for defamation, Samantha Beattie, CBC News (Oct. 19)

Doug Ford's government promised 1 inspector for every 2 long-term care homes. That hasn't happened, Mike Crawley CBC News (Oct. 20)

Ontario doctor suspended, his address published after pro-Palestinian social media posts, Brishti Basu, CBC News (Oct. 20)

Canada

Jagmeet Singh survives leadership vote, after pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally at NDP convention, Jeremie Charron, CTV News (Oct. 14)

The U.K. and New Zealand want to ban the next generation from smoking at any age. Should Canada follow?, Stephanie Dubois, CBC Radio (Oct. 17)

We fact-checked residential school denialists and debunked their ‘mass grave hoax’ theory, Sean Carleton and Reid Gerbrandt, The Conversation (Oct. 17)

EDITORIAL STATEMENT: NDP Officials No Longer Welcome At The Maple, Alex Cosh and Davide Mastracci, The Maple (Oct. 18)

Canada Will Legalize Medically Assisted Dying For People Addicted to Drugs, Manisha Krishman, Vice News (Oct. 19)

We caught technicians at Best Buy, Mobile Klinik, Canada Computers and others snooping on our personal devices, Stephanie Kampf, Asha Tomlinson, Jenny Cowley, CBC Marketplace (Oct. 20)

By law, Sask. youth under 16 now need parental consent before changing pronouns at school, Drew Postey, CTV News (Oct. 20)

World

Australia rejects historic referendum to recognise Indigenous people in constitution, Vishwam Sankaran, The Independent (Oct. 14)

Man targeted 6-year-old boy, mom in deadly Plainfield stabbing because they are Muslim: detectives, Michell Gallardo, Maher Kawash, ABC 7 (Oct. 15)

The Google antitrust trial has been frustratingly locked down — the NYT just filed a motion to open it up, Nilay Patel, The Verge (Oct 16)

Every member of Bandcamp union bargaining team was laid off in huge cuts at Oakland firm, Stephen Council, SFGate (Oct. 17)

Israel-Gaza

Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms, Yuval Abraham, 972 Magazine (Oct. 13)

Scoop: White House has discussed U.S. military response if Hezbollah attacks Israel, Barak Ravid, Axios (Oct. 17)

Fears grow people are dehydrating to death in Gaza as clean water runs out, Bethan McKernan, The Guardian (Oct. 17)

Iran warns of ‘preemptive’ action against Israel amid Gaza war, Al Jazeera (Oct. 17)

‘Verified’ OSINT Accounts Are Destroying the Israel-Palestine Information Ecosystem, Joseph Cox, Emanual Maiberg 404 Media (Oct. 18)

Israel finalising regulations to shut down Al Jazeera office, The Business Standard (Oct. 20)

Investigations reveal discrepancies in Israel’s Gaza hospital attack claims, Al Jazeera (Oct. 20)

CNN’s Sara Sidner is accosted by a person in the West Bank, who screams at her: “You are genocide supporters! Fuck CNN!,” The Recount (Oct. 20)

COVID

Scientists Offer a New Explanation for Long Covid, Pam Belluck, The New York Times (Oct. 16)

Serotonin levels are depleted in long Covid patients, study says, pointing to a potential cause for ‘brain fog,’ Elizabeth Cooney, Stat News (Oct. 16)

6% of Workers' Comp Cases Are for Long COVID, But Many Can't Collect, Tinker Ready, Medscape (Oct.16)

Covid deaths are on the rise again, so what happens? Mask-wearing in hospitals is scrapped, George Monbiot, The Guardian (Oct. 16)

What Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis?, Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American (November 2023 Issue)

A/V Corner

Podcast: We are Jewish Anti-Zionists feat. Jeremy Appel- Haus of Decline

Video: We Need To Talk About “Authoritarianism”- Second Thought

(Old) Music: Strange Tourist- Gareth Liddiard