The Catch-all: ICYMI October 19-25

Hello all, happy weekend. I wanted to just mention that after three episodes of the North State, we've reached 1,000 downloads! This latest episode, and the conclusion to the series on the Canadian response to Israel's genocide in Palestine speaks directly with the people who have been impacted. I highly recommend you listen, if you haven't. On with the news!

News Round-up

Ontario

’Holy moly’: OPP’s 23% bill increase in Napanee one of highest in area, Michelle Dorey Forestell, The Kingston Whig-Standard (Oct. 21)

Ottawa set to bypass Ford government with money to end encampments, Colin D'Mello and Isaac Callan, Global News (Oct. 22)

Ontario plans to bar international students from medical schools starting in 2026, Liam Casey, The Canadian Press (Oct. 25)

‘They’re coming out’: Ford says he will remove bike lanes from 3 Toronto streets, Colin D'Mello and Isaac Callan, Global News (Oct. 23)

Canada

INVESTIGATION — Journalists denounce pressure from the pro-Israel group Honest Reporting Canada, Loubna Chlaikhy, La Converse (Oct. 22)

Canada will cut its permanent immigration levels by at least 20 per cent, Hunter Crowther, CTV News (Oct. 23)

Why I Left CTV News: the Fight for Press Freedom in Canada, Iman Kassam, The Rover (Oct. 24)

Woman found dead in oven at Halifax Walmart located by her mother, organization says, Rebecca Lau, Global News (Oct. 24)

Postmedia reporter says KGB allegations are 'ridiculous' and 'entirely false', Sturt Thomson, National Post (Oct. 25)

US

Musk pledges $1m each day in apparent bid to galvanize Republican voters, Hugo Lowell, The Guardian (Oct. 20)

Trump kicks off a Pennsylvania rally by talking about Arnold Palmer’s genitalia, Michelle L. Price and Will Weissert, Associated Press (Oct. 20)

Without Knowledge or Consent (For years, America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives.), Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica (Oct. 24)

World

Senator interrupts King Charles's speech to accuse him of 'genocide', Ross Hunter, The National (Oct. 21)

Cuba and Bolivia Are Honored to Join BRICS as Partner Countries, teleSUR (Oct. 25)

Israel-Palestine

UK counterterrorism police raid home of Electronic Intifada journalist Asa Winstanley, Middle East Eye (Oct. 18)

Israel strikes Syrian capital Damascus, military site near Homs, Al Jazeera (Oct. 24)

Survivors of north Gaza invasion report Israeli ‘extermination’ campaign, Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss (Oct. 25)

Three journalists killed in Israeli attack in southern Lebanon, Al Jaeera (Oct. 25)

Israel launches attack on Iran with explosions heard in Tehran, Middle East Eye (Oct. 26)

COVID

Will long COVID sway the 2024 election? These Rutgers researchers think it could, Gene Myers, North Jersey.com (Oct. 21)

Toronto hospitals with UHN reinstate masking requirements ahead of the flu, cold and COVID season, Elissa Mendes, Toronto Star (Oct. 21)

Tech

Amazon Says It Has a First Amendment Right to Union Bust, Jules Roscoe, 404 Media (Oct. 22)

Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics, Joseph Cox, 404 Media (Oct. 23)

AV Corner

Podcast: Detailing India's alleged global criminal conspiracy - Front Burner (CBC)
Music: American Dad! Greatest Hits
Video: Genocide: The Dumbest Crime (Why There's No Bosnian Genocide) - BadEmpanada