The Catch-all: ICYMI October 26-November 1

Hello everyone, I hope you had a good week. I signed an open letter with over 50 other journalists in support of Ottawa Citizen reporter David Pugliese after Chris Alexander smeared him in a Parliamentary committee. You can read that over at The Orchard.

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News Round-up

Ontario

Ontario projecting $6.6B deficit — including $3B in $200 ‘rebate’ cheques for all, Jessica Smith Cross and Jack Hauen, The Trillium (Oct. 30)

Ontario lacks a health-care plan for alcohol harms as sales expand: health coalition, Liam Casey, The Canadian Press (Oct. 31)

Ford government begins process to remove bike lanes in Toronto, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Oct. 31)

“A Sad, Hate-Filled Man”: Neo-Nazi Kevin Goudreau Sentenced for Burning Stolen Pride Flag, Parole Violations, Canadian Anti-Hate Network (Nov. 1)

Canada

Federal government going ahead with high-speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto, Thomas Gerbet, Louis Blouin and Mathieu Prost, CBC News (Oct. 28)

B.C. lieutenant-governor asks NDP Leader David Eby to form government, Karien Larsen, CBC News (Oct. 28)

Trudeau faces calls for secret ballot on his leadership, Mickey Djuric, POLITICO (Oct. 29)

Alberta tables bills on transgender youth health care, students' pronouns, opt-in sex education, Michelle Bellefontaine, CBC News (Oct. 31)

Charges dropped against woman filmed pulling Pro-Palestinian protester's hijab, Campbell MacDiarmid, CBC News (Oct. 31)

US

CNN bans conservative guest for telling Muslim journalist 'I hope your beeper doesn't go off', Patrick Smith, NBC News (Oct. 29)

The Billionaire Is the Threat, Not the Solution, Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Oct. 30)

Prisoners plead for air conditioning in lawsuit against Florida corrections department, Kate Payne, Associated Press (Nov. 1)

World

Dozens killed by paramilitary RSF in Sudan’s Gezira, aid groups say, Al Jazeera (Oct. 26)

In Sudan, humanitarian workers face unimagined horrors, Oscar Rickett, Middle East Eye (Oct. 26)

Australian PM accused of seeking upgrades from Qantas boss, Joel Guinto, BBC News (Oct. 29)

Venezuela’s rejection from developing economies alliance heightens tensions with member Brazil, Associated Press (Oct. 30)

Argentina’s president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on Cuba, Associated Press (Oct. 30)

Is peace within reach 2 years after Tigray war?, Okeri Ngutjinazo, DW News (Nov. 1)

Israel-Palestine

Israeli strike kills nearly 100 Palestinians sleeping in homes, Huthifa Fayyad, Middle East Eye (Oct. 29)

Israel bombs Lebanon's historic Baalbek after ordering entire city to leave, Nader Durgham, Middle East Eye (Oct. 30)

Israel’s outlawing of UNRWA will make life ‘unbearable’ for Palestinians, Mat Nashed, Al Jazeera (Oct. 31)

Israel’s mass killing campaign in Gaza is escalating, Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss (Nov. 1)

Exterminate, expel, resettle: Israel’s endgame in northern Gaza, Idan Landau, 972+ Magazine (Nov. 1)

Israel brands Palestinian detainees in West Bank with numbers on their foreheads, Mosab Shawer, Middle East Eye (Nov. 1)

COVID

Why aren’t public health officials telling people about the fertility cost of COVID-19 and Long COVID?, Lydia Wilkins, The Sick Times (Oct. 28)

Fewer elderly Canadians believe in the need for COVID vaccines, Sudbury.com (Oct. 30)

Less COVID-19 testing available in Ontario leads to confusion about vaccines, Jonathan Migneault, CBC News (Oct. 30)

Risk of long COVID reaches 37% after three infections, according to INSPQ [Translated from French], Melanie Meloche-Holubowski, Radio-Canada (Oct. 30)

Tech

Elon Musk-Funded PAC Supercharges ‘Progress 2028’ Democrat Impersonation Ad Campaign, Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Oct. 29)

Zuckerberg: The AI Slop Will Continue Until Morale Improves, Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Oct. 31)

AV Corner

Podcast: Le Bonfire of the Vanities, with Samira Mohyeddin - Bad Hasbara
Music: Flipping - Candy
Video: The Failure of The Liberal Media - Wisecrack