The Catch-all: ICYMI October 5-11

Hello all, happy weekend. I want to extend a deep appreciation and thanks to those who downloaded and listened to the first episode of The North State. The reception has absolutely blown me away. After a lot of hard work (and two more episodes in the series to come), I'm glad everyone is as receptive as I had hoped.

If you haven't listened, check out the first episode here. Acast link is below, click the RSS feed here to add it to your player of choice. On with the news!

News Round-up

Ontario

Doug Ford’s plan to audit the child welfare system is a ‘smokescreen,’ unions say, Amy Dempsey Raven and Megan Ogilvie, Toronto Star (Oct. 8)

Brampton mayor’s call for forced treatment of people with severe addictions ‘incredibly dangerous,’ say some mental health and substance use experts, Mzwandile Poncana, Brampton Guardian (Oct. 11)

Thunder Bay’s police service to go under the microscope – again, Leanne Sanders, APTN News (Oct. 11)

Canada

Victims of Communism memorial faces call to remove over 330 names linked to Nazis, fascists, David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen (Oct. 7)

Canada has no legal obligation to provide First Nations with clean water, lawyers say, Brett Forester, CBC News (Oct. 7)

Poilievre supports Israel 'proactively striking' Iranian nuclear sites to defend itself, Stephanie Ha, CTV News (Oct. 7)

Global Affairs Knew ‘Non-Lethal’ Israel Exports Claim Was Hollow, Alex Cosh, The Maple (Oct. 10)

TD Bank hit with record $3 billion fine over drug cartel money laundering, Jordan Valinsky and Matt Egan, CNN (Oct. 10)

Some Liberal MPs are mounting a new effort to oust Justin Trudeau, David Cochrane, John Paul Tasker and Catherine Cullen, CBC News (Oct. 11)

US

Trump administration protected Brett Kavanaugh from full FBI investigation, Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian (Oct. 8)

EXCLUSIVE: CBS Staffers Escalate Criticism of Tony Dokoupil's Hostility on Palestine, Justin Baragona, Zeteo (Oct. 9)

Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive, Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone (Oct. 9)

Musk Is Going All In to Elect Trump, Theodore Schleifer, Maggie Haberman, Ryan Mac and Jonathan Swan, New York Times (Oct. 11)

World

Haiti: Cuba's Medical Work Described as Crucial, teleSUR (Oct. 10)

Brazil faces worst fires in 14 years, DW News (Oct. 11)

China Sanctions U.S. Companies for Selling Weapons to Taiwan, teleSUR (Oct. 11)

Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons, Mike Corder and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press (Oct. 11)

Somalia: Egypt to deploy troops to fight Shebabs, Rédaction Africanews with AP via africanews (Oct. 11)

Israel-Palestine

Failing Gaza: Pro-Israel bias uncovered behind the lens of Western media, Al Jazeera (Oct. 5)

Blinken Approved Policy to Bomb Aid Trucks, Israeli Cabinet Members Suggest, Yaniv Cogan, Drop Site News (Oct. 6)

Israeli soldiers beat renowned Palestinian activist to death in Hebron, Middle East Eye (Oct. 8)

Israel drops 'depleted uranium bombs' inside Beirut: Official, The Cradle (Oct. 8)

UN inquiry accuses Israel of crime of ‘extermination’ in Gaza, Al Jazeera (Oct. 10)

Israeli forces again target UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera (Oct. 11)

Nicaragua Breaks Diplomatic Relations With Israeli State, teleSUR (Oct. 11)

COVID

Updated COVID-19 boosters will be available for all Ontarians later this month. Are they still effective?, Kevin Jiang, Toronto Star (Oct. 2)

COVID deaths, cases on the rise, but below last year, Jennifer Henderson, Halifax Examiner (Oct. 7)

Covid-19 may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for three years after an infection, study suggests, Brenda Goodman, CNN (Oct. 9)

Is this the way COVID ends? Next-generation inhaled vaccines could be the key to ending pandemic, Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen (Oct. 10)

AV Corner

Podcast: Gaza Is a Laboratory for Future Warfare - Tech Won't Save Us
Music: Tastes Incredible - Flagman
Video: Degrowth is Fake? - John the Duncan