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The Catch-all: ICYMI September 23-29

The news I've been consuming this week

I don’t believe I’ve ever had to say as many variations of the phrase “the whole Nazi thing” in such a short span in my entire life. The worst part is that people always know what I mean.

A short note: Since reports on COVID are sometimes not found in institutional news media, I’ve taken the liberty of attaching announcements by health bodies and posts by universities on the subject. In addition, in one article about Long Covid, the headline is very misleading, so I attached a quote that explains the reason I added it. This may need to be done in the future, as the right-wing disinformation around the disease appears to be ramping up in an attempt to minimize its effects. While it’s important to have a sober analysis (which is why I included this article), context is needed.

You’ll see what I mean.

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News Round-up

Ontario

Who is Ryan Amato, the political staffer at the centre of Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal?, Emma McIntosh and Charlie Pinkerton, The Narwal, (Sept. 25)

Former Toronto-area doctor found guilty on 16 counts of sexual assault, Abby O’Brien, CP24, (Sept. 25)

Settlers can, should, and must March for the Land, Adam Lee, Spring Mag (Sept. 26)

Canada

Galizien, Ian Barclay, Avant-Garde Press (Sept. 24)

Canadian Ford autoworkers ratify Unifor deal with 54% approval, Chris Ensing, CBC News (Sept. 24)

Zelenskyy joins Canadian Parliament’s ovation to 98-year-old veteran who fought with Nazis, Lev Golinkin, Forward (Sept. 24)

Heather Stefanson Launches Ads Declaring She Will Never Search Landfill For Remains of Murdered Women, Luke LeBrun, Press Progress (Sept. 24)

MPs Plead Ignorance After Applauding Nazi War Veteran, Alex Cosh, The Maple (Sept. 25)

Is Chrystia Freeland A Fraud Or A Nazi Sympathizer?, Davide Mastracci, The Maple (Sept. 26)

Anthony Rota resigns as House Speaker over tribute to veteran of Nazi unit, Aaron D’Andrea, Global News (Sept. 26)

World

Macron: France to pull diplomat, troops from coup-hit Niger, DW News (Sept. 24)

Molotov Cocktails Are Thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, Telesur (Sept. 25)

Russian Black Sea commander seen in video after Ukraine said it killed him, Al Jazeera, (Sept. 26)

Dozens dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia, Avet Demourian, Associated Press (Sept. 26)

Fire rips through Iraqi wedding hall, killing around 100 in shock to Christian community, Farid Abdulwahed and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press (Sept. 27)

Tesla sued for ‘severe’ racial harassment at its California factory, again, Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, (Sept. 28)

‘All I saw were dead bodies’: Grief and anger after Pakistan bomb blasts, Syed Ali Shah, Al Jazeera, (Sept 29)

COVID

As Covid-19 hospitalizations climb, rates among seniors and children raise concern, Jamie Gumbrecht, Deidre McPhillips and Betsy Kein, CNN (Sept. 22)

London’s Gatwick Airport limits flights this week due to staff illness, including COVID-19, Associated Press (Sept. 26)

Use of antiviral may be fuelling evolution of Covid, scientists say, Ian Sample, The Guardian (Sept. 25)

St. Joe’s, Hamilton Health Sciences to reinstate mandatory masking for staff, Don Mitchell, Global News (Sept. 25)

Risk of long Covid ‘distorted by flawed research’, academics say, Storm Newton, The Independent (Sept. 26)

“It is, of course, inevitable that much of this literature is imperfect. Long Covid simply didn’t exist four years ago, so researchers have had to get to grips with a new and challenging topic at top speed… It is, therefore, not surprising that different studies have different estimates of the prevalence of long Covid, as studies have used different case definitions, different populations etc.” -Dr. Adam Jacobs, senior director of biostatistical science at Premier Research

COVID exacerbated gender inequality, Jeremy Appel, The Orchard (Sept. 27)

Survey: 18 million Americans say they have long COVID, Stephanie Soucheray, MA Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at University of Minnesota (Sept. 26)

KHSC returns to masking across all areas of hospital sites, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (Sept. 28)