The Catch-all: ICYMI September 7-13
The news I've been consuming this week
Hello all, the end of another week is here. As is tradition, I've got a whole bunch of news for you. I've seen other people with news round-ups include one story they highlighted at the beginning. I'm contemplating either doing that, or highlighting one story in each category. It's not an exciting update, but it is one. On with the news!
News Round-up
Ontario
Hospital data shows Ontario's hallway health care problem is worse than ever, Aidan Chamandy, The Trillium (Sep. 9)
‘The system has fallen apart’: A child dies every 3 days under Ontario’s care network, Isaac Callan, Global News (Sep. 9)
Ontario food banks ‘cannot keep up’ as usage reaches 8-year high, Aaron D'Andrea, Global News (Sep. 10)
Workers at Walmart warehouse in Mississauga vote to unionize in a Canadian first, Joshua Freeman, CP24 (Sep. 13)
Kingston Police release identities, further details in fatal Montreal Street assaults, Tori Stafford, Kingstonist (Sep. 13)
Canada
How the NDP's deal with the Liberals died, Kate McKenna and Peter Zimonjic, CBC News (Sep. 7)
Canada paid McKinsey, flush with fossil fuel clients, $1.3M for clean tech advice, Mike De Souza, The Narwhal (Sep. 9)
Protesters get 6 1/2-year sentences for roles in Coutts border blockade, Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press (Sep. 9)
Mark Lever’s deal with the devil: how a private equity firm killed SaltWire, Tim Bousequet, Halifax Examiner (Sep. 10)
Student camps for Gaza faced negative bias in The Globe and Mail, study shows, Katia Lo Innes, The Breach (Sep. 10)
15 days and six Indigenous people have died when coming in contact with police across Canada, Angel Moore, Tiar Wheatle and Leanne Sanders, APTN News (Sep. 12)
Ottawa-based company is key to keeping Israeli warplanes bombing Gaza, Derek Rasmussen, Lucy Uprichard and Martin Lukacs, The Breach (Sep. 12)
Documents show dozens of harassment, violence cases at CSIS. It deemed only 8 founded, Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press (Sep. 12)
US
Texas Agriculture Commissioner sounds the alarm, says Texas is running out of water, Michael McCardel, WFAA (Sep. 8)
What If Trump Wins?, Tim Dickinson and Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone (Sep. 9)
The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them, Eric Umansky, ProPublica (Sep. 11)
Man reportedly lit himself on fire outside Boston’s Israeli consulate to protest Gaza genocide, Michael Arria, Mondoweiss (Sep. 13)
Republicans know exactly what they’re doing, Eric Levitz, Vox (Sep. 13)
World
Social media ban for children to be introduced this year, but age limit undetermined, Claudia Long, ABC News (Australia) (Sep. 9)
Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233 as more bodies found in areas hit by landslides and floods, Hau Dinh and David Rising, Associated Press (Sep. 13)
Briton and Americans among 37 given death sentence over DRC coup attempt, Nadeem Badshah, The Guardian (Sep. 13)
China approves plan to raise retirement age from January 2025, Farah Master, Reuters (Sep. 13)
Israel-Palestine
Israeli attack kills at least 18 people in central Syria: Health minister, Al Jazeera (Sep. 9)
Israeli soldier who 'took kill shot' at Eygi 'shouted in joy': Witness, Al Mayadeen English (Sep. 9)
War on Gaza: Massive Israeli strike on Palestinian tents kills at least 40, Ahmed Abd el Aziz and Nader Durgham, Middle East Eye (Sep. 10)
Deadly Israeli attack on UN-run school-turned-shelter sparks global outrage, Al Jazeera (Sep. 12)
COVID
University of Alberta researchers retract COVID study, citing multiple errors, Dennis Kovtun, CBC News (Sep. 6)
Alberta's COVID-19 death toll more than 4 times higher than flu over past year, Jennifer Lee, CBC News (Sep. 9)
Austrian woman is found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19, Associated Press (Sep. 13)
Tech
Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option, Jake Evans, ABC News (Sep. 10)
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars, Albert Burneko, Defector (Sep. 11)
Stalker Allegedly Created AI Chatbot on NSFW Platform to Dox and Harass Woman, Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Sep. 11)
Brazil judge withdraws $3.3 million from Musk’s Starlink and X to pay for social media fines, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press (Sep. 13)
AV Corner
Podcast: Economic Giants Align: Brazil’s Growing Partnership with China - The China-Global South Podcast
Music: Rack - the Jesus Lizard
Video: The Comedy & Tragedy of Donald Trump's Nazi Lies - Rebecca Watson
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