Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Catch-all, a news round-up of what I’ve been consuming over the past week or so shamelessly stolen from The Orchard. Which I got approval to do.

The OrchardNews and analysis from an unabashedly progressive perspective, focusing on the intersection of politics, media and corporate powerBy Jeremy Appel

This will be a weekly newsletter collecting the news I’ve been reading/consuming that I feel is noteworthy, important or what-have-you. I may eventually include links to other things I’ve published like Jeremy does, but with school starting up, this will receive less focus. This one will be a bit long to include some pieces outside of the regular week, but every edition after will encompass seven days. The regular weekly analysis from The Catch will continue to be released. Without further ado, here we go.

News Round-up

Ontario:

In its push to build houses, Ontario says energy efficiency has to wait, Fatima Syed, The Narwhal (Sept. 11)

In 3 years, Crown lawyers spent 1,672 hours keeping Doug Ford's leaked mandate letters secret, Nicole Brockbank, CBC News (Sept. 11)

Oshawa's Biltmore Theatre to Stop Taking Artist Merch Cuts, Ben Okazawa, Exclaim! (Sept. 12)

Why I am voting no to OSSTF’s voluntary binding arbitration proposal, Derik Chica, Spring Magazine (Sept. 12)

Students struggle to find housing as rental scams increase, Anastasia Blotter, The Eyeopener (Sept. 12)

A grim report about climate change in Ontario was kept quiet for 8 months, Mike Crawl, CBC News (Sept. 13)

Canada:

How to Defeat Poilievre’s Politics of Abandonment, Jonathan Sas, The Tyee, (Sept 7.)

Conservative Delegates Energized By Poilievre, Claim ‘Mainstream Press’ Coverage Is Unfair, Nora Loreto, The Maple (Sept. 8)

Poilievre’s ‘anti-elite’ Tories stack top council with corporate lobbyists, Martin Lukacs, The Breach (Sept. 11)

RCMP Spent Record Amount to Protect CGL Pipeline Last Year, Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee, (Sept. 11)

The average life expectancy for Canadians decreased, and 4 other takeaways from a just-released health report, Melissa Lopez-Martinez, CTV News (Sept. 13)

Are we witnessing the beginning of an LGBTQ genocide?, Andrea Houston, Ricochet (Sept. 15)

A Study Showed Giving Money to Homeless People Changes Lives. What’s Next?, Jen St. Denis, The Tyee (Sept. 15)

World:

US confirms seizing Iranian oil cargo earlier this year, Al Jazeera, (Sept. 8)

District cooling: A better alternative to air conditioning?, Gero Rueter, DW, (Sept. 8)

Vietnam, US establish Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Nhu Tam, VnExpress (Sept. 10)

‘Sea is constantly dumping bodies’: fears Libya flood death toll may hit 20,000, Patrick Wintour, The Guardian (Sept. 13)

Heat, smoke, screams: fear and chaos of deadly Hanoi apartment fire, Pham chieu, Hong Chieu, VnExpress (Sept. 14)

Workers are on strike at all 3 Detroit auto makers for the first time in their union’s history, Tom Krisher, Corey Williams and Mike Householder, Associated Press (Sept. 15)

COVID:

B.C. hospital sees fast spread of COVID-19, but no outbreak declared due to 'negative connotations', Brishti Basu, CBC News (Sept. 7)

COVID-19 Is Mutating In Deer. That Could Become a Problem for People, Alice Park, Time (Sept. 8)

Drug overdoses, COVID-19 drive Sask. life expectancy to lowest level in 22 years, Bonnie Allen, CBC News (Sept. 12)

A spike in N.B. heart and stroke deaths in 2021 cited as COVID's handiwork, Robert Jones, CBC News (Sept. 12)

Health Canada approves Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine, Lauren Pelley, CBC News (Sept. 12)

The government is absent from keeping students safe from COVID-19, Cathy Crow, rabble (Sept. 12)

Misc.

When Twitter Died, So Did Independent Journalism, Andrea Grimes, Dame Magazine (Sept. 12)

Justin Roiland used his ‘Rick and Morty’ fame to pursue young fans, text messages show, Kat Tenbarge, NBC News (Sept. 13)

A/V Corner:

A trial that will test Canada’s definition of ‘terrorism’, The Big Story (Sept. 11)

We crashed the Conservative convention—here’s what members told us, The Breach (Sept. 14)

New Music: Australia Stops by C.O.F.F.I.N (Sept. 15)