The Catch-All: ICYMI November 25-December 1

The news I've been consuming this week

Dec 02, 2023

Just a word of warning this week. Some stories are particularly grim. I’m issuing a content warning for suicide, CSAM, torture and personal accounts of genocide. That being said, I believe at the very least that the knowledge of these occurrences is very important. Sometimes the news is hard to stomach, but it’s important we know what’s happening around us.

News Round-up

Ontario

No Frills workers at 17 Ontario stores ratify deal with wage gains, full-time jobs, Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press via CBC News (Nov. 26)

Ontario food banks shatter records in 2022 with demand being driven by working Canadians, finds new report, Andy Takagi, The Toronto Star (Nov. 27)

Toronto and Ontario agree to new deal, including DVP, Gardiner and Ontario Place, Isaac Callan and Colin D’Mello, Global News (Nov. 27)

Mayor pulls motion barring encampments in downtown Guelph, Graeme McNaughton, Guelph Mercury (Nov. 28)

Sarah Jama’s censure an ‘abuse of power,’ NDP tried to muzzle her: legal docs, Rukhsar Ali, Global News (Nov. 30)

Ontario to end mandatory coroner's inquests on construction site deaths, Liam Casey, The Canadian Press (Nov. 30)

Canada

NDP open to waiving end-of-year deadline for pharmacare legislation, Kristy Kirkup, The Globe and Mail (Nov. 26)

12-year-old boy in B.C. dies by suicide in response to online sextortion, police say, Amy Judd, Global News (Nov. 27)

NDP, Bloc declined invitations to join recent Israel trip, Raffy Boudjikanian, CBC News (Nov. 28)

Panama’s Supreme Court declares 20-year contract for Canadian copper mine unconstitutional, Kathia Martinez and Juan Camorano, The Associated Press (Nov. 28)

Poll says three in four want Trudeau to go, but Trudeau insists he’ll stay, David Akin, Global News (Nov. 29)

Rents in Nova Scotia are rising faster than any time since the 1970s, Nicola Seguin, CBC News (Nov. 29)

Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act, Daniel Thibeault, David Cochrane and Darren Major, CBC News (Nov. 29)

A 'predator' at CSIS: Officers allege rape, harassment and a toxic workplace culture, Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press (Nov. 30)

Canadian Public Servants Angered By Government’s Anti-Palestinian Bias, Alex Cosh, The Maple (Nov. 30)

Supreme Court says Crown may use evidence from illegal searches in some circumstances, Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail (Dec. 1)

World

Joe Biden Moves to Lift Nearly Every Restriction on Israel’s Access to U.S. Weapons Stockpile, Ken Klippenstein, The Intercept (Nov. 25)

Biden to skip COP climate meeting in Dubai - official, Reuters (Nov. 26)

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Moment Indian workers freed after weeks, BBC News (Nov. 28)

Kenya: East African Bloc Forum to Discuss Forced Displacement, Telesur (Nov. 28)

Brianna Ghey murder trial: accused spoke of research on serial killer, court told, Helen Pidd, The Guardian (Nov. 29)

Presidential election in the DRC: a Katumbi supporter killed in clashes, Africa News, (Nov. 29)

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies, Spencer Ackerman, Rolling Stone (Nov. 29)

Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country, The Associated Press (Nov. 30)

Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe shot dead in river attack, Ed Davey and David Pereda Zavaleta, The Associated Press (Nov. 30)

Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling, Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press (Nov. 30)

George Santos expelled from Congress in historic vote, Madeline Halpert and Sam Cabral, BBC News (Dec. 1)

Protester sets themself on fire outside Israel consulate in Atlanta, Georgia, Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC News (Dec. 1)

Tech

Meta designed platforms to get children addicted, court documents allege, Kari Paul, The Guardian (Nov. 27)

After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine, Emma Roth, The Verge (Nov. 27)

Substack Has a Nazi Problem, Jonathan M. Katz, The Atlantic (Nov. 28)

MSNBC cancels Mehdi Hasan’s show, Max Tani, Semafor (Nov. 30)

Why Elon Musk’s ‘f--- yourself’ Dealbook moment wasn’t the worst part of the interview, Elad Nehorai, NBC News (Nov. 30)

Israel-Palestine

Israeli child “burned completely” by Israeli tank fire at kibbutz, Ali Abunimah and David Sheen The Electronic Intifada (Nov. 25)

The masterful propaganda of ‘deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust’, Tom Suarez, Mondoweiss (Nov. 26)

Freed Palestinian children say fellow prisoners were 'tortured to death', Mosab Shawer, Middle East Eye (Nov. 27)

Israeli forces attack Palestinian journalists with tear gas near Ofer during prisoner release, Qassam Muaddi, The New Arab (Nov. 27)

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian children in Jenin refugee camp, Middle East Eye (Nov. 29)

Occupied West Bank home to 'two million Nazis' says Smotrich, Middle East Eye (Nov. 29)

‘They shot her son in her arms and forced her to throw his body’: testimonies from the death march on Salah al-Din Street, Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss (Nov. 30)

Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago, Ronen Bergman and Adam Goldman, The New York Times (Nov. 30)

‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza, Yuval Abraham, 972 Magazine (Nov. 30)

Modern-day 'body snatchers': Is Israel stealing Palestinian corpses for their organs?, Nadine Sayegh, The New Arab (Dec. 1)

COVID

Ontario is reporting a surge in COVID-19. What does that mean for us?, Abby O’Brien, CP24 (Nov. 27)

Life expectancy for Canadians fell in 2022 for third year in a row, says StatCan, The Canadian Press

“COVID-19 became the third-leading cause of death for Canadians last year, overtaking accidents and unintentional injuries for the first time since the disease emerged in 2020.”

COVID-19 vaccination sites to be closed in Toronto as pandemic funding expires, Codi Wilson, CP24 (Nov. 28)

It’s not the quarantine that made so many other diseases surge: It’s the COVID, Mark Summer, Daily Kos (Nov. 28)