ICMYI this week ...
A round-up of news that you might have missed from the Daily News podcast
As I write this, Internet has been knocked out in Gaza. Some messages are still escaping this Israeli prison but not much, and social media is full of comment from worried family members.
I think a lot about this poem from Rafeef Ziadah. I heard her perform it in Toront, at Ryerson I think, and I think about these words often. We teach life, sir. We Palestinians wake up every morning to teach the rest of the world life, sir.
Watch the video. And, if you still have time after, check out what you might have missed this week at the
New Brunswick
Judge who ruled for N.B. landlord in rent-reduction case owns apartment building
British Columbia
2 arrested in Vancouver police crackdown on unsanctioned safe drug supply program
Alberta
Farmer rescued after being trapped in well north of Edmonton for nearly 8 hours
State of local emergency called as Cochrane, Alta., residents could run out of water
Newfoundlandand Labrador
Inside Newfoundland and Labrador's private, for-profit homeless shelter system
Ontario
Why some Ontario children and youth with complex special needs are living in hotels
SIU clears 2 Ottawa police officers for fatal shooting of man in ByWard Market
Province asks court to prevent feds from intervening on Highway 413, Ontario Place
5 dead, including 3 children, in intimate partner violence in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Quebec
Le suspect s’était évadé du pénitencier avant le drame
National
St. Lawrence Seaway workers begin strike action, union says
Canada using ‘dormant’ treaty to sidestep Indigenous rights in U.S.: court documents
Feds announce $219 million in drought relief for farmers and ranchers across Sask and western Canada
Des Philippins forcés de payer pour travailler au Canada
International
Israel-Hamas war updates: Hamas releases two captives as Israel pounds Gaza
Far-right populist Javier Milei fails to win first round of Argentina’s presidential election
At least 27 killed after Hurricane Otis slams into Mexico’s Acapulco
Sugarcane Burning Is a Plague on These Black Floridians
UAW President Shawn Fain: We've reached a tentative deal with Ford after 41 days on strike
Record 114 million people displaced globally, says UN
Al Jazeera condemns Israeli killing of journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh’s family
At the what? (I'm on the edge of my seat)