ICYMI this week ...
A weekly roundup of the Daily News podcast
Sandy and I had a wonderful night in Winnipeg at our live show. Thanks to everyone who came out and fingers crossed that the stars align to allow us to hit different cities in 2024. We promised to go back to Vancouver, which we will at some point, but there are so many other places that we need to get to. If you think you can help us organize something in your city, please be in touch!
This week, Pierre Poilievre’s act was on full display and journalists, again, walked into traps that he set. It’s hard to watch and his act is confounding. Paul Wells writes about that act this week in this article, which I highly recommend. And below are the headlines from this week’s Daily News podcast. Which, I understand, that people really, really love. So it makes the struggle to do it all worth while!
New Brunswick
Moncton’s only food bank struggling to meet demand as usership increases
Quebec
7 people hurt after two trains collide in Montreal. Here’s what we know
Grèves dans le secteur public : Québec nomme un conciliateur
Quebec Superior Court halts adoption of pro-Palestinian McGill student union policy
Les Kings à Québec : Girard se défend, des caquistes mécontents
Alberta
Quebec man alleges racial profiling, police brutality at Edmonton International Airport
Fewer than 5,000 bottles of Turkish children’s medication purchased by Alberta made it to pharmacies
Six senior executives out as new board shakes up Alberta Health Services
Ontario
Video of Soleiman Faqiri's final moments made public for 1st time since jail cell death
‘I’m pretty much speechless’: Outrage after Toronto turns down federal shelter offer
Unexplained disappearances grip town, breed rampant rumours
British Columbia
Strike at Vancouver sugar refinery taking the sweetness out of the holiday season for businesses
Saskatchewan
Sask. Party MLA booted from caucus after prostitution charge
National
Taxpayer-subsidized Stellantis battery plant potentially importing international workers
Crown stays charge against RCMP officer who kneeled on man's neck during 2019 arrest
CRA claws back $458 million in pandemic-era wage subsidies after partial audit
International
Far-right outsider Javier Milei wins Argentina’s presidency
More than 10,000 civilians killed in Ukraine since Russia invasion, UN says
In a shock for Europe, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders records a massive win in Dutch elections
Violent protests in Dublin after woman and children injured in knife attack