ICYMI this week ...
A round-up of the Daily News podcast from this past week.
You might have noticed that I haven’t been so active here these past few weeks. I’ve been in Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto and Quebec City in between over the past three weeks. It’s been busy. But it looks like finally, we can say more sure than ever, Quebec City will have its tramway and finally, my summer is about to start.
But not shy of looking for more options to fill my plate, I also had something very exciting happen: I’ve been elected to chair the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. I love the CCPA. I rely on their research. They published my first book. In the cities where they operate they are an anchor of the left. And I’m so thrilled to be involved. Of course, you should be a member — just go here to do that. If you ever have thoughts or ideas or suggestions or anything related to the CCPA, please be in touch with me.
Anyway, here are this week’s headlines from the Daily News podcast.
Nunavut
80% of Nunavut teachers experienced violence this year, new study says
Alberta
3 companies charged after deaths of 2 workers in explosion on oil and gas site
Alberta NDP MLA Shannon Phillips to resign seat in legislature
Water restoration delayed after work-site injuries forced pause of main break repairs
Québec
Quebec residents against graphite mine fear powering Pentagon, environmental ruin
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland woman was 'living in fear' in a for-profit shelter. She was killed there
Saskatchewan
'Cast the gay demons out': Sask. private Christian school director on trial for assault
Ontario
Cop who assaulted boy at CHEO gets conditional discharge
2 officers in Hwy 401 wrong-way crash won't talk to SIU
Prisoners in Hamilton put in segregation at far greater rate than any other Ontario jail, data shows
4 arrests made at pro-Palestinian demonstration downtown: police
National
Canadian Western Bank shares soar after announcing deal with National Bank
Canada sending 2,000 decommissioned CRV7 rocket motors to Ukraine
Corus says Global News 'changes' affect jobs, won't disclose how many
Canadian mining companies want Argentina's minerals
Union for Canada's border workers extends strike deadline to Friday
International
Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths, must pay $38.3M to family members
Forcibly displaced population doubles to 120 million over the past 10 years
ISIL-affiliated rebel fighters blamed after 38 killed in DR Congo attack
Calls to end Gaza ‘bloodbath’ after Israeli attack kills 274 Palestinians
More than 80 people dead in DR Congo after boat capsizes
At least 49 dead in fire at building housing workers in Kuwait
EU elections 2024: how did key countries vote and what does it mean?
UN Security Council passes US-backed resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
'I don't believe in peace now,' released Gaza hostage tells BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2eem7e7v30o
"...Ms Sagi lived for decades in the Nir Oz kibbutz near the Israel-Gaza border, trying to help reconciliation efforts by teaching Israelis Arabic to speak to their neighbours...
Ms Sagi describes how, when she was first taken into Gaza, she and some other hostages were hidden in a family home with children, but the following day taken to an apartment in the southern city of Khan Younis because it was "dangerous".
The apartment owner, Ms Sagi said, told them his wife and children had been sent to stay with his in-laws. The man, she added, was a nurse.
She said students were being paid to watch over them. "I heard them say... 70 shekels [£14.82; $18.83] for a day," she said.
"It's a lot of money in Gaza because they have no work. And if you have work not with Hamas, it's no more than 20 shekels for a day," she said..."
Munk Debate on Anti-Zionism
https://munkdebates.com/debates/munk-debate-on-anti-zionism/