ICYMI this week ...
A digest of the Daily News Podcast
The week’s news seemed to be dominated by military talk — from the US promising to buy Israel F-35s through military aid to Canada’s RCAF paying to do a search and rescue mission that was utterly futile, there seems to be no shortage of money for war these days. But if you’re a First Nations person in Alberta, your average life expectancy has dropped by 7 years, and the gap between non-First Nations people and First Nations people is 18.5 years. 18.5 years, thanks, in part, to toxic drugs that are destroying so many people’s lives.
If you are new to this Substack — which a good number of you are, having joined in the past week, this is a weekly round-up of the news that I covered on my daily news podcast — a short, morningly podcast that covers important but under-reported issues. To catch any of the episodes, you can listen back to this past week, here:
http://www.sandyandnora.com/daily-news
British Columbia
More than 7,400 port workers now on strike across B.C.
The Man Who Opened a Store Selling Heroin and Cocaine Has Died From an Overdose
Newfoundland and Labrador
Elevated Oil Compound Levels Detected in Eggs and Arctic Char in Northern Labrador
Alberta
Number of Alberta babies born with syphilis rising at alarming rate, experts say
First Nations life expectancy plummets in Alberta due to opioid deaths
Northwest Territories
N.W.T. reports suspected anthrax outbreak in Slave River Lowlands bison
Ontario
Stellantis, governments reach deal on Windsor battery plant construction
Video shows police officer punching Métis man with intellectual disabilities
Canada
It cost more than $2.4M for one RCAF plane to join Titanic sub search
Des craintes liées à la sécurité ferroviaire persistent 10 ans après Lac-Mégantic
CRA fires 20 employees for improper CERB claims, about 600 under investigation
As housing costs soar, some financial analysts advise to scrap the 30% rule
Royal Canadian Navy ships leave Halifax to join NATO in Baltic mission
Fate of Assembly of First Nations financial probe uncertain after former national chief's ousting
United States
Black women hit hardest as maternal death rates soar in US
Former U.S. officials have held secret Ukraine talks with prominent Russians
International
UN wants more access to Ukraine nuclear plant amid sabotage warnings
UN renews calls for Haiti intervention force, says conditions 'beyond appalling'
Months of increasingly violent ethnic clashes have put northeast India on edge
Israel to buy new fleet of F-35 fighter jets financed by US aid