ICYMI this week ...

From oil industry subsidies to Amazon workers, what you might have missed this week

The more I do these daily headlines briefs, the more I see connections in so much of the news. From Manitoba’s child poverty rate (the highest in Canada) to the multiple stories of abuse that come from the Lindsay, Ontario prison, the long arm of the state causes harm to so many people in so many ways. I especially was surprised to see how many stories that I had picked that were related to citizenship and refugees in this country, and how terrible we are to them.

The harm caused by the state is deep and relentless. Anyway, here’s what you might have missed this week.

Ontario

Inquest jury into refugee’s death calls for end to holding immigration detainees in jails

Alerts lifted, no weapon found, 1 man arrested, many questions after OPP manhunt

Amazon Ordered to Pay $5 Million After Over a Thousand Injuries Involving Ontario Warehouse Workers

Quebec

Quebec police face more than 100 racial profiling complaints a year. Few result in discipline

Community mobilizes to stop staff cuts at Montreal Gazette

Alberta

Imperial Oil files cleanup plan for tailings leak in Alberta, won't disclose details

Woman shot by RCMP after ‘arrest altercation’ east of Calgary, ASIRT investigating

Northwest Territories

Injunction bars Yellowknife workers from impeding access to city sites

Manitoba

Manitoba worst province in Canada for child poverty: report

Canada

Canadian Army fast tracking purchase of air defence, anti tank missiles and counter drone gear

MP Greg Fergus becomes the latest Liberal caught violating ethics rules

‘I felt kidnapped’: Canada police sued for arresting photographer covering protest

Roxham Rd. asylum seekers are being transferred to Ontario, Quebec reveals

Un juge décrit des gestes sordides dans le hockey junior canadien

Black Canadians at higher risk of dying from HIV, cancer than white people: study

Percentage of permanent residents becoming Canadian citizens in decline: StatCan data

Two Canadian oil giants benefitted big from federal cleanup subsidies

Canadian military investigates unauthorized release of JTF2 sniper video

International

Turkey detains building contractors as the quake death toll rises to more than 33,000

Colombians take to the streets in favour of healthcare reforms

Forensic study finds Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned

Praise from LGBT community as Nicola Sturgeon's tenure comes to an end