ICYMI: Aug. 18-24
Your weekly roundup.
I didn’t write much this week, because I’m still recovering from four days of camping out and seeing Phish in Delaware last week. But I’ve got a podcast lined up for next week that you won’t want to miss if you’re interested in the situation in Gaza, which you should be. I’m also cooking up a story for the Progress Report regarding the corporatization of health care in Alberta.
To make up for my lack of content the past couple weeks, I’ve decided to offer my weekly roundup of articles I read for free this time. If you value my work and have the means, please do consider becoming a paid subscriber.
What I’ve Been Reading
Story of the Week
National Post Columnist Adam Zivo Says He Spied for a Foreign Intelligence Agency. Experts Call His Behaviour ‘Unethical’ and ‘Absurd’. Luke LeBrun, PressProgress (Aug. 20)
Alberta
Fatality prompts the University of Alberta to enhance safety protocols for field researchers, Nicole Weisberg, CTV News (Aug. 19)
A voter ID law: Coming to an election near you? Alexandra Ballos, Rachel Hwang and Jared Wesley, Policy Options (Aug. 20)
Alberta's school cellphone ban rollout confusing, says teachers' association president, Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press (Aug. 20)
Jasper schools to reopen mid-September, divisions say, Alex Antoneshyn, CTV News (Aug. 20)
Private org has control of Alberta recovery patients' health info, Euan Thomson, Drug Data Decoded (Aug. 21)
Alberta Launches Another Mysterious Recovery Initiative, David Climenhaga, The Tyee (Aug. 21)
Top Alberta Court allows appeal of coal miner's exploration applications, Bob Weber, The Canadian Press (Aug. 22)
Take Back Alberta's David Parker fined $5K plus legal costs for late disclosure of donor names, Jonny Wakefield, Edmonton Journal (Aug. 23)
Canada
Manitoba Chiefs ask Trudeau, GG to rescind senate appointment of broadcaster Charles Adler, Bartley Kives, CBC News (Aug. 19)
Ontario to close 10 supervised drug injection sites, ban other locations under new rules, Laura Stone, Globe and Mail (Aug. 20)
'We don't want your garbage': Northern township in shock after hearing Ontario is sending it radioactive waste, Aya Dufour, CBC News (Aug. 20)
Billions in federal contracts awarded to ‘Indigenous’ enterprises without verification, Patti Sonntag, Melissa Ridgen, Hannah Sangster, Celeste Bird and Alex Boutilier, Global News (Aug. 22)
CUPE vice-president vows to carry on despite calls to resign over allegations of antisemitism, Muriel Draaisma, CBC News (Aug. 22)
The Liberal Party has abandoned Capital Pride in Ottawa. I am enraged. Jake Landau, Jake Landau is Getting Tired (Aug. 22)
Teamsters union serves CN Rail with 72-hour strike notice as CPKC stoppage continues, Peter Zimonjic, CBC News (Aug. 23)
How Conservatives turned the fight for airline workers’ rights into a PR stunt, Tannara Yelland and Martin Lukacs, The Breach (Aug. 23)
U.S.
Greenpeace Tries a Novel Tactic in Lawsuit Over Dakota Access Pipeline, Karen Zraick, New York Times (Aug. 20)
U.S. Investigating Americans Who Worked With Russian State Television, Steven Lee Myers and Julian E. Barnes, New York Times (Aug. 21)
Pentagon Monitored Twitter Mentions of Taylor Swift, Ken Klippenstein, Newsweek (Aug. 22)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump, Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post (Aug. 23)
World
‘Bad Blood’ Stalks a Lithium Mine in Serbia, Andrew Higgins, New York Times (Aug. 18)
The foreign powers competing to win influence in Africa, David Pilling, Financial Times (Aug. 22)
Water-related violence surging globally, Nina Lakhani, The Guardian (Aug. 22)
Javier Milei suffers defeat on pension spending in Argentina’s senate, Ciara Nugent, Financial Times (Aug. 23)
In Kyiv, Indian PM urges Zelenskiy to sit down for talks with Russia, Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk, Reuters (Aug. 23)
Middle East
Countries fueling Israel’s Gaza war may be complicit in war crimes, experts warn, Nina Lakhani and Ajit Niranjan, The Guardian (Aug. 20)
A Palestinian American’s Place Under the Democrats’ Big Tent? Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair (Aug. 21)
‘I’ve never felt so worthless’: The pain of Deir el-Balah’s obliteration, Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera (Aug. 22)
US is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it, Dov Waxman, The Conversation (Aug. 22)
Global News Refused To Air Anchor’s Reports On Israel, Emma Paling, The Maple (Aug. 22)
Israeli society’s dehumanization of Palestinians is now absolute, Meron Rapoport, +972 (Aug. 23)
When Discussing Israel and Palestine, Universities Must Do Better, Sean Tucker, The Tyee (Aug. 23)
Tech
Instagram ignored 93% of abusive comments toward female politicians: report, Kevin Maimann, CBC News (Aug. 19)
We Got a Judge to Unseal a List of X's Shareholders, Jacob Silverman (Aug. 24)