ICYMI: July 2-8
What I produced and consumed this week.
I’ve been on the road on the west coast this week doing book research, so I didn’t do a whole lot of writing.
Speaking of which, you can now preorder my book — Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power — from your local bookstore.
You can also add it to your ‘to read’ list on Goodreads.
What I’ve been reading
Alberta
Pride Month a success for Alberta towns this year, despite an increase in backlash, Ariel Fournier, CBC News (July 4)
UNESCO reaffirms threats to Wood Buffalo National Park; calls for action on oilsands, Bob Weber, The Canadian Press (July 4)
First Nations life expectancy plummets in Alberta due to opioid deaths, Danielle Paradis, APTN News (July 4)
Jasper, Alberta has hundreds of Airbnbs, but not a single place to live, Ximena González, Ricochet (July 6)
Canada
N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs faces mounting pressure over classroom gender-identity policy, Lindsay Jones, Globe and Mail (July 2)
Canada Offers Lesson in the Economic Toll of Climate Change, Lydia DePillis, New York Times (July 3)
RoseAnne Archibald vows to fight to reclaim her position as AFN National Chief, Willow Fiddler and Patrick White, Globe and Mail (July 3)
Education assistant with racy OnlyFans account fired for what employer calls 'egregious' conduct, Liam Britten, CBC News (July 4)
‘Her fake honour’: Caroline Mulroney was called to Ontario bar three days before getting ‘King’s Counsel’ title, Jacques Gallant, Toronto Star (July 4)
Religious Sect That Tried to Censor LGBTQ Content from Human Rights Museum Also Asked George W. Bush to Stop Gay Marriage in Canada, Documents Show, Emily Leedham, PressProgress (July 4)
Canada's ‘Counterinsurgency Doctrine’ Is Up For Review. It Warns About Labour Unrest, Mitchell Thompson, The Maple (July 4)
Canadian Police Just Arrested Influential Neo-Nazi ‘Dark Foreigner’, Mack Lamoureux, Vice News (July 5)
End the billionaire tantrum over news—tax Big Tech, Dru Oja Jay, The Breach (July 6)
Former Niagara cop who ran massage business sexually abused 11 women. He'll serve 18 months of house arrest, Samantha Beattie, CBC News (July 6)
Chemicals are forever: a new factory opens near Lake Nipissing, where water is already contaminated, Leah Borts-Kuperman, The Narwhal (July 6)
Rama First Nation police officer investigated for threat against APTN journalist, Danielle Paradis, APTN (July 7)
The Waterloo attack is shocking only if you haven’t been paying attention, Jenn Jeffreys, TVO (July 7)
World
Israeli forces launch major operation in West Bank city, killing at least 8, Steve Hendrix and Niha Masih, Washington Post (July 3)
‘They want to punish Jenin refugee camp as revenge’, Vera Sajrawi, +972 (July 3)
Tel Aviv Car Ramming and Stabbing Attack: Seven Wounded, Palestinian Assailant Shot Dead, Josh Breiner, Ran Shimoni and Hagar Shezaf, Ha’aretz (July 4)
Ruling Puts Social Media at Crossroads of Disinformation and Free Speech, Michael D. Shear and David McCabe, New York Times (July 5)
Macron says social media could be blocked during riots, sparking furor, Lyric Li, Washington Post (July 6)
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint nearly half of U.S. tap water, study estimates, Kate Selig, Washington Post (July 6)
Democrats Denounce Biden’s Decision to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine, Karoun Demirjian, New York Times (July 7)
Pop Culture
After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox, Alex Barasch, New Yorker (July 2)
The Perfect Game That Also Sucked, Jen Ramos Eisen, Defector (July 3)
How Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Became Public Enemy Number One in Hollywood, Jason Bailey, GQ (July 3)
GQ pulls article slamming Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Zaslav after complaint, Will Sommer, Washington Post (July 5)
How Twitter lost its place as the global town square, Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post (July 7)