ICYMI: July 7-13
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What Canadian Media Got Wrong About the Evacuation of Afghan Sikhs
Rumneek Johal, associate editor and B.C. reporter at PressProgress, joins the Orchardcast to discuss recent reporting in the Globe and Mail suggesting former defence minister Harjeet Sajjan put Canadian Forces and diplomats at risk during the fall of Kabul to rescue Afghan Sikh asylum seekers.
Return of the Alberta Grizzly Hunt
The self-proclaimed “most freedom-loving politician” in Canadian history has done it again. Premier Danielle Smith has given Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen the freedom to issue a ministerial order allowing a few lucky Albertans to hunt grizzly bears …
Alberta Health Services cracks down on support for Palestine
For the past nine months, Israel’s attacks on Gaza have targetted all aspects of life in the besieged coastal enclave—agriculture, food production, educati…
At Canada’s National Observer, I wrote about how humanity can’t mine its way out of the climate crisis.
Big Shiny Takes is back, joined by Sarah Rieger from Expats and Allies to discuss a Globe and Mail column about this hip new thing called bisexuality. Is it even real? Who’s to say?
Medicine Hat readers! I’ll be in town July 23 to give a talk on Kenneyism at the library. Register for free here.
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