ICYMI: June 18-24

What I published and read this week.

I’m back in book writing mode, so my output this week was sparse, but I did record my first AMA for paid subscribers.

If you have any questions you’d like me to answer for next month, drop a comment.

What I’ve been reading

Alberta

Smith stands firm, is she closer to a Kumbaya with Team Trudeau? Rick Bell, Calgary Sun (June 20)

Dr. Deena Hinshaw was hired by the AHS Indigenous health team, then removed against its wishes, Taylor Lambert, CBC News (June 22)

Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley on the election and the path forward, Kelly Cryderman, Globe and Mail (June 23)

Canada

McKinsey pitched Purdue Pharma Canada on plan to boost opioid sales in 2014, memo reveals, Robert Fife, Steven Chase and Bill Curry, Globe and Mail (June 19)

Conservatives, Liberals hold on to seats in Manitoba federal byelections, CBC News (June 19)

Why Paul Bernardo’s controversial transfer is more normal than it seems (politics aside), Jim Rankin, Toronto Star (June 20)

Senator hopes government will regulate 'torrent' of sports gambling ads, Spencer Van Dyk, CTV News (June 20)

Major B.C. News Chain Quietly Added Right-Wing Opinion Journal To Its Network, Alex Cosh, The Maple (June 20)

Residential School Denialism Is on the Rise. What to Know, Niigaan Sinclair and Sean Carleton, The Tyee (June 21)

Momentum building among N.B. Progressive Conservatives to force Blaine Higgs to quit, Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press (June 21)

Torontonians should stand in solidarity with striking renters, David Moscrop, TVO (June 22)

I Asked MPs About Their Real Estate Investments. Most Ignored Me, Davide Mastracci, The Maple (June 22)

Facebook to pull news access in Canada as Bill C-18 becomes law, Marie Woolf, Globe and Mail (June 22)

Montreal police chief rejects street check moratorium despite racial profiling data, Thomas MacDonald, The Canadian Press (June 22)

Man Charged With Harassing 2SLGBTQ+ Activist’s Terminally Ill Father Has Neo-Nazi Ties, Peter Smith, Canadian Anti-Hate Network (June 23)

Jamie Irving steps down as Postmedia executive chair, Joe Castaldo, Globe and Mail (June 23)

World

Does Prigozhin, Russia’s Wagner chief, have political ambitions? Mansur Mirovalev, Al Jazeera (June 19)

ProPublica, lauded journalism nonprofit, is latest newsroom to unionize, Will Sommer and Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post (June 21)

Biden Seeks to Bolster Ties With Modi While Soft-Pedaling Differences, Peter Baker, New York Times (June 22)

Armed settlers opened fire during rampage in West Bank’s Turmus Ayya, footage shows, Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel (June 23)

Titan sub CEO dismissed safety warnings as 'baseless cries', emails show, Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Gareth Evans, BBC News (June 23)

Trump spoke at a fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants, Vaughn Hillyard and Ryan J. Reilly, NBC News (June 23)

Starbucks Union Plans to Strike Over Pride Décor and Labor Practices, J. Edward Moreno and Noam Scheiber, New York Times (June 23)

Wagner mercenary boss faces arrest over ‘incitement to armed rebellion’, Robyn Dixon and Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post (June 23)

Prigozhin says Wagner has agreed to stand down, Max Seddon and Polina Ivanova, Financial Times (June 24)

Pop Culture

What to Do About Fake Drake Songs, Sean Michaels, New Yorker (June 21)

The Long, Sad Story of the Stealing of the Oakland A’s, Dan Moore, The Ringer (June 21)

Spider-Verse Artists Say Working on the Sequel Was ‘Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts’, Chris Lee, Vulture (June 23)

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The A/V Corner

Listen: We had University of Calgary political scientist Lisa Young on the Forgotten Corner to unpack the results of the Alberta election.