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ICYMI: June 23-29

ICYMI: June 23-29

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On Book Banning

On Book Banning

Jeremy Appel and Ira Wells
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Jun 27
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I’m going to a separatist rally in Mirror, Alta., for Canada Day tomorrow, featuring appearances from “freedom fighter” Tamara Lich and far-right German MEP Christine Anderson.

In order to get there, I have to rent a car, which isn’t cheap. If you’d like to contribute to what is sure to be an entertaining day, please do become a paid subscriber.

Elsewhere

  • At the Progress Report, I had an exclusive on the integration of Shoppers Drug Mart into Alberta’s addictions recovery system. A source who used to work at Henwood Recovery Centre in Edmonton detailed how a Shoppers location was brought on-site, leading to redundant medication prescriptions, a loss of limited space at the clinic and lower admission standards.

  • An article I wrote for The Maple about the National Post labelling content from the far-right Jewish News Syndicate wire service as news appears in the new collection, When Genocide Wasn’t News: How Canadian media covered up the destruction of Gaza, which comes out next week through Breach Books. It also features contributions from Zahraa Al-Akhrass, Muhannad Ayyash, Martin Lukacs, David Gray-Donald, Pacinthe Mattar, Emma Paling and Shree Paradkar, among many other great people.

  • On the Progress Report podcast, Jim and I interviewed Edmonton city councillor Michael Janz about his re-election campaign and the barriers the UCP government has placed to progressives winning municipal elections.


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