Sandy and Nora talk politics

Story 1 - Ontario to stop wastewater surveillance.   Story 2 - York University students set up Palestine solidarity encampment.   Story 3 - International campaign targeting Palestinian activists uncovered by Israeli media.   Story 4 - RSF massacres 100 people in in Sudan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Saskatoon Public library workers might go on strike.   Story 2 - Grassy Narrows sues the federal and provincial government over mercury poisoning.   Story 3 - Foreign streaming services need to pay to a Canadian content creation fund.   Story 4 - UN Human Rights chief slams Israel's attacks on the West Bank.   Story 5 - Modi's BJP wins minority, surprising pollsters a...

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how we need public options for verification as AI hallucinates itself into telling us to eat glue on our pizza. Plus -- financial literacy classes and a premier who blames immigrants on antisemitism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Man pleads guilty to stabbing at UW but not to terror or hate crimes charges.   Story 2 - Spike in Canadians fleeing Canada to the United States   Story 3 - At the fifth anniversary of the Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, Canada has made nearly no progress on the 231 calls to action.   Story 4 - Neo-Nazi leader in Greece wil not get an early pr...

Story 1 - Encampment set up at Université Laval is dismantled hours after it was set up.   Story 2 - Childcare kitchens are not being inspected enough in Alberta, months after a devastating e. coli outbreak.   Story 3 - Unifor decries Amazon's interference in union drive. Story 4 - Inside the crisis that faces Netenyahu in his own government.   Story 5 - Sudanese refugees are facing...

Story 1 - UWO prez pens long letter explaining all the ways that the university refuses to meet student demands who are demanding action related to Gaza.   Story 2 - Police who murdered an Indigenous man decry the prohibition of cops sharing notes before they are investigated on the grounds of mental health.   St ory 3 - One of Canada's richest men, Robert G. Miller, has been arrested fo...

S tory 1 - 5% of RMC students say they've been sexually attacked in the last year, 9% sexually assaulted.   Story 2 - A random group thinks that it's unfair that the Minister of Health can now pull products off the shelf that are being used dangerously off-lable.   Story 3 - BMO missed it's earnings target by only making $2.03B in the first quarter; Canadian profit up by 23%.   Stor...

Story 1 - Class action has been greenlighted against Bombardier.   Story 2 - Dozens of people have been smuggled from Canada into the United States via freight train.   Story 3 - At least 126 youth have died from toxic drugs since 2019.   Story 4 - Almost 100 million chickens have been slaughtered to try and stop bird flu.   Story 5 - Georgian law makers pass law that will requ...

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the lack of reaction from Canadian politicians to the ICC decision to charge Israeli leadership with war crimes. Plus, encampment victories, encampment struggles and why is Jesse Brown so obsessed with Shree Paradkar? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Migrants in PEI are on day 4 of hunger strike over proposed changes to immigration in that province.   Story 2 - Glad Day Bookstore in Toronto, the world's oldest 2SLGTBQ bookstore, faces closure.   S tory 3 - The world reacts to Israel's massacre of people living in tents in Rafah.   Story 4 - Possible 2000 people dead after landslide in Papua New Guinea   Story 5 -...

Story 1 - Deadline was 8 AM for Palestinian solidarity activists to clear out of their encampment. Rally is on now ...   Story 2 - Canada set to deport the truck driver who caused the Humboldt Broncos bus accident -- after he's served his 8-year prison sentence.   Story 3 - The US has quietly funded two mining projects in Canada in the hopes of securing access to critical minerals as Chi...

Story 1 - SK teachers to vote on tentative deal.   Story 2 - Methylmercury, more toxic than mercury is now a growing compound in the English-Wabigoon river.   Story 3 - The Canadian Medical Association calls for Canada to defund its revenues so that its members can make more money on capital gains.   Story 4 - Cacao producers in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana are organizing to get higher t...

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Daily news for May 22, 2024 Story 1 - Cops crack heads at encampment at UQAM but activists at Ontario Tech U win huge advances from their admin.   Story 2 - Government committee identifies 35 threats to the security of Canadiands. Billionaires are number 5 though impact pretty much the entire list.   Story 3 - Countries around the world react to the ICC case against Israeli and Hamas lea...

In this episide, Sandy and Nora talk about how the politics of identity have been weaponized to silence people out of criticizing Israel. Plus, a former CBC producer speaks out about bias at the public broadcaster, Canada is questioning a doctor from Gaza about which members of Hamas he treated while working as a doctor and how are care and violence sometimes entwined? Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Story 1 - SIRT investigating after " officer-involved shooting: in Regina.   Story 2 - Unexploded incindiary devices found at site of future EV battery site.   Story 3 - Omar Khadr denied an appeal with the US Supreme Court.   S tory 4 - Top Iranian officials die in helicopter crash in region blanketed in thick fog. Story 5 - The ICC issues arrest warrant for leadership of both Hama...

Daily News for May 17, 2024 Story 1 - Edmonton police say that have evidence that a serial killer operated in the 1970s. He's dead.   Story 2 - Speaker of Sk's Legislative Assembly tears up membership card and makes serious allegations of harassment against the incoming speaker.   Story 3 - Loblaw agrees to voluntarily sign the Grocery Code of Conduct. Walmart is still holding out. &nbsp...

Daily news for May 16, 2024 - Story 1 - Double-digit profit percentage increases for two REITs making money off Halifax renters , Story 2 - McGill loses second injunction. Students have a right to stay in their encampment. Story 3 - CN will sell the Pont de Québec will be sold to the federal government for a symbolic $1 ending a very long political saga. Story 4 - A barge hits a bridge in Galvesto...

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In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the measures in place at many encampments which demonstrate how sophistocated and well organized they are -- something that is critical as they will continue to experience attack. Plus, Canada wants to scan your face to watch Internet porn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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