Sandy and Nora talk politics

Story 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%. Story 4 - Sierre Leone struggles with Kush-driven epidemic.  Story 5 - Lula recals Brazil's ambassador from Israel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 require media, NGOs and other organizations who are more than 20% foreign funded to register with government as operating for a foreign agency. Story 6 - Dick Schoof, a guy with no government or parliamentary experience, is being named Prime Minister by the right-wing cabinet of Holland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Story 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 - The military government of Burkina Faso has declared it will stay in power for another 5 years, foregoing July's election (and planned return to democracy) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 China's grip tightens around the industry. Story 4 - Massacre in Rafah has killed many, the world watches in horror. Story 5 - More than 100 killed in el-Fasher in Sudan as fighting intensifies between the RSF and the Sudanese military. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 tariffs on the fruit so that they can exit poverty. Global chocolate giants make more than $100 billion in profits. Story 5 - The UK heads to the polls for the first time in 4.5 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily news for May 23, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily news for May 22, 2024Story 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 leaders. In Canada, it took more than 31 hours for Trudeau to say anything and media to report on anything. Story 4 - Israel attacks one of two hospitals left in northern Gaza. Story 5 - Three Americans charged in failed and bizarre coup attenmpt in Congo. Story 6 - William Ruto is in the US to discuss forming Kenyan-led military initiative in Haiti.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.com/privacy for more information.

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. Story 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 Hamas and Israel, will allow events of Oct. 7 and the genocide of Gaza to be examined in court.  Story 6 - Julian Assange wins the right to appeal his extradition to the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.