Sandy and Nora talk politics

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 prison release. Story 5 - Nigeria's unions are on unlimited general strike demanding a hike in the country's minimum wage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 violence in Ethiopia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Story 3 - One of Canada's richest men, Robert G. Miller, has been arrested for sexual assault of 8 girls and 2 women. His assistant and other associates were charged too.  Story 4 - The EU is imposing high tariffs on Russian and Belarussian agriculture products to stop their flow into the European market. Europe is buying +3x as much ag from Russia since their invasion. Story 5 - The US and Argentina are doing war games, showing off the cozy relationship betwen the two countries, despite the leadership of a fascist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.