Sandy and Nora talk politics

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In this all-American episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the organizing space that's been created by the Harris-Biden switcheroo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Liberal talking point that has been the rallying cry after the assassination attempt on trump. Plus, they ask: what is going on in BC? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Story 1 - MUN students set up new encampment days after being arrested; McGill hires cops and mercenaries to clear its encampment, big win at the University of Windsor over divestment and academic boycott demands. Story 2 - Not enough slack in BC hospital system for nurses to call in sick; emergency wards in the Interior are closed as a result.  Story 3 - IRCC not renewing contract with hotel in Cornwall, kicking more than 500 people to the curb by the end of July.  Story 4 - Feeling the pinch of the affordability crisis? Don't worry, Canada is going to take your tax money and buy some subs.  Story 5 - Sudanese officials receive first visit of a nation's head since the start of the civil war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - After 5 years, a $2m corruption and harassment probe into the Durham Police has turned up ... nothing. Not that there is no problem, it hasn't reported at all.  Story 2 - A shortage of nurses and doctors in remote First Nations communities is killing people.  Story 3 - Throw out your Silk and Great Value almond, oat, cashew and coconut milk ASAP.  Story 4 - Lady accused of producing fraudulent timesheets bilked federal departments and Crown corps some $250,000. But her supervisors didn't notice and it took the RCMP to read them and say, wait, what? Story 5 - Orban, as the new president of the EU, is on a tour to try and stop the war in Ukraine. But Western countries think that he's causing more harm than good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora look at the current state of politics, in light of recent elections in the UK and France. Plus, the Lancet warns that deaths in Gaza could be as high as 186,000. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Record deaths from toxic drugs in New Brunswick in 2023.  Story 2 - Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg is planning to pay for AI-power weapons detection.  Story 3 - Edmonton police shot and killed a man, three minutes of video of the confrontation has been deleted. Story 4 - New defence pact between Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger as the three countries quit ECOWAS. Story 5 - 11 dead in landslide at illegal gold mine in Indonesia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - ILWU Local 514 set to strike, but the employer is set to lock them out. Story 2 - New report details horrors of residential school to push back against residential school denialism. Story 3 - The Lancet estimates that the death toll in Gaza could be higher than 186,000. Story 4 - Environmental activists jailed in Cambodia.  Story 5 - France's leftwing coalition beats back the fascists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - 150 anomalies have been found at the site of the former residential school at Pimicikmamak.Story 2 - Strike at the LCBO for the first time in the Crown's history. Story 3 - Pro-Palestinian protesters at Western refuse to leave. Story 4 - Israel moves to make the biggest land grab in the West Bank since the Oslo Accords. Story 5 - With a small percentage of the popular vote, Labour careens to victory in the UK.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Brian Nadler's first degree murder charges tossed out on Day 1 of his trial.  Story 2 - The John Howard Society of PEI warns that there are a high number of people being released from jail into homelessness. Story 3 - Legal Aid Alberta is about to cease operations over fight with the province about funding and control. Story 4 - 47 people killed in police-involved incidents so far this year in Canada. Story 5 - Nearly 20 dead in Khan Younes, Israeli settlers burn fields south of Hebron and attack fire services so they can't put the fires out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about what Canadians can learn about the current political crisis in the United States, and how Canada is hurtling towards the same demise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Winnipeggers rally for more international students to be able to stay in Canada. Story 2 - WestJet mechanics make gains after strike.  Story 3 - Israel tells people to clear out of Khan Younes sparking fears of a new ground invasion there. Story 4 - Fascists win 33% of the vote in France and Macron's party will make the difference in trying to get the leftwing regroupment ahead in next rounds of voting.  Story 5 - A UN working group calls for Imran Khan to be released from prison. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - OPP shoot and kill man in part that hosted armed resistance against the Department of Indian Affairs 50 years ago. Story 2 - Safe injection site in Timmins to close due to a lack of provincial funding. Users warn that this will murder people.  Story 3 - Karima Manji will serve three years in prison over fraudently getting her daughters enrolled as Inuit. Story 4 - An inside look into lobbyists for TC Energy and the NDP government of BC. Story 5 - 3 workers die mysteriously at a Sweedish Northvolt plant. Story 6 - a look at the Iranian presidential elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Mountie was promoted and is back on duty even though he is facing charages for shooting someone.  Story 2 - Bus driver at fault in crash that killed 17 people will not face charges. Story 3 - Frank Stronach is facing more sexual assault charges.  Story 4 - Massive asset dump in global oil and gas industry. Story 5 - Bolivia's attempted 4-hour coup.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Uday Jaswal, former deputy chief of the Ottawa Police has been charged in the sex assault of a woman. Story 2 - The University of Waterloo issues a tresspass notice to the pro-Palestinian encampment there, something that the students call "absolutely nonsensical." Story 3 - The Liberals shit the bead in Toronto-St. Paul's. Story 4 - Julian Assange is free! Story 5 - Kenyan police arrive for their mission in Haiti, just as Kenyan police kill protesters in Nairobi over anti-austerity protests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the temporary foreign worker program and how the number of workers who are in Canada through the program has doubled since 2018. Plus: what are the pitfalls to calling a foreign military a terrorist entity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - NL bill will bring ankle bracelets to the province to track offenders.Story 2 - MP Ryan Williams uses ChatGPT to be very publicly incorrect over the capital gains exemption. Story 3 - Two US soldiers consciously object to service over the US' support for Israel's genocide. Story 4 - Death toll at his year's Hajj tops 1300. Story 5 - Activists arrested in New Caledonia brought to France for detention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Diesel spill in Pond Inlet. Story 2 - The Rebel News has a racism truck.  Story 3 - Liberals unveil details of their national food program, promise that it will be universal.  Story 4 - Protests in Kenya over austerity measures. Story 5 - By destroying Hamas, Gaza police and bombing aid convoys, Israel has made humanitarian distribution dangerous and near impossible.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Wildfire evacuation order in place in Churchill Falls.  Story 2 - A construction worker struck by something and died at a downtown Montreal worksite. Story 3 - Cargill will not pay damages to its employees at their High River factory over COVID-19 outbreak and related deaths. Story 4 - Canada declares Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terror group though the reasons listed by CTV for why are not terrorism.  Story 5 - Death toll rises to four in Houthi campaign to disrupt ships passing through the Red Sea, to pressure Israel to stop its genocide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - The remains of two Cree women, cousins, were identified weeks from one another in Dawson Creek BC.  Story 2 - Canada has refused to give emergency visas to the family of a man who was killed in a random act of violence for his funeral.  Story 3 - Liquor store workers in Ontario are ready to strike.  Story 4 - Same-sex marriage legalized in Thailand. Story 5 - Nine people die in fire at hospital in northern Iran. Fire was likely linked to the hospital using emergency power generators due to extreme heat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about foreign influence in Canadian politics and how, once again, Poilievre is eating everyone's lunch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Kabyle Canadians accuse Algeria of spying on them.  Story 2 - A young man self-immolated inside a Winnipeg mosque.  Story 3 - The world will spend $100B on nuclear weapons this year.  Story 4 - The Greek Coastguard threw nine migrants into the sea, killing them, new BBC investigation reveals.  Story 5 - At least 6 dead in Ecuador due to landslides.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Family says that father's death at a hospital ER was due to an overloaded system.  Story 2 - Trudeau calls Russia's attack on Ukraine a genocide but cannot bring himself to say the same thing about Israel.  Story 3 - UN warns of escalating violence along the Israel-Lebanon border. Story 4 - The US undertook a secret antivax campaign to scare Filipinos out of taking China's Sinovac vaccine, a decision that cost thousands of lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - 90% of teachers in Nunavut report having witnessed some kind of violence in the past year. Story 2 - Ottawa cop gets to remain a cop after he beat a child in the custody of the mental health act.  Story 3 - Two workers are injured in Calgary while trying to repair the city's catastrophic water main break.  Story 4 - Canada will send 2000 decommissioned rocket motors to Ukraine.  Story 5 - 120 million displaced people on the planet -- the highest probably in the history of the world.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Two cops involved in the high-speed chase that lead to a family being killed are refusing to cooperate with the SIU.  Story 2 - Some number of jobs are being cut at Global News as Corus tries to save money. Story 3 - The CWB is being acquired by the National Bank.  Story 4 - Almost 50 people killed in an apartment fire in Kuwait in a district where foreign workers live. Story 5 - Boat capsizes in Congo killing 80 people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Indigenous students in PA were targeted for bizarre brain waves therapy, funded by a billionaire and that was never approvd by an ethics board. Story 2 - Christian school director's trial for assault with a weapon is on now and former students have horrifying stories. Story 3 - Inside St. John's for-profit shelter system, residents are scared for their lives. The mother of a woman murdered in one details how hard she tried to get another place to live. Story 4 - Javier Milei is good for mining and Canadian companies are licking their chops. Story 5 - Chiquita Banana ordered to pay millions to people whose families were slaughtered by paramilitary groups funded by the company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora try to answer the question: can you detatch national pride from the actions of your state? Canada and Israel both struggle with the realities of genocidal programs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - CBSA workers push their strike deadline to Friday. Story 2 - Hamilton holds people in solitary confinement more than anywhere else in Ontario, regularly breaking the limit of time for what the UN considers to be humane. Story 3 - MLA who was victim of police surveillance resigns, citing the culture of politics. Story 4 - Unanimous vote at the UN security council (w/Russia abstaining) calling for ceasefire in Gaza. Story 5 - EU parliament elections show that Europe is on a slide to the Right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Three companies have been charged in the workplace deaths of two men in Alberta. Story 2 - Community rallies against new proposed graphite project, especially after hearing that defense interests in the US have funded the project. Story 3 - Four people arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in Toronto; police appears to punch protester. Story 4 - Nearly 300 people killed in Israeli attack on refugee camp; Netenyahu faces uncertain political future. Story 5 - Allied Democratic Forces in the DRC have killed at least 50 people in the past week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Story 1 - Strategy document shows how police want to be the centre of drug policy in Alberta. Story 2 - Opioid deaths are 8x higher among First Nations in Alberta. Story 3 - Cop who kicked man in the head also kicked another man in the head. Story 4 - The SIU in Ontario is charging a cop with assault.  Story 5 - A "Framework Agreement" has been reached between the ATU 113 and the TTC averting a transit strike at the eleventh hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and analysts. He now must make a coalition to govern. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 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.