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Ford tells protesters to 'go find a job' as controversial housing bill passes at Queen's Park | CBC News Shouts and chants rained down upon politicians at the Ontario legislature Monday as the government passed a housing bill that critics say makes it easier for landlords to evict tenants.

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Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.

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Democrat Abigail Spanberger will defeat Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to become Virginia's first female governor, CNN projects.

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Is Alberta headed for a general strike? | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen Earlier this week Danielle Smith’s UCP government forced teachers back to work after a a three week strike using the notwithstanding clause. This prevents the Alberta Teachers' Association from challe...

EXCELLENT episode of CBC Front Burner summarizing the issues and histories that led to the Alberta teachers strike and what might happen next.

Front Burner with Jayme Poisson: Is Alberta headed for a general strike? www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News

‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1150072...

Yukon's rural nutrition program ends after losing Jordan's Principle funding | CBC News The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate is appealing the federal government's decision to deny its funding proposal to keep the Yukon's rural nutrition program running.

The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate's rural nutrition program has provided meals &snacks to hundreds of students...
This year the program has been suspended after YFNED's application for funding through Jordan's Principle was denied by Indigenous Services Canada.
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Aurora Strategy Global: "With two decades as one of Canada’s most recognisable broadcasters, Ben Mulroney brings unmatched communication expertise and public presence to the Aurora Strategy team. Backed by a legal education and deep roots in the public affairs space—both in Canada and internationally—Ben excels at building connections, shaping narratives, and advising high-growth clients across sectors. From strategic counsel to high-impact event hosting, Ben helps clients cut through the noise and deliver messages that matter."

Mulroney also works for Aurora Strategy Global, a firm registered to lobby the federal government

When not hosting West Block, Mulroney offers clients “behind-the-scenes strategic advice” to “get your message in front of the right audience whether it is to government, the media or stakeholders”

I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:

At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio

Israel's Supreme Court says Palestinian prisoners are not being fed enough | CBC News Rights groups have documented widespread abuse in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, including insufficient food and health care, as well as poor sanitary conditions and beatings.

Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

ANALYSIS | As hunger grows in Gaza, warnings that starvation hits the most vulnerable first | CBC News Despite Israel’s denials of famine and a recent uptick in food delivery, starvation in Gaza is getting worse. Before his death, a 17-year-old described to CBC News how his body and life were shutting ...

In the last two weeks since the world's foremost authority on food insecurity declared a famine in Gaza City, 70 people have died of hunger, according to local health authorities.

One of them was 17-year-old Ahmed Ali Al-Batniji. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide www.thestar.com/news/world/m...

Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide says that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza apnews.com/article/geno...

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war. The total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 is at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @theguardian.com @pressfreedom.bsky.social #journalism

Jelena Ostapenko appears to tell Taylor Townsend she has ‘no education’ after U.S. Open defeat “She told me I have no class," Townsend said in an on-court interview after her 7-5, 6-1 victory.

“She’s packed up and she’s gone. I’m here, and that’s the only thing that matters,” Townsend said. www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...

BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr

Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.

BREAKING: Four journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, are among eight killed by an Israeli strike on southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital.

Widespread protests held in Australia to support Palestinians Thousands of Australians joined pro-Palestinian rallies on Sunday, organisers said, amid strained relations between Israel and Australia following the centre-left government's decision to recognise a Palestinian state.

Palestinian authorities say the conflict has claimed the lives of more than 60,000 people in Gaza, while humanitarian organisations say a shortage of food is leading to widespread starvation. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say

Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/w...

Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.

He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Struck, in @polgreen.bsky.social's piece on Anas al-Sharif's killing, by Israel's evidence—"screenshots of spreadsheets, purported service numbers and old payments"—tying him to Hamas. That's the case against him? And most US outlets didn't even bother to share it www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Essential Listening Poll - The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time — Left of Dial Media The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time

So proud that Stolen: Survivng St. Michael’s AND Finding Cleo made this list of 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time! www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li... 🧡🧡

It remains absolutely bewildering to me that an incumbent premier took out newspaper ads proudly declaring she *refuses* to attempt to recover the remains of murder victims

And equally bewildering @winnipegfreepress.com agreed to take her money and run these ads

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Union representing Air Canada flight attendants says strike will continue The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the workers remain on strike.

The federal government said Saturday that it was ordering the airline and its flight attendants back to work, ending a strike and lockout after less than 12 hours. www.thestar.com/business/uni...

More than 100 aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza | CBC News More than 100 non-profit groups warned Thursday that Israel's rules for aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace independent organizations ...

The aid groups stressed that most of them haven't been able to deliver "a single truck" of life-saving assistance since Israel implemented a blockade in March, calling on the international community to press Israel to end the "weaponization of aid..." www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

In a final message, al-Sharif said, “I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, and those who suffocated our very breaths.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’ The people caring for others in Gaza are hungry too.

Aid workers caring for the hungry in Gaza are themselves going without food. Claire Porter Robbins on a starvation crisis that has not spared the helpers:

“A Purely Manmade Famine”: How Israel Is Starving Gaza Jonah Valdez and the IRC’s Bob Kitchen unpack how Israel’s war and aid restrictions, not food shortage, are driving Gaza’s hunger crisis.

"We’re seeing a purely manmade famine."

'I am ashamed of what we are doing in Gaza,' says ex-chief of Israeli security agency  | CBC Radio Ami Ayalon, the former head Israel's internal security agency, has signed an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on behalf of 550 former Israeli security officials calling for an end to Israel'...

Former Shin Bet head Ami Ayalon among 550 security officials to sign letter calling for end to war www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

Exclusive: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit — an apparent change to its plans to update its collection of artifacts about the historic U.S. proceedings.

French President Emmanuel Macron had been pushing for France and its G7 allies, the UK and Canada, to recognise Palestinian statehood. But London and Ottawa “did not want to face the wrath of the United States”, reports Reuters.

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