Month: February 2024
Episode 270 – Two years of war in Ukraine, and for what?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about what has happened over two years of war in Ukraine and how the anti-war position remains the only one that will end the slaughter. Plus, pharmacare and shoddy reporting at the New York Times.
Episode 269 – Spoiler Alert! Pharmacare?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the NDP’s gamble with pharmacare. Will it happen? Will it not happen? We have to wait till March 1!! Plus, they recap the latest in Gaza.
Daily News – Feb. 16, 2024
Story 1 – Two teens intentionally run down by man in Abbotsford.
Story 3 – Parliamentarians are increasingly relying on RCMP security details.
Story 4 – Canada working on raising defense spending to get it closer to NATO’s required 2% of GDP.
Story 5 – 72 of 99 journalists killed last year around the world were Palestinian.
Story 6 – Kenya moves 21 black rhinos to a vast preserve in the hopes of growing their population.
Episode 268 – Is it worth saving Canadian media?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the cuts to Bell Media, the future of Canadian journalism and how Israel’s assault on Gaza has laid bare the lack of capacity that media has to deal with the biggest issues in the world right now.
Daily News – Feb. 12, 2024
Story 3 – Exports to Israel from Canada since Oct. 7 are higher than ever reported before.
Story 4 – Cousins are going extinct in Canada
Story 5 – Israel bombs Rafah by air and by sea, killing between 50 and 100+ people.
Episode 267 – Can politics chill out for a second please?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about international students and how the story is being told is full of mostly racist mistruths, Selina Robinson in BC gets a faculty member fired and is now demoted herself, Israel continues to pound Gaza and Brandi Morin is being surveilled by a tech firm that has contracts with the Alberta government.
**This was recorded on Sunday night before Robinson lost her cabinet seat
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