Month: December 2024

Daily News – Dec. 20, 2024

December 20, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Saanish cop who was charged with sexual assault killed himself within 24h of the charges being laid.

Story 2 – Japan’s Nikkei is reporting that Nissan and Honda may be considering a merger as the auto industry figures out how to compete with Chinese electric vehicles.

Story 3 – American Amazon workers go on strike and face down with cops who tried to break their solidarity.

Story 4 – Immigration drives highest population growth in the US in 23 years, is the reason why 16 states didn’t have population decline.

Story 5 – Gisèle Pelicot: Person of the Year.

Daily News – Dec. 19, 2024

December 19, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Three men from the UK charged in murder of popular restaurant owner in Owen Sound.

Story 2 – Report confirms widespread sexual violence plagued a Montreal youth detention facility, with at least one worker becoming pregnant through raping a youth.

Story 3 – Barrick Gold asks international arbitrator to help convince the Malian government to back down on their mining reforms.

Story 4 – At least 25 dead after boat capsizes in the DRC on a river.

Story 5 – 14 dead and possibly more after earthquake hits the capital city of Vanuatu.

Daily News – Dec. 18, 2024

December 18, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Police commissioner in Edmonton resigns after plans to work from Portugal foiled by reality.

Story 2 – Two employees of retirement residence charged in resident’s death. She went outside and died from the elements because the doors were locked. The facility is owned by the formerly named Sienna Senior Living.

Story 3 – Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson is free.

Story 4 – US Military invests almost twice as much as Canada does in future tungstin mine in northern Canada. The previous mine owners had gone bankrupt.

Story 5 – Mysterious illness circulating in the DRC is a kind of Malaria

Episode 304 – A rear-end look at 2024

December 17, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Sandy and Nora look back on the biggest news of the year.

Daily News – Dec. 16, 2024

December 16, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – RCMP killed a person in Cold Lake, Alberta.

Story 2 – Man died of aneurysm after waiting for 6 hours in an emergency room and then going home.

Story 3 – Enbridge pipeline leaks 265,000 litres in Wisconsin.

Story 4 – Israel promises to settle Golan Heights area that they have occupied for five decades.

Story 5 – Israel kills 3 journalists in just over 24 hours.

Daily News – Dec. 13, 2024

December 13, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Guelph officially opposes the notion of using the Notwithstanding clause to harass unhoused people.

Story 2 – Yukon hospital releases patients even when they have nowhere to go.

Story 3 – Haiti’s new prime minister speaks for first time since massacre last week.

Story 4 – Ireland seeks formal intervenor status in South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel.

Daily News – Dec. 12, 2024

December 12, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – CBC investigation talks with victims of a serial child sexual abuser in St. John’s and how police let him go when they knew that he had been accused of rape just three weeks before.

Story 2 – Manitoba nurse loses his nursing accreditation after being found Not Criminally Responsible for the murder of his parents and violent assault on a coworker.

Story 3 – Montrealer sees his car being towed for snow removal, runs out of his appartment with a shotgun and starts shooting at the city workers.

Story 4 – Zelensky is irritated that Orban met with Putin without him. Says that cease fire is impossible because it would mean Russia wins.

Story 5 – Exxon Mobil plans to boost oil and gas output by 18% between now and 2030

Daily News – Dec. 11, 2024

December 11, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Imperial Metals charged under the Fisheries Act ten years after the Mount Polley mine disaster.

Story 2 – CBC identifies that 85% of ER closures was due to nursing shortages, but then talks to doctors about how maybe it would be good to close rural ERs. Because hey, do we really need urgent care everywhere when people can just drive?

Story 3 – CUPW strike continues. Management blames the union, the union publishes their concessions which would save the corporation money.

Story 4 – Human rights group says that more than 100 people were killed in attack at a busy market 180 km west of El Fasher in North Darfur.

Story 5 – Cops fire tear gas on small demonstration against femicide in Nairobi.

Episode 303 – It’s the fall of a regime, not a tennis match: Understanding Syria

December 10, 2024 Sandy and Nora

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, what it means for the broader region and why people shouldn’t get too hung up on figuring out which side to cheer for. Plus, they talk about how the murder of a CEO brought the internet together.

Daily News – Dec. 10, 2024

December 10, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Edmonton police chief tells podcast that every new immigrant represents a new risk to society.

Story 2 – International student killed on his third day on the job as security guard.

Story 3 – Man accused of terrorism’s defense outlines how he was entrapped by FBI informants.

Story 4 – At least 184 people have been killed in Haiti, mostly who were elderly.

Story 5 – Germany’s government pauses asylum applications from Syrians.

Daily News – Dec. 9, 2024

December 9, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Quebec considers banning praying in public.

Story 2 – Canada to reinforce its military in the Arctic.

Story 3 – Brazilian officers who tortured disabled Black man sentenced.

Story 4 – Israel seizes territory as the Assad regime falls.

Episode 302 – High trouble in higher ed

December 6, 2024 Sandy and Nora

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the state of higher education, and how student organizing is the only force powerful enough to keep administrators in check.

Daily News – Dec. 6, 2024

December 6, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Friends of Medicare sound the alarm over the health-related dangers faced by unhoused Albertans.

Story 2 – StatsCan Data show that disabled women experience higher levels of violence in the home, and yet, shelter services are rarely accessible, say advocates.

Story 3 – 12,000 Honda SUVs are recalled in Canada, +200,000 recalled in North America.

Story 4 – Mystery flu-like illness has killed at least 71 people in Congo.

Daily News – Dec. 5, 2024

December 5, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Closing arguments finish in trial of man charged with terror charges over Atomwaffen connections.

Story 2 – No, there’s not more food recalls right now.

Story 3 – GM’s Chinese holdings are losing money.

Story 4 – CEO of UnitedHealth shot dead in the streets of Manhattan. The Internet rejoiced.

Story 5 – French government falls, opposition calls for Macron’s head.

Story 6 – At least 50 people are killd by Israel in separate airstrikes in Gaza.

Daily News – Dec. 4, 2024

December 4, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Alberta to review rules governing amateur combat sports after an MMA fighter dies in the ring.

Story 2 – Scotiabank is on track to make more too-high profits.

Story 3 – South Korea is under Martial Law for a few hours, decision may cost President Yoon his job.

Story 4 – Malaysia and Thailand brace for more monsoons and floods.

Story 5 – Security forces may have created dangerous conditions, leading to the high death toll of the soccer stadium stampede that killed 135 people at least.

Daily News – Dec, 3, 2024

December 3, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – Montreal authorities move to clear encampment without giving its residents decent options for where to go,

Story 2 – Conservative MPP wants to bring back cops into high schools.

Story 3 – Toxic discharge in Hope slough is threatening wildlife.

Story 4 – Gaza soup kitchen aid worker killed in targeted Israeli strike.

Daily News – Dec. 2, 2024

December 2, 2024 Sandy and Nora

Story 1 – SIU investigating after officer shooting leaves person in hospital.

Story 2 – Possible unmarked graves found at site for former Lejac Indian Residential School

Story 3 – New Brunswick Liberals to introduce rent cap but critics say it doesn’t go far enough.

Story 4 – Canadian news companies launch lawsuit against OpenAI

Story 5 – Amazon facing legal challenge in India over abusive labour practices