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* Retired judge appointed to electoral boundary panel donated to UCP, Michelle Bellefontaine, CBC News
* Former Alberta judge tapped to chair panel redrawing electoral boundaries, Lisa Johnson, Canadian Press
* Carney government follows CUSMA letter with proposals to revive U.S. trade talks, Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star
* Some Palestinian student visas being expedited after long wait, David Baxter, Canadian Press
* Shopify paid Kenneth Law $149K for deadly poison sales to at-risk buyers, court records show, Thomas Daigle, CBC News
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* Guilbeault to resign as an MP over Carney government’s climate policies, Vassy Kapelos and Stephanie Ha, CTV News
* Steven Guilbeault expected to quit Liberal caucus as early as Wednesday, sources say, Marieke Walsh and Stephanie Levitz, Globe and Mail
* Carney says House of Commons won’t weigh in on Alberta’s referendum question, Darren Major, CBC News
* Alberta separatist leader planning to challenge Danielle Smith’s leadership or change referendum question, Jason Markusoff, CBC News
* CANSEC Arms Fair Bars Multiple Independent Journalists From Attending, Alex Cosh, The Maple
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You may know Adam H. Johnson as the co-host of the Citations Needed podcast. He has a new book out, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, which provides a rigorous, data-driven critique of how liberal American media outlets helped facilitate the Gaza genocide.
Related Links
* How to Sell a Genocide (Pluto Press, 2026)
* We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media, The Intercept
* How the Media Sold a Genocide, Current Affairs
* How the corporate media helped fuel Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Mondoweiss
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Globe and Mail opinion page editor and former National Post Alberta reporter Tyler Dawson charts the rise of Alberta separatist sentiment in his new book, The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That Won’t Go Away. He joins me to discuss how the Alberta independence movement went from fringe to mainstream.
Related Links
* The Republic of Alberta (Sutherland House, 2026)
* Separating from Canada Would Be an Economic Disaster for Alberta, The Walrus
* The west wants out, Globe and Mail
* Support for Alberta separatism flat, struggling high earners more likely supporters: poll, CBC
* Smith Talked about Heading an Independent Alberta, Says Separatist Leader, The Tyee
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You may know David Griscom as the co-host of Left Reckoning or host of the Jacobin Show. He’s now also an author, having released The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South.
David joins the podcast to discuss the hidden history of Texas socialism. Albertans might recognize some parallels.
Related Links
* The Myth of Red Texas (O/R Books, 2026)
* Unlearning the Myth of Red Texas, Current Affairs
* Left Reckoning
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Featured Stories
* The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism, Charles Rusnell, The Tyee
* A network of YouTube accounts is promoting U.S. annexation to Albertans, researchers say. It has 40M views, Alex Boyd, Toronto Star
* Ottawa favours southern route for new Alberta-B.C. pipeline, sources say, Robert Fife and Emma Graney, Globe and Mail
* Possible changes to Alberta’s electoral map put democracy at risk, Rachel Notley, Globe and Mail
* U.S. Personnel Who Died in Mexico Were Working for the CIA, Sources Say, Nick Turse, The Intercept
* Germany and Italy block bid to suspend EU-Israel trade pact, Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera
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Scotiabank has sold all its remaining shares in Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit systems after a campaign targeting its sponsorship of the arts, most prominently the prestigious Giller Prize.
Aliya Pabani of No Arms in the Arts joins the podcast to discuss this divestment victory.
Related Links
* Scotiabank fully divests from Elbit Systems, No Arms in th…
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Featured Stories
* Strike notice served by union representing Alberta nursing care staff, Mrinali Anchan, CBC News (Nov. 19)
* Alberta’s COP30 delegate is a former oil industry lobbyist, Brett McKay, Investigative Journalism Foundation (Nov. 19)
* Alaska tribal nations demand a say on Canadian resource projects, Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail (Nov. 19)
* Despite congressional action, quick release of Epstein files is in doubt, Perry Stein, Jeremy Roebuck and Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post (Nov. 19)
* Saudi Arabia Backs Elon Musk’s xAI With Data Center Deal, Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur, New York Times (Nov. 19)
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The Toronto Blue Jays came as close as it gets to winning the World Series, but lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in extra innings in game seven.
Andrew Stoeten of THE BATFLIP joins the podcast to discuss how the Jays went from last place in the AL East to making the Dodgers fight hard for a repeat championship.
Related Links
* Why Blue Jays starter Shane Bieber decided he isn’t goin…
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It’s been almost 15 years since Canada participated in NATO’s overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Winnipeg-based author and journalist Owen Schalk has a new book out, Targeting Libya, which details the history of Canada’s relationship to the country and its outsized role in bringing about its destruction.
Related Links
* Targeting Libya: How Canada went…
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Thank you Laurence Miall, Revolution Party of Canada, Thought Matters, MakeUsGreat.ca, Jill, and many others for tuning into my live video with Luke Savage! Join me for my next live video in the app.
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Featured Stories
* Inquiry into suicides of 4 Indigenous teens says fear of child welfare system barrier to care, Wallis Snowdon, CBC News (Aug. 27)
* Burnaby council votes unanimously to ask Ottawa to impose arms embargo on Israel, CBC News (Aug. 26)
* Armoured vehicles from Canadian-owned company deployed in Sudan’s war zones, Geoffrey York, Globe and Mail (Aug. 27)
* Trump wants expanded death penalty, longer control over police in D.C., Emily Davies and Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post (Aug. 26)
* Ukraine to allow young men to leave the country, Fabrice Deprez, Financial Times (Aug. 26)
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