Sandy and Nora talk politics Sandy Hudson & Nora Loreto

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.
 
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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