Featured News

Common Dreams: Series of Reports Ignored by Media Show Jeffrey Epstein’s Extensive Work With Israeli Intelligence

News From The States: US Supreme Court maintains temporary freeze on full SNAP benefits for November

Reuters: Nine out of 10 families in Afghanistan go hungry, in debt as economic recovery stalls: UN

The North Star: Tory Ministers and Landlords in Bed on Bill 60

Truthout: House Dems Say Trump Is Hiding the Truth as New Epstein Emails Surface

World Socialist Web Site: Workplace-related deaths in Canada show no signs of decline

Canada & USA

Canadian news:

• Anand announces new sanctions targeting Russian drones as G7 diplomats meet

• B.C.’s century-long feast on big, old trees has sent forests into freefall

• Federal investigation probes grocery store competition in Halifax

• Federal prison watchdog leaving post early over 'frustrations' with lack of prison reform

• New nation-building projects to include mining and energy developments, sources say

• NDP prepares for election as its MPs decide whether to vote against Carney government’s budget

• Poilievre says no reflection on his leadership style following floor crossing and resignation

• Ottawa tinkers with veterans' disability benefits as former soldiers prepare for a fight

• STM service gradually resumes after maintenance union halts strike

USA news:

• ALEC Pushes Power Grid “Stability” Bills to Favor Fossil Fuels Over Renewables

• DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules

• DOJ drafts legal opinion backing immunity for US troops involved in boat strikes, sources say

• Florida to seek death penalty against child rapist; asks SCOTUS to reconsider execution precedent

• Impending Strike in Las Vegas Exposes Labor Abuses in Service Sector Nationwide

• India’s largest far-right Hindu organization hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign

• Lawsuit challenges TSA’s ban on transgender officers conducting pat-downs

• Montana prisoners housed in Mississippi facility endure hot water outage

• New State Dept Policy Allows Rejection of Visa Apps Over Common Health Issues

World News

• 5 South Korean workers killed, 3 more presumed dead, in 2 industrial accidents

• Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Protest at COP30

• At least 42 migrants presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya, says U.N.

• Delhi chokes as pollution rises to severe levels

• Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire

• Mongolian health workers announce strike from November 13

• Report Exposes Torture Endured by Migrants Trump Sent to El Salvador Prison

• South Korea's ex-spy chief arrested over martial law

• Sudan medics accuse RSF of detaining families over army ties

• Top Ukrainian ministers submit their resignations as the country is rocked by a corruption scandal

• UN: Over 1,200 Killed in Haiti as Gang Violence Spreads Beyond the Capital

What I’m Reading

• Chuck Schumer Should Be Humanely Euthanized*

• Money is changing hands, not the system

• ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Is a Euphemism for US-Inflicted Carnage and Chaos

• Sanctions are not a humane alternative to war

• The day pipeline security followed me — and what I learned later about Canada’s spy agency

• Why Trump’s 50 Year Mortgage Scheme Is an Even Worse Idea Than You Imagined