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Trudeau Promised To Bring Clean Water To First Nations By March 31. That’s Not Happening.
Howdy Passengers, Jeremy here with your final Passage Daily for the foreseeable future. I’ll give my heartfelt goodbye at the end. But we’re here for the news, right, folks? We love the news, don’t we? Today we have: the federal Liberals’ unwillingness to bring clean drinking water to First Nations communities; the new chief of…
The (Alleged) Mob Wins
Greetings Passengers, Congratulations! You’ve made it to my final Passage Daily. We did it gang! It’s Robert (@robert_hiltz) here one last time. More on why this is my last edition of the newsletter down below. First, we’ve got to news, my babies. So gather round. (Sorry, sorry, trying to delete it.) So, right, yes. First…
Healthcare Workers In Alberta Are Getting Punished For A One-Day Walkout
Hey folks, It’s Jeremy (@JeremyApprl1025). As promised, I’m back today for another roundup of the day’s top Canadian news stories. I would also like to take this opportunity to announce that I have defeated Ganon in Breath of the Wild, which is by far the most exciting thing I’ve done in a while. Anyways, today…
The Xinjiang Genocide Question
Hello Passengers, It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) back with your daily roundup of the news. Hope everyone is doing a-OK. I would say I am OK, but not quite a-OK. Anyways, today we’ve got stories on: parliament voting to accuse China of committing genocide; a virtual passport app privacy experts are waving red flags about; a Canada…
Refugees Unwelcome
Greetings once more Passengers, It’s Monday. Yeah, Monday. We love this day, don’t we? My brain is absolutely not just a smooth bunch of mush sloshing around my skull. Not at all. It’s, at least I think it is, Robert (@robert_hiltz) with you once again. Today we’ve got a few stories for you: the federal…
Decriminalize Drugs? No, Police Discretion!
Hey there Passengers, Congrats, friends, it’s Friday. Last day of the week! Might take my large dog to the park tomorrow, go for a walk in the woods or something. Or stay inside — we’ll see how GD cold it is. Anyway, it’s your pal and mine, Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with you with another Passage…
Liberal Gun Control Plan Yet Another Half-Measure
Howdy Passengers, It’s another day in February — at least, I think it is. Who knows anymore, what even is time? Anyway, right, Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with some news of the day in a nice email digest thing. Passage Daily, we’re calling it. Yeah, so, in this issue of the newsletter we’ve got: the emptiness…
Should Canada Boycott The Beijing Olympics?
Hey folks, Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here, back with another round of news and analysis. Today we’ve got: Canadian politicians hypocritically calling for next year’s Beijing Olympics to be relocated; some progressive recommendations from parliament’s finance committee that are sure to be ignored; some good news for a wrongfully-arrested man in Quebec; the NDP leader’s galaxy brain…
Brace Yourselves For A Third COVID Wave
Hey everybody, Hope you had a long weekend as relaxing as can be under present circumstances. It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) with your rundown of the day’s news. I watched the new Adam Curtis docuseries over the weekend. Highly recommend it. Today we’ve got stories on: the pandemic’s next wave, which promises to be worse than the…
Ontario Police Killed A Baby They Were Supposed To Rescue
Hello Passengers, It’s the weekend! And, even better, we’re almost halfway through the month. Which means there’s another month just around the corner. Time, it just marches on by don’t it. Anyway, right, I’ve dropped in your inbox for a reason. It’s Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with your daily news digest. Today we’ve got a rough…
Feds’ Transit Cash Welcome News, But Operating Funds Still A Problem
Greetings Passengers, It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) returning with your Passage Daily on this very cold day in western Canada. I ventured out of my apartment yesterday to run some errands. It felt good, weather side. But enough about me, we’re here for the news. Today we’ve got: the federal government announcing fresh funding for transit expansion…
Bell Is Continuing Its Layoff Rampage
Hello there Passengers, Welcome to another pithy opening to your Passage Daily in the month of February. Bit of a light-hearted comment here, with a slight turn toward the serious. And now the introduction: It’s me, Robert, followed by my Twitter username (@robert_hiltz). Should probably move onto telling you what’s in this one. First up…
Alberta Government Backtracks On Gutting Coal Restrictions
Hello Passengers, It is very, very cold in Calgary this week, so I have not left the apartment in several days. It’s kind of fun. I get to pretend to be an astronaut, just not Julie Payette. I don’t want to be cancelled. Oh, by the way, it’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) for your daily rundown of…
On Paid Sick Leave, Governments Continue To Fail Workers
Hey there Passengers, Welcome to a brand new week in 2021. The hits keep rolling! Anyway, your friend Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with you once again to talk about the news of the day. Let’s see what we’ve got in store, shall we? First up, everybody thinks paid sick leave is necessary but no one wants…
Concerned About Vaccine Procurement Efforts? You Can Blame Brian Mulroney
Hey Passengers, Happy Friday! Hope everyone has another great weekend doing nothing. It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025), by the way. In today’s Passage Daily we’ve got: Canada’s lack of vaccine production capacity acting as a barrier to quicker inoculation; our major newspaper duopoly asking for more money in the cringiest way possible; more WE Charity shenanigans being…
Canada Dips Into Vaccine Fund For Developing Nations
Hey Passengers, Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here with your daily dose of news from an unabashedly left perspective. Today we’ve got: more vaccine hoarding from Canada; a United States company with an RCMP contract violating Canadians’ privacy; the former chief of defence staff being under investigation for his interactions with female subordinates; how the pandemic has affected…
Canadian Vaccines, Eventually
Hello again Passengers, Nice to see you all on this snowy Wednesday. It’s your pal Robert (@robert_hiltz) here once more with some news of the day. Today we’re starting off with the federal announcement of eventual domestic vaccine production. Then we’ve got: the news of far-right and neo-Nazi groups, such as the Proud Boys, being…
Big Tech Wants To Influence Regulations That Are A Result Of Their Failures
Greetings Passengers, How have you been holding up? Hope everyone’s staying sane. It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) by the way, here as usual to take you through a rundown of today’s top news. Today we’ve got stories on: Facebook whining about being treated unfairly by governments; Canada’s response to the Myanmar coup; the federal government’s tense relationship…
Snowbirds Are Very Mad About Quarantine Hotels
Greetings Passengers, Welcome to the second month of 2021. Remember a year ago? Not going to restaurants because the weather was garbage, skipping out on a party because you didn’t feel like it. ‘Don’t worry, there’s always March!’ Ah, those first months of 2020, so carefree. Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with you once more. Today we’ve…
COVID Long Haulers Are Being Left Behind
Hello Passage reader, How are you? Doing well, yeah? It’s basically the weekend, so that’s neat. It’s your pal Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with some news for your digestion. Today we have: a couple with post-COVID syndrome running out of support; big news out of the U.S. as GM promises to go all-electric by 2035; Ontario’s…
Rather Than Put Up, Ford Wants You To Shut Up
Greetings Passengers, It’s Thursday, which means it’s almost Friday, if my math is correct. (Never trust a writer to do the most basic math, even if they used to study engineering.) Your friend Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with another peek at the good and not-at-all grim world we all inhabit. Today we have: the Ontario government…
Feds Continue Deportations While Locking Down Travel
Hello Passengers, It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here with your daily dose of news from an unabashedly progressive perspective. Today we’ve got: Canada discouraging international travel while ramping up deportations; one of the world’s foremost epidemiologists cautioning against the dangers of vaccine “hoarding”; the former Governor General’s abuse of her staff getting physical; the inefficacy of food…
Racist Resigns From Senate, Gets To Keep Pension
Hey Passengers, How you feeling? Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here, coming down with a bit of a cold. But have I got news for you: Senator Lynne Beyak finally resigns, but doubles down on her anti-Indigenous bigotry; Canadian parliament unanimously declares the Proud Boys a terrorist organization; Alberta’s water is being contaminated with coal; new polling data…
Doug Ford Has Totally Failed To Keep The Second Wave Out Of Long-Term Care
Hey there Passengers, Welcome to another Monday in January. Did you sleep well? I sure didn’t. One of my cats decided 3:30 a.m. was the perfect time to jump on the nightstand, knock my phone onto the floor and generally be a menace. Cats, man. Anyway, Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with you once more. Today we’ve…
Payette Blasted Out Of Governor General Role
Greetings Passengers, It’s Friday! Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here with your final Passage Daily of the week. We’ve got stories on: the resignation of our bullying Governor General; the federal government’s reluctance to get rid of nukes; the Ontario government ignoring expert advice; problems with B.C.’s safe supply program. Let’s get to it! Governor General Julie Payette…
Kenney’s Keystone Tantrum
Hey gang, Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here to guide you through the cosmos of today’s news. On this lovely Thursday, we’ve got stories on: Jason Kenney’s meltdown over the long-anticipated cancellation of Keystone XL; the dangers of private nursing homes; a largely-unexamined mental health crisis among kids during the pandemic; a major increase of COVID-19 cases on…
Pfizer’s Tax Cut Demands In A Pandemic Are Outrageous
Hey there Passengers, It’s a very normal Wednesday in a very normal year. Welcome to your Passage Daily! It’s Robert (@robert_hiltz) here once again with your news round up. Today, we have: multinational pharmaceutical giant and COVID-19 vaccine producer Pfizer firmly asking for a tax break from the feds; a grim story from Quebec where…
Kenney’s Coal Backtrack Changes Little
Hey folks, It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) with your latest dose of Passage Daily. Today we’ve got: the latest on the Alberta government’s coal controversy; Conservative MP and all-around nutcase Derek Sloan receiving a donation from one of the country’s most prominent neo-Nazis; the federal government’s upcoming social media regulations; the latest piece of bad news for…
Kenney’s Keystone XL Crusade Is Doomed To Fail
Hey there Passengers, Welcome to Blue Monday, one of those broadly accepted but dubious marketing study things we like to pretend are real. Is the third Monday in January really the most depressing day of the year? [shrugs] Sure, why not. Throw on Blue Train and get in the spirit of the day. It’s Robert…
Jason Kenney Hates Nature
G’day Passengers, We did it! It’s Friday. Congrats to everyone, another week in the bag. It’s Robert (@robert_hiltz) here again with a roundup of the news of the day. For this edition of Passage Daily, we’re bringing you: the story of how Alberta is letting coal companies run wild; details of how Ontario’s stay-at-home order…
No Mercy For Erroneous CERB Applicants
Greetings Passengers, Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here with your Thursday Passage Daily. Hope you’re well. Did you know it’s almost the weekend? Easy to forget these days. Today we’ve got stories on: the federal government forcing those who applied to CERB in error to pay it back; the new transportation minister being attacked by his parliamentary colleagues…
Police Abusing Curfew Already
Aloha Passengers, It’s Wednesday in this fine, normal world of ours. Great, isn’t it! The sun, the sky, we love it. Your pal Robert (@robert_hiltz) here from grey af Montreal. Today we’re starting off with the bad parts of police-led pandemic policies. Then we’ve got news of 23 people being charged in a raid on…
Further Lockdown Measures Announced For Ontario, But No Paid Sick Leave
Hey Passengers, It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) back for the new year. Hope your holiday season gave you the ability to take your mind off the wretched hell world we live in. I know mine didn’t. Anyways, today we’ve got stories on: Ontario’s new lockdown measures that are bound to fail; the Conservatives’ repeated dalliances with Rebel…
New Year, New Lockdown
Greetings Passengers, Happy New Year! Welcome back to Passage Daily after a holiday hiatus. It’s your most dearest of friends Robert (@robert_hiltz) here once again on the second Monday of the year. For your first Passage Daily of 2021, we’ve got: news from Quebec under curfew and that Ontario could be next; those sweet cherub-faced…
PM Says Don’t Worry About CERB Repayments… Yet
Hey Passengers, It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) with your final Passage Daily of 2020. It’s been a tough year, as you all know, so special thanks to you readers for sticking with us and supporting independent media that challenges mainstream narratives. I’m excited to see what 2021 holds in store. Anyway, today we’ve got: stories on the…
Boeing Gets Away With It
Hi there Passengers, Happy holidays! I regret to inform you that Passage will not let me say C******** in a newsletter. See! Look! This left-wing political correctness is out of control! It’s Robert (@robert_hiltz) here once again on a fine Thursday with your Passage Daily. Today we’re bringing you stories of: the 737 MAX being…
Spying On Protesters Is A-OK, According To RCMP Civilian Watchdog
Greetings Passengers, It’s your boy Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here with your rundown of the day’s top news stories. Never sure what to say in this part, so I’ll just get to it. We’ve got stories on: the fecklessness of civilian police watchdogs; the end of testimony in the Toronto incel killer’s trial; the latest developments in…
Bushby Guilty
Howdy Passengers, Your pal Robert (@robert_hiltz) here today, with some coffee and egg nog — don’t judge, it’s my gullet not yours — to give you your news roundup for this fine Tuesday in mid-December. Today we’ve got news of: a man being found guilty for killing an Indigenous woman with a trailer hitch; the…
The Feds Have A Pornhub Problem
Hey Passengers, It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025). Hope you had an enjoyable weekend in quarantine, part two. Definitely a case of the sequel being worse than the original. Today we’ve got: the federal government scrambling to do something about Montreal-based Pornhub and its child pornography problem; COVID’s impact on refugee resettlement; Justin Trudeau’s climate plan being supported…
The Carbon Tax Is Increasing, But Isn’t It Time For A Green New Deal?
Hey folks, How you been? I know you can’t answer, I just thought it was a nice gesture to ask. By the way, it’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here to be your guide through the top news in this wretched hell world for December 11. Today we’ve got stories about: a massive carbon tax increase over the…
Migrant Farm Workers Stuck In Canada, Can’t Get EI Benefits They Pay Into
Hey there Passengers, Remember last Thursday when I said don’t forget to put out the garbage? That turned out to be very useful — for me. I forgot until my own newsletter landed in my inbox. So, uh, yeah. Welcome again to Thursday with your pal Robert (@robert_hiltz), shall we news? Today, we’ve got stories…
Erin O’Toole Plagiarizes The Beaverton
Hello Passengers, Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here to guide you through today’s top news stories. We’ve got: the Conservative leader doing exactly what the Beaverton joked that he would do; Alberta’s COVID shitshow; Air Canada’s hefty subsidies; mass resignation from the Ontario government’s Greenbelt Council over its efforts to open up green space to developers. Shall we?…
Corporations Received Government COVID Bailouts, While Paying Out Shareholder Dividends
Greetings Passengers, Welcome to the first Monday of December, and the second-last one of fall — it’s still fall! Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with you today bringing you a bit of news from around this great old country of ours. We love it, don’t we folks! We have news about: companies receiving COVID-19 aid and still…
Conservative Premiers TRIGGERED By Indigenous Rights
Greetings Passengers, Happy Friday. Jeremy (JeremyAppel1025) here for your daily dose of news. Today we’ve got: provinces complaining that implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) will impede resource extraction; new charges against those who allegedly assisted the Nova Scotia mass shooter; a potential resolution to the Meng Wanzhou saga;…
Alberta’s COVID Nightmare Goes M*A*S*H
Hi there Passengers, It’s Thursday again, don’t forget to put out your garbage for tomorrow morning. (I don’t know when you need to put out your garbage, why are you looking to me for reminders?) It’s Robert (@robert_hiltz) here again with some tales from the fun old world around us. Today we’ve got stories on:…
Prominent Journalist Quits Global After Racist, Sexist Online Abuse
Greetings Passengers, It’s Jeremy (JeremyAppel1025) here. How’s your week been? I moved to Calgary on Monday, so I’m getting adjusted to big city life after a few years in Medicine Hat (pop. 65,000). But enough about me, you’re here for the news. Today we’ve got: a Global News host quitting due to the corporation’s unwillingness…
Doug Doesn’t Give A Doug
Happy December passengers! Sarah here (@sarahkrichel). Here in Toronto where I’m based, I woke up to a thick layer of snow on all the rooftops and cars so I’m in stereotypical and corny winter bliss. I hope you can trick yourself into loving the cold too. In the news today: Doug Ford makes thousands in…
COVID Housing Horrors
Greetings again Passengers, Your main man (god, I’m so sorry) Robert (@robert_hiltz) is here again to bring you some of what’s going on. How’s your Monday? I realized halfway through my shower that ‘Hey, do I have to do something today? But that can’t be right, there was nothing in my calendar. OH WAIT I…
Ontario Universities Will Now Be Job Education Camps
Hello Passengers, Once again it’s your friend Robert (@robert_hiltz) here to give you a glimpse at what’s going on in the world today. So happy Friday, here’s some Passage Daily for you. Today we’re looking at: how the Ontario government is looking to tie college and university funding to the job market; a court decision…
Alberta Puts Politics Before People
G’day Passengers, C’est moi, c’est Robert (@robert_hiltz). Welcome to your Thursday — don’t worry, I checked, it’s Thursday — edition of Passage Daily. In today’s newsletter, we’ve got: recordings made of the Alberta government’s internal COVID discussions; news of Quebec rejecting improvements to Indigenous health care because they mentioned systemic racism; some good news on…
Five People Die From Poisoned Drugs Per Day in B.C
Thank God It’s Hump Day. Sarah here again with your daily five-minute news dosage. Did you figure out your flow activity last night? Let me know how it went at @sarahkrichel. Today we’ve got: a new report that found five people die from illicit toxic drugs per day in B.C.; freedom-loving Adamson BBQ and the…
The CRA Is The Pandemic’s Final Boss
Hiii passengers — Sarah (@sarahkrichel) here. How are you faring in lockdown #2? A scientific study showed that the mental state of “flow,” meaning you’re so focused on the thing you’re doing that you don’t notice your external surroundings, is good for quarantine mental health. This is your sign to get lost in something new, like…
People on social assistance getting thrown under the bus
Hi everybody, Jeremy (JeremyAppel1025) here to guide you through today’s top news. Today we’ve got: CERB recipients in Saskatchewan being denied provincial welfare aid; bad news for people who are hoping for large gatherings in 2021; people with mental illness being denied assisted suicide; the Conservative finance critic spreading New World Order conspiracy theories. Let’s…
Want a concrete climate plan? You’ll have to wait a decade
Greetings Passengers, Jeremy (JeremyAppel1025) back for another round of the day’s bleak news, but it’s Friday, so at least we have that, right? Today we’ve got: incredibly flimsy climate legislation from the federal Liberals; a former Supreme Court justice calling out the RCMP’s “toxic” culture; a bizarre exemption from COVID gathering restrictions in Quebec; members…
The RCMP commissioner doesn’t get it
Howdy Passengers, Your friend Robert (@robert_hiltz) is back once again, sailing the good ship Daily. Today’s voyage takes us into the choppy waters of: whether the proposed RCMP reforms are enough; the U.S. border staying closed another month; Israel gobbling up as much settlement land as it can before Joe Biden becomes president; how ‘We’re…
Choose Your Own Adventure: Being Safe or Being in School
Heyhowareya passengers. Sarah (@sarahkrichel) here, still alive. Isn’t that something? Today we’ve got: the laydown on why schools shouldn’t have to debate a winter break extension in the first place; Manulife adding some gender-affirming surgery to its coverage; how Canada’s provinces are divided among those who beat COVID-19 and those who refuse to; an enjoyable…
Is Quebec’s Climate Plan Any Good? Not Really.
Howdy Passengers, It’s once again Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with some news stuff delivered to you. (Someone should really come up with a name for these things. Anyway.) Today, we’ve got a story about: Quebec’s new climate plan and why there may not be much to celebrate; our prime minister not having a lot to say…
Why the Safe Third Country has got to go, even with a Biden presidency
Hey Passengers, Jeremy here on another Manic Monday. Today we’ve got news on: why the Safe Third Country needs to be scrapped with or without Trump in the White House; Canada’s relatively generous COVID-19 financial support; pharmaceutical companies pleading with the government to not regulate them any further; Alberta students getting the short stick on…
Winter of Discontent
Hey Passengers, It’s me, Nour (once again). The suspiciously atypical mid-November heat has broken, and my fingers are frigid as I type this. What are your go-to techniques for making it through the winter with your spirit intact? Let me know on Twitter @nour_regrets. What’s going on today? Well: updated pandemic projections show that Ontario…
COVID Cover-Ups
Hello Passengers, It’s me, Nour. Are you enjoying those gloomy, introspective evening walks? Better to get them in now before we nose-dive into winter. Tell me all about your somber strolls on Twitter @nour_regrets, if you’d like. On the roster for today we have: health officials claiming they weren’t properly consulted during the creation of…
Remember To Forget
Greetings Passengers, Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with another edition of what better be your favourite daily newsletter. On this solemn day of days we’ve got stories about how: things are getting worse in Manitoba; our great and never-bad Mounties are being sued because they won’t make public a report about their spying on Indigenous and environmental…
Vaccine, shmaccine
Happy Tuesday, passengers. Sarah here (@sarahkrichel). This week, I learned that only certain provinces have Remembrance Day marked down as a stat holiday. I’m based in Ontario, so I never have, but I work in B.C. so finding out it’s the case there (as well as Alberta, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador — but not…
Feds taking their time to seek justice for the wrongfully convicted
Hey Passengers, Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here to guide you through the day’s top Canadian news stories. Hope your weekends were well, although what are weekends even anymore? I’m currently snowed in here in southern Alberta. Today we’ve got: the federal government seemingly abandoning victims of wrongful convictions; an RCMP diversity hiring process that isn’t going so…
Politicians Fight Amazon, But Not Over Treatment Of Workers
Hey Passengers, Here I come to distract you from the news, with other news. May as well broaden our forms of media consumption while we’re affixed to our screens anyway, right? It’s me, Nour, once more. I’ll leave you alone for the weekend after this, unless you want to follow me on Twitter @nour_regrets. Today…
A Police Officer is Actually Going to Jail for Assault
Hey Passengers, How’s everybody doing? This has been simultaneously one of the most disturbing and banal moments in western so-called democracy. For me at least. If you feel differently, let me know on Twitter @nour_regrets. Today, we have: a despicable Toronto police officer being sentenced to prison; LGBT communities demanding answers after a Black trans…
Ontario Cases Surge While Ford Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions
Hey Passengers, It’s Nour here with the news. How many of your American friends have messaged you in the last 24 hours about how they’re going to run away to Canada? If you have a particularly interesting marriage proposal feel free to send it to me on Twitter @nour_regrets. For now, let’s take some time…
The Canadian Military Wants to Shape Your Behaviour
Hey Passengers, Jeremy here to guide you through the news on this completely normal, not at all anxiety-ridden day. Today we’ve got: a new Canadian military propaganda campaign; police delaying the release of the Colten Boushie investigation; poor judgement from the Canadian Labour Congress president; the CBC legitimizing transphobia. I, for one, can’t think of…
Quebec’s own Muslim ban on trial
Greetings Passengers, Your tall friend Robert (@robert_hiltz) here on this very normal November day with nothing at all horrible happening soon. Nothing at all! Seriously, though, you won’t be reading about that in this newsletter. Instead, today’s Passage Daily will bring you news about: the court case that could decide whether Muslims have rights in…
Scared About Judge Barrett? Abortion Access is Threatened in Canada, Too
Hey Passengers, It’s me, Nour. Wanna hear a scary story? I was wracking my brain for one, then realized that living through this pandemic is probably frightening enough. I know how to read a room — unlike Michael Bay, who’s prepping his coronavirus thriller movie for launch as we speak. Anyway, feel free to direct…
The Echo Pandemic(s)
Hey passengers, Sarah here (@sarahkrichel). Lately, the hours of my day between work and leisure have severely blurred, as both are spent on screens. Apparently that’s bad for your mental health? If you’re feeling this way, you aren’t the only one. We’ll tackle that in today’s newsletter, as well as: a federal judge turning down…
Ontario Officially Adopts Controversial Definition Of Antisemitism
Hello Passengers, Jeremy here again to update you on the top news stories for October 28. Today we’ve got: the Ontario government conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism; the prime minister boldly acknowledging that COVID-19 sucks; Alberta healthcare workers returning to work after a one-day wildcat strike; Alberta’s UCP telling its supporters to scare seniors…
Why Alberta Hospital Workers Engaged in Wildcat Strikes
Hey everyone, It’s your boy Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here to guide you through the day’s top news stories for October 27. How you been? Have you been doomscrolling? Today we’ve got: spontaneous wildcat strikes popping up across Alberta; the re-election of the Saskatchewan Party; the Liberals holding on to two Toronto-area seats; a new national survey…
A boring B.C. election? Not exactly, if you look close enough
Just another manic Monday, passengers. Sarah (@sarahkrichel) here with your daily dose of Passage. This weekend I played Among Us for the first time — completion of task dreams were lost, friendships were broken, crewmates were defeated. If you’re a fan in the honeymoon phase like me, get a kick out of this Polygon piece…
Doug Ford goes to bat for long-term care facility owners
Hey Passengers, Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here to provide your run down of the top news stories for October 23. It’s my birthday Sunday. Not expecting you to do anything with that knowledge, but figured I’d mention it. Today we’ve got: the Ontario government shielding private long-term care facilities from liability for COVID-19 deaths; COVID-19 concentration camp…
No pandemic election (for now)
Hey Passengers, It’s me, Nour, here with your daily news update. Are you getting through the week okay? Have you managed to set some time aside to frolic under the transmogrifying leaves? Let me know about any cool trees you’ve seen on Twitter @nour_regrets. Today, we have: the narrow avoidance of an inopportune snap election;…
Business over people is business as usual
Hello! Sarah (@sarahkrichel) here with the October 21 edition of your Passage Daily. Did you know that Canada recently ranked #1 for quality of life for the fourth year in a row? Well, now you can’t unknow. In Canadian news today: Ontario proves to have odd legislative priorities; the progress of psychedelic legality and psychotherapy…
Police escape justice, again
Greetings Passengers, It’s your friend Robert (@robert_hiltz) here, this time without some weirdly tortured cringe to open things up. (Not that I’m sorry for my previous attempts, for the record.) Today’s Passage Daily has news on: vicious Ottawa cop Daniel Montsion being acquitted of the death of Abdirahman Abdi; the feds appealing a court order…
Mi’kmaw ask for military protection in Nova Scotia, get more cops
Hey Passengers, It’s your boy Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here to guide you through the day’s top news stories. Today we’ve got: the latest on settler fishermen’s campaign of terror against the Mi’kmaw in the Maritimes; Canada’s silence on Bolivia’s election; more on the path to healthcare privatization in Alberta; the return of a notoriously inept pro-fossil…
China Isn’t Happy Canada Is Supporting Dissidents
Hey Passengers, It’s Nour here again with the daily news. As we slide fearfully into mid-October, do you have any scary stories to tell me? Send them to me @nour_regrets. Let’s take solace from the existential horror of reality, and head into the mythological horror of the supernatural. Today we have: the Chinese government hurling…
Surprise! Some Alberta Wexit Bros Are Also Nazis
Greetings Passengers, Please have your boarding passes ready, for this poorly executed train joke. It’s, uh, Robert (@robert_hiltz) here once more with an awkward opening line. Today we’re bringing you stories about: a bunch of Nazi Wexiteers; the Manitoba government looking to slash labour rights in the province; the city of Ottawa having no interest…
Back To Square One
Hello Passengers, It’s me, Nour, asking you: have you prepared your thanks to give this weekend? I’m currently feeling thankful that the United States House finally took it upon itself to condemn the monolithic power Zuckerburg, Bezos, and other tech oligarchs have over how our societies are structured. Do you think any real caps will…
The B.C. Electoral Plot Thickens
Happy Thursday, Passengers. Sarah (@sarahkrichel) here, reporting to your inbox with your need-to-know and highlight-worthy Canadian news. Today we’ll cover: British Columbia election platform updates and lack thereof; an update on the probe into Joyce Echaquan’s death; a Vancouver-based study highlighting the positive effects of a basic income; some CBC cringe; some Kamalamania cringe. Political…
Boycotts, plastics, and conflicts of interest, oh my!
Hi there Passengers, Welcome to Wednesday in what is still, somehow, the first full week of October? Weird. Robert (@robert_hiltz) here with you again. Today we’ve got a story of public health care workers getting that sweet private health care money; make your memories with grocery bags while you still can, as single-use plastics are…
Standoff in Nova Scotia
What’s up, Passengers? It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025) here again to be your guide through the day’s top news stories. On today’s agenda, we’ve got a disturbing development in the standoff between Mi’kmaq and settler fishers in Nova Scotia, a halt to military exports that could be used in Azerbaijan’s Turkish-backed assault on Armenia, the expansion of…
Can’t get a COVID test? You can probably blame your premier
Greetings Passengers, It’s Monday again. The Sun has once again risen and our world continues to whirl through space at mind-bending speeds. Which is nice, in its way. Robert here, to bring you all the news that’s fit to convert into bits and send out into the void. Today we’ve got the latest on the…
Today’s only Trump-free politics newsletter
Hi Passengers, My cynical, bruised heart grew three sizes today. One size for the fact that it’s Friday, and two for the facts of — let’s not wreck the moment through explication. Welcome to the only thing you’ll read today that won’t talk about the *big news.* By the way, it’s me, Nour, back in…
Ontario, Quebec take opposite paths on COVID lockdowns
Hello Passengers, This is your Passage Daily newsletter for September 29. It’s Jeremy (@JeremyAppel1025). You may remember me from last Tuesday’s newsletter. Let’s have a look at today’s top stories, shall we? Medical experts call on Ontario government to return to Stage 2 The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) is calling on the government to re-impose…
Staring Down the Barrel of Another Lockdown
Hello again Passengers, Welcome to Monday, everyone’s favourite day of the week. Robert here again. You can follow me on Twitter, @robert_hiltz, or around my neighbourhood if you walk quickly enough (my legs are quite long). Today’s newsletter has all kinds of that good 2020 vibe we’re digging these days. Governments are failing us by…
Pet Drones, Jason Kenney, and Other Friday Mishaps
Hi Passengers, We made it through the week, I’m so proud of us. I’m Nour, and I’ll be your tour guide through the Friday Daily Passage. You might remember me from my recent Passage article on psychiatry and carcerality. I’ve also been published in Chatelaine, Hazlitt, Xtra and elsewhere. You can follow me on Twitter…
Throne Speech Reactions
Before we get into the newsletter today, a quick update on a piece we ran yesterday by Meryam Haddad about her expulsion from the Green Party leadership race. Following, a successful appeal, Ms. Haddad was today reinstated as a candidate in the race. Here's an update from her. Hey Passengers! This is your Passage Daily…
What’s In A Throne Speech
First Look: Throne Speech The newsletter is a little later tonight for two reasons. First, we wanted to send this after we'd published this piece from Meryam Haddad, a Green Party leadership candidate who was expelled from the race yesterday. This is her side of the story (and first extensive public comment on the matter). If…
The Court And The Carbon Tax
Hey Passengers, This is your Passage Daily newsletter for September 22. We’ve got the carbon tax, COVID-19 spikes and more on the agenda today. I’m Jeremy Appel (@JeremyAppel1025) and I’ll be your guide through the day’s top news stories from a critical, progressive perspective. I’m a freelance journalist based in Medicine Hat, Alta., where I…
It’s the last day of summer, and COVID is back!
Hi there! Welcome to the first edition of the Passage Daily Newsletter. We’ve got a bunch of very cool writers — and also me — lined up to bring you a progressive look at what’s making news in Canada. And here you are, reading the very first one. We hope to give you an overview…
Introducing Passage Daily
We're excited to launch Passage's first daily newsletter, Passage Daily. This newsletter will cover the day's top stories in Canadian and global politics, providing the information you need to stay on top of what's happening in the world along with progressive-minded analysis for context and deeper understanding. Passage Daily is delivered to your inbox every…