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Manitoba Metis Government Will Not Endorse Or Support The Wet’suwet’en Protestors

After quietly watching the various blockades across the country in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, Manitoba Metis president David Chartrand issued the following statement. My fellow Citizens across our Homeland, As many of you are already aware through various media coverage, the Wet’suwet’en First Nation issues of who has jurisdiction to represent the First Read More…

Africa

In 12 months, Violence Displaces More Than 700,000 In Burkina Faso

People fleeing the violence report attacks on their villages by militant groups, killing, raping, pillaging. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are facing severe challenges in accessing and responding to the needs of the internally displaced people and refugees scattered throughout the Sahel region, as attacks against civilians grow in number and frequency. In Read More…

U.S.A

Trump’s Medicaid Chief Labels Medicaid ‘Mediocre.’ Is It?

“Yet, for all that spending, health outcomes today on Medicaid are mediocre and many patients have difficulty accessing care.” The Trump administration’s top Medicaid official has been increasingly critical of the entitlement program she has overseen for three years. Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has warned that the federal Read More…

U.S.A

Scalpels Out: Democrats Make Slashing Attacks On Health Care Plans

Democratic presidential candidates (from left) Mike Bloomberg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former Vice President Joe Biden, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) take the stage at the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas. (Caroline Brehman/Getty Images) Top contenders for the Democratic presidential Read More…