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‘We won’: Indigenous group in Canada scoops up billion dollar seafood firm | Indigenous peoples | The Guardian

Partnering with Vancouver-based Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, a number of Mi’kmaq communities will put up C$250m (£145m) for their share of the purchase. The Mi’kmaq will have full ownership of Clearwater’s coveted offshore fishing licences, which allow the harvest of lobster, scallop, crab and clams in a massive tract of ocean known as LFA 41. They also plan to bring more Indigenous peoples into the company’s ranks.

For decades, Clearwater has been a giant in the industry, with a monopoly on offshore fishing licences, which allow for year-round lobster harvest. But as of last year, amid lagging performance, the company signalled it was looking for a buyer. The Membertou First Nation, based in the Cape Breton region, had previously shown an interest in expanding its reach into the commercial industry, when it paid Clearwater C$25m (£14.5m) for two of the company’s eight licences in September.

“In order to be in business, you first have to play the game,” Paul told CBC News after the purchase was announced. “You have to play to win, and we won.”

In addition to Membertou and Miawpukek supporting the deal, a number of other groups in the region, including the Paqtnkek, Pictou Landing, Potlotek, Sipekne’katik and We’koqma’q First Nations, have also expressed an interest in acquiring a stake in Clearwater.

Source: ‘We won’: Indigenous group in Canada scoops up billion dollar seafood firm | Indigenous peoples | The Guardian

A Fumaça Dourada das Epidemias – oru a wakëxi

The Golden Smoke of Epidemics – oru a wakëxi

Barbara Crane Navarro

Pintura: Um Xamã Yanomami invocando espíritos hekura -
pintado por um xamã Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela

Como diz o porta-voz Yanomami Davi Kopenawa no seu livro”A Queda do Céu”: “De repente, eles encontraram muito ouro. A partir daquele momento foram tomados pelo frenesi de abutres famintos. Você não pode comer ouro, mas você pensaria que eles queriam devorar toda a terra da floresta para obtê-lo! Não queremos que nossa floresta morra, coberta de feridas e resíduos dos brancos.

Os garimpeiros se tornaram muito numerosos em nossas terras altas da floresta, destruindo as nascentes do rio e matando seus habitantes com suas doenças. Os mineiros de ouro são comedores de terra, seres malignos! Sua mente está vazia e eles estão cheios de fumaça epidêmica! Devemos evitar que eles sujem nossos rios e os expulsem da floresta.

Todos os espíritos xapiri mais valentes descem para lutar contra a epidemia de xawara

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Gov. Mike DeWine reissuing statewide mask order with new sanctions, says he may close restaurants, bars and gyms – cleveland.com

The following are the provisions, DeWine said:

1. Each retail business will be required to post a face covering requirement sign at all public entrances to the store;

2. Each store will be responsible for ensuring that customers and employees are wearing masks; and

3. A new Retail Compliance Unit, composed of agents led by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, will inspect businesses to ensure compliance. A first violation of this order will bring about a written warning and a second violation will bring about closure of the store for up to 24 hours.

“We know that masks work,” DeWine said. “They are the easiest, most cost-effective way to limit the spread of COVID-19.” He argued that workers and shoppers have the right to be safe.

Source: Gov. Mike DeWine reissuing statewide mask order with new sanctions, says he may close restaurants, bars and gyms – cleveland.com

Arizona’s GOP AG says people voted Republican, but not for Trump | TheHill

Brnovich dismissed the lawsuit as inconsequential saying, “We are literally talking about less than 200 votes that are in question and doubt. So the reality is, even if it was possible that those votes flipped, those 200 votes, I do not think it will make a difference in Arizona just because of the numbers.”

Brnovich ended his interview by making the observation that if there was indeed a conspiracy, it failed in securing other elected seats for the Democratic Party.

“The county election official who was Democrat lost and other Republicans won. What really happened, it came down to people split their ticket. People vote for Republicans down ballot, but they didn’t vote for President Trump.”

Source: Arizona’s GOP AG says people voted Republican, but not for Trump | TheHill