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and began dressing in a stereotypical indigenous fashion – including wearing an electric blue shawl and a feather in partially-braided hair for a 2019 TEDx Talk at the University of Saskatchewan.
At that time, she told the crowd, “My name is Morning Star Bear. I’m Bear Clan. I’m Anishinaabe Métis from Treaty Four Territory.”
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Winona Wheeler, an associate professor of Indigenous studies at the college and a documented member of Manitoba’s Fisher River Cree Nation, began investigating Bourassa’s heritage, taking her findings to the media.
When Bourassa was asked to provide proof of her heritage, she claimed she had been adopted into the Métis community by a friend of her deceased grandfather, Clifford Laroque.
“Even though Clifford passed, those bonds are even deeper than death because the family has taken me as if I was their blood family,” she insisted in a statement. “In turn, I serve the Métis community to the best of my ability.”
Relatives of Munich Massacre Victims Demand UN Compensation
Family members of the 11 Israeli athletes who were slaughtered in the 1972 Munich Olympics are demanding compensation from Libya, Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.
The 21 family members are demanding 110 million euros from United Nations-administered Libyan funds that were frozen due to embezzlement allegations. According to them, then-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi supported and actively assisted the terrorists after they escaped Munich.
In addition, some of the terrorists entered Germany on forged Libyan passports.
The survivors and the victims’ families also noted that Gaddafi gave then-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat $5 million as a gift for the attack, and the three terrorists who survived the attack flew to Libya after they were released from prison. In Libya, they received a hero’s welcome and went into hiding with Gaddafi’s assistance.
According to the report, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan assisted the families in presenting the UN with documents proving Gaddafi’s involvement.
Did Israel Hack Iran’s Gas System?
Israel carried out a cyber-attack against Iran’s gas system last month, two U.S. defense officials told The New York Times.
According to the Saturday report, the Israeli attack was followed by an Iranian attack on an Israeli dating site, releasing the details of the site’s users.
In the Israeli attack, which began October 26, gas pumps and the country’s 4,300 fuel distribution stations shut down, as digital messages blamed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Some of the
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gas pumps were fixed within several days, but the prices remained high and the system did not fully recover for two weeks.
At the time, at least one Iranian official blamed Israel and the U.S. for the incident.
Speaking to The New York Times, an Iranian Oil Ministry official and an oil dealer confirmed that the attackers took over Iran’s fuel storage tanks and may have accessed data on international oil sales.
The Ministry’s servers, however, are not connected to the internet.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the gas attack, nor has Iran claimed responsibility for the Black Shadow group’s attack on the Israeli dating site..
New Findings on COVID and Pregnancy
New Israeli research has uncovered one reason why intrauterine deaths are twice as common among COVID-19 patients than among the general population, Arutz Sheva reported.
The research, led by Professor Eran Barzilay of Assuta Hospital in Ashdod, focused on women who had experienced the stillborn death of their fetus shortly after contracting COVID-19. Researchers looked at the following parameters: pathological tests for the placenta and PCR test results for mother, baby, and placenta. They also compared groups of PCR-positive and PCR-negative mothers and babies at the time of birth.
In some of the cases of stillbirth, there was a higher level of virus in the baby than in the mother, and in all cases of stillbirth, there had been significant damage to the placental tissue.
The researchers concluded that the reason for intrauterine death was damage caused by COVID-19 to the placenta, which impeded the transfer of oxygen and other vital matter to the fetus.
Commenting on the results, Prof. Barzilay said, “Research has already suggested that a woman who is sick with coronavirus is twice as likely to deliver a stillborn baby than a woman who is not sick with COVID-19.”
“In our study, we attempted to find the reason for this phenomenon. What we discovered is that the coronavirus can infect the fetus and the placenta, causing substantial damage to the fabric of the placenta. It appears that this is the cause of the higher intrauterine mortality rate.”
No Public Transportation for New Visitors
Israel’s Transportation Ministry on Sunday evening announced that those landing at Ben Gurion International Airport will no longer be allowed to travel by public transportation, due to concerns over the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.
The Ministry added that transportation from the airport will be by private vehicle only. At the same time, longterm parking at the airport will cost 50% less, the Ministry said.
So far, Israel has identified four cases of the variant, and 34 others are suspected of carrying it.
The new rules began on midnight on Sunday, and include a three-day quarantine for the vaccinated, with a second PCR test on day three after arrival. The quarantine rules for the unvaccinated have not changed.
In addition, those arriving in Israel from “red” countries – a list which includes all African countries other than Morocco and Egypt – must quarantine in a government-run hotel until a second PCR test performed days after their arrival comes out negative.
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