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She is still missed:

Christie Blatchford is, in the woeful and soft phrasing we use in speaking of those who died too soon, “no longer with us.” Mortality allows no dissent on its judgments. Yet we can and should allow that out of our kind, some people, who exhibited immense presence through their life and work — in Christie’s case both were one — do stay as a presence, and a vivid one, in the minds of those who were closely acquainted either with that life or that work, or the most fortunate, those who closely knew both.

It is impossible to be a Canadian journalist and not still sense the radiation of her example, feel still some pulse of the vitality she brought to the trade she so much embellished with her trademark force, candour and clarity.

 

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Then they won't need our money then, will they?:

Passing a new law to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will get First Nations closer to self-determination, National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations said Wednesday.

Also: 

The Senate will undertake “unconscious bias training,” the committee on internal economy agreed yesterday. It follows complaints from one senator of “racist micro-aggression” on Parliament Hill: “People don’t stop to think of how these acts impact on others.”

 

How will Japan handle the Burma situation?:

With the United States announcing plans to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar over a coup earlier this month, Japan remains cautious about invoking punitive measures against the Southeast Asian country, fearing any such moves may affect Japanese businesses operating there and drive the military closer to China.

While the European Union is also considering slapping sanctions on Myanmar, Japan has been stepping up efforts to persuade Myanmar's armed forces, which seized power in the Feb. 1 coup, to free civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other detainees and return to democracy.

 

Also - Shinto bless his heart:

Actor Ken Watanabe has expressed determination to continue standing with people of areas devastated by the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck eastern Japan almost 10 years ago.

I'll bet they are livid:

Koreans are getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year in lockdown. The ban on gatherings of more than five people effectively scotches the main tradition of the holiday, which is to gather with extended families in their ancestral hometowns.

Since violators face a W100,000 fine and could also end up having to repay the cost of coronavirus quarantine and tests, the pressure is on to obey the rules (US$1=W1,106). Exceptions are being made for children or the elderly who need to be cared for and patients in the terminal stage of illness.