BREAKING: Security operatives open fire on protesters at Abuja stadium [VIDEO]
04 Aug
Politics

BREAKING: Security operatives open fire on protesters at Abuja stadium [VIDEO]

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Politics tamfitronics Security operatives have forcibly dispersed protesters gathered in front of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Saturday.The protesters who returned to the venue after initially shunning the exercise in the early hours of the day had assembled with flags and placards.But the policemen on ground at the stadium fired into air and released teargas to scare them away. Some of the protesters ran into their vehicles and fled.The action came after the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, obtained a court order on Wednesday restricting the demonstrators to the stadium premises.Watch the video from The Cable below:The Nigerian police has fired live bullets at peaceful protesters in Abuja. It’s time for Nigerians to hit the streets in millions enough is enough. #EndBadGovernaceInNigeria pic.twitter.com/A3i7HwDuKu— Peter Obi Grassroots Mobilization. (@PO_GrassRootM) August 3,...
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Globe editorial: Quebec injects politics into its health care system
04 Aug
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Globe editorial: Quebec injects politics into its health care system

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Politics tamfitronics In Quebec, language is political. It was that way before the province enacted the Charter of the French Language, a.k.a. Bill 101, in 1977, and it has stayed that way in the nearly five decades since.But through two referendums and all the fractious debates about the use of English on signs, the right to an education in English, over whether pasta can be called “pasta” in an Italian restaurant and so on, the Quebec government has never inserted overt language politics into the place where people are most vulnerable and most in need of support – the health care system.Until now, that is.Last month, the Quebec health ministry released a directive outlining the permissible exemptions to an expansion of Bill 101 that requires that all written and oral communications in any health care...
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Kurl: Focusing on Chrystia Freeland’s fate? The stupid season has hit Canadian politics
03 Aug
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Kurl: Focusing on Chrystia Freeland’s fate? The stupid season has hit Canadian politics

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Politics tamfitronics Bored politicos are speculating on the future of the finance minister and on how Mark Carney might somehow enter the Liberal cabinet. Seriously? Take a break.Published Aug 02, 2024 • Last updated 10 hours ago • 3 minute readDon't we all have better things to do than muse about whether Justin Trudeau remains loyal to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland? Photo by Adrian Wyld /The Canadian PressIf you will, a summer dispatch from a childless cat lady (except I have no cats, and I prefer the term single girl) who writes to inform that we’ve officially entered stupid season in federal politics.It’s a time when the national conversation could and should be about literally anything other than what is, or rather, what isn’t, happening in Ottawa.But for now, bored politicos (they collectively need a banana...
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