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How to file a Fortnite refund claim with the FTC - PolygonAfter what they say has been months of refused visits with their four children in foster care, Kimberly and Jordan Joseph packed their bags and decided to walk more than 1,500 kilometres from “Prince Rupert, B.C.” to “Victoria.” The couple — both Dakelh (Carrier) — say they’re raising awareness about the lack of support for birth parents resulting in too many kids in the country’s child welfare system. During their 75-day journey, they met dozens of people with lived experience of the child welfare system, visited a number of Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) offices, and earned the encouragement of hundreds of supporters. The Josephs live in Yekooche, a remote community of 87, northwest of “Fort St. James.” They said they weren’t just walking for Indigenous children and Youth — but every young person in foster care. On July 27, the couple set off, sending updates to their growing Facebook community. As the walk — and blisters — progressed, they alternated between walking and travelling by car, sometimes walking together or taking turns making the journey on foot while the other drove. The Josephs said they faced delays when MCFD repeatedly called to arrange visits with their kids, only to cancel after the couple had abandoned their walk to drive north. But they didn’t give up, and kept coming back to try and finish the walking journey. By late November, the Josephs had reached Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish). “It’s terrifying for a child to not understand why they can’t talk to their mom and their dad, or talk to their siblings,” said Kimberly during the stop on Nov. 25. Earlier that morning, the Josephs arrived holding hands, listening carefully to Kimberly’s smartphone. They were attending family court virtually — waiting to hear a judge’s response to their refusal for their children’s foster parents to continue caring for their boys. For Kimberly and Jordan, it was good news: the couple’s case will go to trial, she confirmed with a smile. There are now nearly 2,000 members of a Facebook group, “Walking For All Children in Ministry Care,” where the Josephs have given regular updates on their way. Until June 2023, the boys were in custody of Kimberly’s mother in “Kamloops,” but when she was no longer able to provide the care they needed, MCFD asked Kimberly if she would take them back. Though eager to be reunited with the children — of whom Jordan is a stepfather to three and biological father to one — it was not an easy process. The couple said they struggled with MCFD and Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) for almost a year. While caring for their children, Kimberly said CSFS had received money through Jordan’s Principle — a legal rule ensuring First Nations children can access services and support in a timely manner — to deliver the couple diapers and baby formula from CSFS’s “Fort St. John” office to their remote home, where they had no access to transportation. “They didn’t do it for a month,” alleged Kimberly, who said despite phoning countless times, she had to enlist help from friends and family to get by. “Finally, we showed up at their office and they gave us [an entire month’s worth] of formula. They were like, ‘this is all yours, it’s just been sitting at the office.’” While Jordan was in counseling after the death of his grandfather, a therapist reported his behaviour to MCFD as “aggressive,” the couple alleged. “It was all false,” said Kimberly, who said she wishes the ministry had handled Jordan’s grief with more compassion. Eventually, they said, MCFD insisted that Kimberly move into a shelter, separate from Jordan — who had been residing in a tiny house. During this time, she was given a chance to prove she could care for her children, but said she was chastized by social workers, who allegedly told her she was neglectful and didn’t dress properly (“but I like to dress cozy,” she said). A 2021 report released by the MCFD states that 84 per cent of Indigenous children in foster care were there due to what they call “neglect.” “But neglect from whom?” said Cindy Blackstock, speaking to this issue at the recent Our Children Our Way National conference in “Vancouver.” Blackstock said she believes that child welfare laws push the blame onto the parents, when they should be asking, “What is the actual source of this risk?” she said. While in the women’s shelter, Kimberly said she experienced a health emergency that resulted in her needing to be hospitalized. When MCFD showed up alongside paramedics, she expressed to MCFD that she needed time to recuperate — knowing she would be closely watched and her poor health would make it impossible to comprehensively care for her children on her own. She said she got an ultimatum in return. “And now they’re saying I could have had the boys but I gave them up,” she said. Now that the couple’s children are back in foster care, Kimberly alleged there have been multiple occasions where MCFD has told them there are no funds available to allow them to visit their children, who are divided between foster families in “Prince Rupert” and “Prince George.” But Jordan said after being given a vehicle from Jordan’s aunt, he and Kimberly decided to visit their children using their own money. “It was awesome, we finally had our own transportation,” he said. When they phoned the MCFD office to ask for a visit, they repeated the same reason — “a lack of funds,” Jordan recalled. “We told them they don’t need funding — we are already down here, and we’ve got the money to do stuff with the boys.” An MCFD employee replied they’d look into scheduling a visit, but one week later — after multiple inquiries from Kimberly and Jordan — they said they were told there was no supervisor available to attend a visit. “I feel like whenever we ask for anything, our file gets thrown to the side and they say no,” said Kimberly. IndigiNews requested comment from MCFD, who said that although it could not comment on individual cases, it noted that “recruitment and retention are a continuous priority for the ministry and direct child and family service staffing numbers are stable.” “In the last two years, there has been a 17 per cent increase in staffing levels and staffing has been up year-over-year since the pandemic,” the statement reads. IndigiNews also reached out to Carrier Sekani Family Services, but did not receive a response by time of publication. For Kimberly and Jordan, their frustrations soon reached a tipping point. “We decided we wanted to walk,” Jordan said. The couple spent one week preparing — alerting police they’d be walking the road, telling friends and family, and creating a Facebook group. “It was a really nice send-off,” Kimberly recalled. “People came to see us and it was fun.” After just a day of walking, she was shocked to find roughly 500 people had joined their Facebook group by the time Kimberly regained cell service — and nearly 100 messages of encouragement. The number of people in the group soon grew to close to a couple thousand. “We were like, ‘No way!’ And then people were stopping for us along the way, giving us their food and drinks.” Originally, the couple’s plan was to walk just the 700-kilometre route from “Prince Rupert” to “Prince George” — because their children had been split up between homes in the two cities. But when the Josephs finally reached “Prince George,” they felt so encouraged by the public’s support that they decided to extend their journey to the province’s capital — an additional walk of more than 800 kilometres south. They packed up their car and began leapfrogging their way down — alternating between walking and driving in a shared effort. The couple said they’ve found the walk healing. “I’ve opened up a lot about my past,” said Kimberly, who herself grew up in the “child welfare” system. “I really don’t ever talk about my past, but I think walking has helped me quite a lot.” Jordan said the walk has been healing for him too. “Being close to nature, seeing all the animals and getting to connect with everything has been awesome,” he said. The couple weren’t as fond of the countless tiny frogs, grasshoppers, beetles. “We hate insects,” the couple said in unison. Kimberly says that — besides offering counselling — MCFD also wants her to take parenting and relationship courses. But she believes the structure of such programs are colonial. “There’s Indian time, right?” she said. “I’ve never liked Western structure.” During their walk, Kimberly and Jordan met with many people through social media who shared their own experiences with the child welfare system. “It’s a lot easier to open up to people like that,” Kimberley said, “than to have someone sitting across from you that you don’t really know, that doesn’t say anything back to you other than, ‘How do you feel about that?’” When she and Jordan spoke to IndigiNews in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, it was actually their second time reaching the community. Back in October, the couple had walked as far as “Lions Bay” — 40 kilometres north of “Vancouver” — just when MCFD called about a visit they’d managed to arrange with their children. The Josephs headed back north. When they resumed their walk in November and finally reached “Vancouver,” the couple visited two local MCFD offices to ask staff what support systems they have for Indigenous mothers needing help. Kimberly recalls staff at both offices telling her she should make complaints through “the main office.” Later, after reaching “New Westminster,” the couple received another phone call from MCFD, alerting them to another visit the agency had arranged with their children. So for a second time, the couple returned north, only to learn the ministry had cancelled the visit due to “poor weather,” said Kimberly. “I keep telling them if you arrange a visit for us and we can show up, you have no excuse. You should be ready for us to receive our kids,” said Kimberly. On Nov. 30, the couple updated that they were finally being given an opportunity to visit their boys for a few hours. “I can’t wait to see our boys,” Jordan told the Facebook live. “Love and miss them so much.” With winter quickly approaching, Kimberly doesn’t think they’ll actually reach “Victoria” this year, though she hasn’t completely laid the idea to rest. In fact, she’s already planning next year’s walk. “We want to do it until something’s done for the foster children,” she said. With a pre-trial date being set, Kimberly and Jordan now want to focus their attention on preparing for their day in court, hoping to finally be reunited with their children. “Not all parents get to hug their children, not all parents get to play with them, wake up to them, go to sleep and tuck them in,” Kimberly said. As the couple ponders the next steps on their journey, Jordan added that “time is precious” for any parent. “We have to be watched every time we see ours,” he said. “So cherish every moment with your kids.”RCMP are focused on a brown house at 8774 Highway 97, following an early morning assault. Loud bangs could be heard coming from the area. A window was broken by ERT as they approached the door. Officers can be heard yelling at the home, telling someone inside to surrender and that the place is surrounded. It’s unclear how many people are inside the home. Highway 97 is closed in both directions from Beaver Lake Road and Old Vernon Road due to a police incident. Kelowna and Lake Country RCMP along with the Southeast District’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) are currently investigating an assault from the early morning hours of Friday, Dec. 6. Vehicles are being turned around and motorists are asked to avoid the area. Commonwealth Road also appears to be blocked. 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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja In response to former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said that “an elder statesman should not be a trader and a sycophant all the time.” According Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Wike, who was speaking at the Special Thanksgiving Service organized by Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Chike Amaewhule, at the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Oro-Igwe/Eliogbolo Archdeaconry Church of the Holy Spirit, Eliozu Parish, Port Harcourt on Sunday, said it was unfortunate that somebody who is supposed to be seen as an elder statesman and called a father can reduce himself to a sycophant and a trader. He asked: “Must you be a trader all the time? As governor for eight years, what else are you looking for?” The Minister said: “You know, I didn’t want to say anything. But somebody called me last night, and told me what someone said in the social media. I said until I read it myself. This morning, I read in the newspapers, what our former Governor, Sir Dr Peter Odili said. “What did he say? He said that the present governor has been able to stop one man who wanted to convert Rivers State to his personal estate. “Between him and myself, who has turned Rivers State to his personal estate? His wife is a Chairman of Governing Council, his daughter is a commissioner, his other daughter is a judge and he is the general overseer. Who has now turned Rivers State to his private estate? I am sure if care is not taken, if there is a chance, he can even arrange a marriage for the governor. “It was his nephew, his late senior brother’s son that was recommended for commissioner. He took the slot and gave it to his own daughter. Someone who didn’t remember to stand for the son of his late elder brother, is that an elder statesman?” Wike added said it was painful that Dr Odili, out of political sycophancy, has forgotten all that he said in the past, adding that; “All of you here remember when I was governor, this same Odili praised me to high heaven. In fact, he said then that all past governors in Rivers State combined did not do better than me. “In 2007 after he left office, he couldn’t come near power in the State because Amaechi was the governor then. He was gone! “Like somebody said that God will use someone to lift up someone. When I came in as governor in 2015, I won’t use the word resurrected, but I brought him back to life. “All of us know about PAMO University. But for us, there wouldn’t have been anything called PAMO University. Rivers State was sponsoring 100 students per session and for every semester, each of the students was paying nothing less than N5m. Then, Rivers people were attacking me up and down. “I personally called Julius Berger to build a mansion for him to live. He was calling everyone to the house then, telling them, come and see what Wike has done for me. Wike has shown me love. He was taking them round the house. “Now, because you have organized a Christmas Carol for the governor, I didn’t say you should not do your Christmas Carol. But why reduce yourself to such a laughing stock. People will still see it on television how he was telling the whole world then how God used me to bring him back to life politically. “Why not do your Christmas Carol, collect what you can collect and leave me alone? “The governor that all of us made has not spent one year in office and the same Odili was already saying that the governor has beaten the records of all the past governors of Rivers State. “When I was there, he said I had surpassed the records of all the past governors, including himself. What can he even show that he did in his eight years as governor? But a governor has not spent one year, you are saying he has done more than all the past governors. “You spent eight years as governor and someone who hasn’t spent one year has surpassed your records, what manner of elder talk like that? Is that what an elder statesman should be known for? “When I was governor, my pictures were everywhere in his house. Sitting room, bedroom, kitchen, even in the toilet, my picture was everywhere. But today, all the pictures have been removed.” Asking what can be learned from such a sycophantic elder statesman, Wike said; “What can I learn from this kind of elder? What kind of advice can one get from him. This moment you are saying something, the next moment you are saying something else. “You see, if your children begin to ask you, is this not the same man you were praising before? What would you tell them?” On the State governorship issue, the Minister asked; “When I was plotting who will be governor after me, was he (Odili) there? Then, he was complaining about this governor, saying that he couldn’t stand before the public to talk. But today, he is organizing Christmas Carol for the same governor he was against then. “He has forgotten all that he said in the past. I named this after you, I named that after your wife. What have I not done? “You said we should not be part of the government, we have left. We are managing, you have taken assembly money, they are not dying of hunger and they will not die of hunger. We are okay. I’m focusing on my job in Abuja and all these sycophancy won’t take him to the level I have attained. “This is a man who wanted to run for president then, he didn’t have the balls, he chickened out. Simply because Obasanjo said no, he will not contest, he ran away. 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If Dune: Prophecy hasn’t quite entered the cultural zeitgeist the way the Dune movies have—or the that other HBO show it resembles in some ways, Game of Thrones —it might be because it’s filled almost completely with characters that can be very hard to root for . It’s a quality that’s necessary to propel the story . Though we know where things are headed 10,000 years down the line—the Bene Gesserit’s ingrained importance; House Harkonnen’s pale, creepy power ; the downfall of Emperor Shaddam of House Corrino; the rise of Paul “ Lisan al Gaib” Atreides— Prophecy drops us into tumultuous, uncertain times. Most crucially, we know Prophecy ’s Sisterhood will one day become the Bene Gesserit. But we don’t know how or when that will happen, or who will be the leader that takes them there. We also don’t know how they’ll overcome the greatest threat to their existence thus far, currently manifesting in a slippery man who seems to be fulfilling a doom-filled deathbed prophecy left behind 30 years earlier by Raquella, the Sisterhood’s founder. This is a show that wants you to ride along even if you haven’t read any Dune books or watched Denis Villeneuve’s movies. So it makes the story a reasonably simple power struggle while giving us characters carefully painted in shades of grey, some skewing darker than others. Preexisting Dune fans will obviously pick up on more of the mythology, but signature elements are explained for newcomers. There’s a lot of sandworm talk, for instance, and Prophecy figures out ways to give us visuals to go with that despite not taking place on Arrakis. As for those characters we’re starting to really love to hate: Valya Harkonnen, reigning Mother Superior of the Sisterhood, is Prophecy ‘s ostensible protagonist—but her thirst for power has made her unlikable from the start. Her sister and fellow Sisterhood member Tula is far gentler on the surface, but she’s capable of being manipulated into committing horrific acts, as well as acting on her own worst impulses. Meanwhile, Emperor Corrino—another familiar name—is so unsteady a leader that he’s allowed Desmond Hart, a soldier with violent, mystical gifts, to weaponize his grasp on the throne. The Emperor is a reasonable man, or he was once, but he’s starting to see the value in using terror as an enforcement tactic. Hart, meanwhile, has yet to have a scene that doesn’t make the audience gasp, whether he’s going toe-to-toe in mind games with Valya or using his strange abilities to cause enemies to burn up from the inside. These are the opposing sides in Dune: Prophecy ’s game of thrones—and the main players, who can’t trust most of the other people around them, are drawn together by their shared goals. This results in relationships that are as unhealthy as the means they use to achieve those goals. And there’s no bond more toxic than the one between Valya and Tula. Thanks to a flashback episode (the perfectly titled “Sisterhood Above All,” the creed of the Sisterhood but also a theme for the actual siblings in the mix), we know that the Harkonnen sisters grew up on an icy wasteland distinguished by its whale-fur trade. The Harkonnens were dislodged from their Great House status thanks to a rumor—started by House Atreides, Valya says—of battlefield cowardice during the robot wars, which happened over 100 years before Prophecy ’s main storyline. This injustice, or perceived injustice, becomes young Valya’s obsession, and her fervor convinces Tula and Valya’s beloved brother, Griffin, to try and settle the score with the Atreides. He’s murdered for his efforts, and it changes the entire dynamic of the Harkonnen family. An even more rage-filled Valya, who has already begun to develop “the Voice,” is sent to study with the Sisterhood, so it’s up to Tula to avenge Griffin’s death. And while Tula loved her brother deeply, it’s understood that her decision to get engaged to an Atreides—then massacre dozens of his family members—was made thanks to Valya’s influence. The trauma bonding continued when Tula followed Valya into the Sisterhood, and Valya used “the Voice” to murder her rival, Dorotea—a crime Tula subsequently helped conceal—en route to becoming the Sisterhood’s second Mother Superior. Most recently on the show, Valya pressured Tula into convincing her favorite young acolyte, Lila, to undergo a dangerous ritual—basically, visiting the land of the dead to connect with her ancestor, Raquella—to learn more about that increasingly dire prophecy. Connect she does, but she also dies for her efforts... sort of, since Tula was able to bring her back to life using spice and forbidden technology, another secret that binds the Harkonnen sisters together. The “you and me against the world” mentality that helped convince Tula to join Valya in the Sisterhood has now expanded to be more of “the Sisterhood against the world,” though it’s Valya out doing the political maneuvering while Tula stays behind at the Sisterhood’s training grounds. While Valya does her best to manipulate the Emperor and figure out Desmond’s weaknesses, Tula has her hands full with the Lila situation and an increasingly active rebellion among the acolytes. It’s telling that Tula, the seemingly more gentle of the Harkonnen sisters, is also the more murder-y one. Yes, Valya coerced Dorotea into slashing her own throat, but Tula deliberately poisoned dozens of Atreides—and, just this week, had a vision of herself murdering an acolyte who’s come uncomfortably close to uncovering lies that the Harkonnens have been hiding amid an entire organization dedicated to telling the truth. With Valya and Tula on different planets for most of Dune: Prophecy , there hasn’t been much time for tender moments, not that they would share any. About the closest the adult versions of the characters have come occurred in this week’s “Twice Born,” when Valya—running out of options in her battle with Desmond—started to send a message to Tula asking her for some sisterly back-up, then thought better of it. 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