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7 questions about First Nations accountability
Ottawa :: Canada | 4 months ago
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From Attawapiskat to Idle No More, when First Nations have been in the headlines this year, accountability issues have been prominent. Last week former prime minister Paul Martin spoke at a session on accountability at the Aboriginal Financial
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Ruth Shead
Toronto :: Canada | 10 months ago
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Born April 25, 1915, on Peguis First Nation reserve in Manitoba, died May 8, 2012, in Selkirk, Man., of natural causes, aged 97.
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AFN criticized for booking conference accommodation in top-line hotels
Regina :: Canada | 11 months ago
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When 630 chiefs gather in Toronto next week to elect a new national chief of the powerful Assembly of First Nations, most will be staying at the Fairmont Royal York, the Hilton Hotel, the Marriot, the Intercontinental or the Westin Harbour Castle in
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Fugitive fighting to stay in Canada
Winnipeg :: Canada | 1 year ago
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A Winnipeg-born fugitive who escaped a South Dakota prison nearly 20 years ago and quietly started a new life on a Manitoba reserve won't be sent back across the border without a fight. Clifford Laframboise, 43, has gone on the offensive against the
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Members want to know where flood aid has gone
Winnipeg :: Canada | 1 year ago
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A recent letter from a federal government audit branch to the chief and council of Peguis First Nation outlines questionable payments to elected leaders, poorly documented flood-related projects, and dubious staffing decisions...We want truth and
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First Nations denies flood-fund fraud allegations
Winnipeg :: Canada | 1 year ago
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An influential Manitoba First Nations organization is shooting back at allegations of fraudulent flood-aid spending and expense claims surrounding the Peguis reserve in the Interlake region. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said Thursday that its
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Manitoba First Nations leaders paid themselves money meant for flood compensation: audit
Winnipeg :: Canada | 1 year ago
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The chief and council of Manitoba's Peguis First Nation paid themselves thousands of dollars in money earmarked for flood compensation, diverted thousands more to private consultants and hired unqualified staff as a make-work project for flood
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Where the rains bring out rot, mould and tears
Winnipeg :: Canada | almost 3 years ago
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EDT Last updated on Thursday, Jul. 08, 2010 10:37PM EDT T he basement floor of Laureen Moberly's bungalow is a solid sopping mat of wet shirts, silt-covered jeans and shoes anchored to the concrete by dry mud. Eleven inches up the wall, a straight
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Boy's death in Manitoba fire treated as homicide
Winnipeg :: Canada | over 3 years ago
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A fire on Shamattawa First Nation in Manitoba that killed a boy is now being treated as an arson-related homicide by police, who have a 16-year-old boy from the community in custody. The Olympic flame headed out of Winnipeg on Thursday, carried part
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Officials investigate complaint of massive First Nations salaries
Winnipeg :: Canada | over 3 years ago
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Documents leaked to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation show each member of the Peguis First Nation band council made more money last year than Winnipeg's mayor, Manitoba's premier and nearly every one of the province's MPs. Peguis Chief Glenn Hudson
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