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Month: May 2016

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Band councillor who complained to RCMP in 2010 testifies in fraud trial

May 31, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The Sipekne’katik band councillor who complained to the RCMP about alleged fraudulent activity at the Sipekne’katik band office in 2010 said he did so because he  couldn’t get answers about questionable activity with a dormant band […]
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Court dates set in appeal of Alton Natural Gas Project

May 31, 2016 Maureen Googoo
Court dates have been set in the appeal of the Alton Natural Gas storage project approvals in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax. Lawyers for the Sipekne’katik Band will argue for a stay of the […]
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Sipekne’katik finance director fired for using band funds to buy land, band councillor testifies

May 27, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A councillor with the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia testified the band’s former finance director was dismissed in 2012 when chief and council learned he purchased land using band funds. “It was a big let […]
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Former accountant with Sipekne’katik fired after discovering irregular banking activities

May 26, 2016 Maureen Googoo
An accountant who was hired in 2009 to help the Sipekne’katik Band prepare an overdue audit said his employment contract ended abruptly shortly after he informed several band councillors about irregular activity with a dormant […]
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Marshall-Tabor “frustrated” with Millbrook appealing human rights ruling

May 24, 2016 Maureen Googoo
Stacey Lee Marshall-Tabor says she’s frustrated the Millbrook First Nation is appealing a 2015 Canadian Human Rights tribunal decision that ruled the First Nation discriminated against her because she is a woman. Millbrook is seeking a […]
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Millbrook second NS First Nation to leave Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative

May 20, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia is pulling out of the Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative, also known as Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn (KMKNO), and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs. In a news release issued May […]
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Fraud trial of former Sipekne’katik Finance Director begins

May 18, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The jury trial of the former finance director for the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia got underway in Halifax on Tuesday. Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, 61, is charged with theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000 and […]
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Wildfires in Fort McMurray destroy Nova Scotia couple’s home

May 4, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A Mi’kmaw woman from Nova Scotia and her fiancé living in Fort McMurray, Alberta are homeless after wildfires destroyed their home Tuesday. Stephanie Sack, who is originally from Indian Brook First Nation, N.S., said the […]

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