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Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 5

May 13, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 5 Recorded on October 30, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. Interview with APTN […]
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Jury deliberates in fraud trial of former Sipekne’katik finance director

June 15, 2016 Maureen Googoo
After hearing testimony over a four-week period, the jury began deliberating Wednesday afternoon in the trial of the former finance director of the Sipekne’katik Band accused of misappropriating approximately $350,000 of band money. Jeffrey Cecil […]
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Sipekne’katik chief testifies he sat on committee that hired Hayes as finance director

June 9, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The current chief of the Sipekne’katik Band confirmed he was part of the interview committee that hired Jeffrey Hayes for the finance director’s position in early 2009. “I can’t remember how many we interviewed but […]
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Former chief says he never led finance director to believe chief had more power than council

June 7, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The former chief of the Sipekne’katik Band said he never led the band’s former finance director to believe he had more authority than band council to approve financial matters. Jerry F. Sack, 54, took the […]
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Former chief denies he approved transfer of band funds to accounts controlled by former finance director

June 3, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The former chief of the Sipekne’katik Band said in court Thursday that he never authorized the transfer of thousands of dollars of band funds into bank accounts controlled by the band’s former finance director. Sipekne’katik […]
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Fraud trial of former Sipekne’katik Finance Director set to begin May 2016

September 10, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Five weeks have been set aside in May and June 2016 for the trial of a Halifax man accused of defrauding the Sipekne’katik Band. The jury trial for Jeffery Cecil Hayes, 60, is set to […]

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