First Nation Voting On Chief's Headingley Gas Bar Proposal
Winnipeg Free Press › August 11, 2009
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One band councillor and a group of women marched up and down the country's main trucking route at Headingley with placards pleading for public support, cheering when cars honked in response. "The chief's got a sign up that says, "gas, smokes, movies, more," declared elected band councillor Elaine Scott. "It's this one business we're protesting. We don't want (just) one individual to benefit from the land."
"I had already arranged my own financing as a private member of the band," [Robert Daniels] said. "Since there was such opposition, we figured it would be best to take this matter to the people and let them decide."See the full content of this document
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First Nation Voting On Chief's Headingley Gas Bar Proposal
By Martin Cash
THE development of a controversial gas bar/convenience store on newly created reserve land in Headingley wa...See the full content of this document
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