Geoff Leo
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Senior Investigative Reporter w/CBC Saskatchewan: Send tips to [email protected] - also open to brown envelopes and conversations in parking garages. DMs open.
Regina
Joined October 2010
First Nations University faculty call for dissolution of board, suspension of executives Board of governors is politicized again and university is back in debt, faculty say https://t.co/4ZKSwXWJWN
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In an unsigned statement, faculty members at First Nations University of Canada are expressing grave concerns over the direction of the institution, saying the gains made since its 2019 financial...
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First Nations University president fired key whistleblower behind scathing review of her conduct — Internal investigation found Jacqueline Ottmann had engaged in nepotism, mismanagement and ‘empire building’ https://t.co/yIaeKA1bYV
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A three-month investigation into more than two dozen allegations against the president of First Nations University of Canada, commissioned by the institution’s board in 2023, concluded with a stark...
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BC based Coulson Aircrane says the Sask. government paid $100 million more than it should have for four new firefighting planes. Coulson wants court to overtun sale because province sole-sourced the deal -- no public competition. https://t.co/zrhdLy6g1A
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Coulson Aircrane says the Saskatchewan government has agreed to pay more than twice what it should have for four firefighting aircraft — a decision the B.C.-based company says will cost Saskatchewan...
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ALS is a fatal disease. But this scientist says he knows how to beat it https://t.co/L6OQqY1WPO
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The Canadian roots of Elon Musk's conspiracist grandpa Raised in Saskatchewan, Joshua Haldeman was a tech-utopian, politician and apartheid fan https://t.co/JBtnKB9BR6
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Joshua Haldeman became politically active after losing his Saskatchewan farm during the ‘Dirty Thirties.’
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My most recent column: Common Sense Regina reveals shady politics in municipal races https://t.co/LPzLrDhHNe via @leaderpost
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People behind election attack billboards won’t disclose who they are or who’s paying the bill - Sandra Masters calls the campaign “underhanded”
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An organization paying for attack billboards during Regina's municipal election refuses to disclose who is behind it.
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"This is a cancer growing within [SRC]," he said. "Somebody has to go in and audit the whole organization and figure out what's going on, where the conflicts are and why those conflicts are allowed to exist."
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In early 2022, Dennis Fitzpatrick, the board chair of the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), raised concerns about possible conflicts of interest involving the organization's president and CEO,...
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If this project was pitched to the CBC's Dragon's Den program, "I don't think it would make it to broadcast." says UBC economist
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A Saskatchewan government funded report analyzing the costs and benefits of the proposed Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project reveals it is a risky venture that offers, at best, modest gains, accord...
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I always wondered. Now I know.
The opacity of academic prose arises from the epistemological imperative to operationalize disciplinary jargon, facilitating intra-specialized discourse while obfuscating heterogenous interpretive accessibility and perpetuating a recursive dialectic of erudition and exclusion.
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‘This is very dangerous’: Piapot First Nation’s land fight - A documentary on The National https://t.co/ZPcy7AnZNi via @YouTube
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This former chief negotiated a land claims deal for his people. Then he profited off it for 30 years -
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For three decades, Roland Crowe and about 45 other private citizens in Piapot First Nation have been leasing much of that land to non-Indigenous farmers — and personally pocketing the money.
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Documentary — A brain experiment claimed it could help Indigenous kids heal from trauma. Critic calls it ‘bonkers’ https://t.co/FjrBOkpWMG
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2000 people removed from Algonquins of Ontario rolls Many of their claims to Algonquin ancestry relied on the authenticity of a letter that a CBC investigation found was likely fake. For some this casts doubt on future of treaty negotiations @BrettForester
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The Algonquins of Ontario has removed nearly 2,000 people from its certified electorate, after an internal tribunal ruled against their asserted Algonquin ancestry last year.
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Canada's research funding agencies developing policy to root out Indigenous identity fraud — Report says 'honour system' for Indigenous identity has been exploited, must be replaced
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The federal agencies that fund research in Canada are taking steps to stamp out Indigenous identity fraud in an effort to ensure that funding intended for Indigenous researchers goes to genuine...
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Acting Piapot Chief: "Someone trying to capitalize on that without being able to prove Indigenous ancestry — like that is offensive to me honestly...like you're picking and choosing the things that are convenient to you now because they're be beneficial"
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The biography of Buffy Sainte-Marie on her official website no longer claims the famous singer is a Cree woman "likely" born on the Piapot First Nation in Saskatchewan. The singer said she removed...
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Buffy Sainte-Marie's lawyer was researching how the singer could become a Canadian citizen as a "reward" for her "exceptional service" to Canada and her role "instilling pride in Indian people." https://t.co/P3o8ArBKq2
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The biography of Buffy Sainte-Marie on her official website no longer claims the famous singer is a Cree woman "likely" born on the Piapot First Nation in Saskatchewan. The singer said she removed...
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Buffy Sainte-Marie's claims of Cree ancestry and birth on Sask. First Nation removed from her website https://t.co/P3o8ArBKq2
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The biography of Buffy Sainte-Marie on her official website no longer claims the famous singer is a Cree woman "likely" born on the Piapot First Nation in Saskatchewan. The singer said she removed...
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Piapot First Nation chief wants Buffy Sainte-Marie to take a DNA test https://t.co/JwsulsUsYE
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