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Geoff Leo

@gleocbc

Senior Investigative Reporter w/CBC Saskatchewan: Send tips to [email protected] - also open to brown envelopes and conversations in parking garages. DMs open.

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linkhttp://www.cbc.ca/sask calendar_today17-10-2010 21:20:58

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Indigenous Women’s Collective calling for revocation of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s 2018 Indigenous album of the year award.

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"Notice is hereby given that, further to her individual request and the Governor General’s subsequent approval, the appointment of Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to the Order of Canada was terminated by Ordinance signed on SeptemberĀ 26,Ā 2023." gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2023/…

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cbc.ca/news/politics/… Prominent scholar and former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has been dropped from the Order of Canada.

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Buffy Sainte-Marie's claims of Cree ancestry and birth on Sask. First Nation removed from her website cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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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." cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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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" cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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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 cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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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 Brett Forester cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

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Documentary — A brain experiment claimed it could help Indigenous kids heal from trauma. Critic calls it ā€˜bonkers’ youtu.be/pr6BVPMuT14?si…

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This former chief negotiated a land claims deal for his people. Then he profited off it for 30 years - cbc.ca/newsinteractiv…

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ā€˜This is very dangerous’: Piapot First Nation’s land fight - A documentary on The National youtu.be/CxHEB9ydPmM?si… via YouTube

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If this project was pitched to theĀ CBC's Dragon's Den program, "I don't think it would make it to broadcast." says UBC economist cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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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." cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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So consistently far off. From different pollsters. It does make you question the value of the entire polling enterprise.

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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 ā€œunderhandedā€ cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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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 cbc.ca/newsinteractiv…