LEAMINGTON — The chief and a band councillor from a small Southwestern Ontario First Nation have been removed from office in the fallout of a nearly $600,000 band powwow, an audit of which found much of the spending wasn’t backed up. Hillier and other band council members couldn’t be reached for comment. The issue at the band members’ meeting wasn’t the powwow, but how it was run, the Daily News was told. The issue is the control of the powwow and how it was run,” the band member said. Susie, another band member who didn’t want her last name used, said she understands the powwow was supposed to be good for the Caldwell First Nation.

Source: National Post September 24, 2017 23:37 UTC