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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter DAWSON CREEK, B.C. \u2014 An Indigenous housing society is \u201cstarting fresh\u201d in the wake of an alleged theft of funds. According to Neil Sneddon of the Dawson Creek Native Housing Society, it was partly the findings of an independent audit conducted in 2023 which prompted the Dawson Creek RCMP detachment to launch an investigation into the matter. Sneddon is the vice-president of the society, which provides rental units to around 40 low-income Indigenous tenants in the Dawson Creek area. \u201cIt means we have to rebuild,\u201d said Sneddon. \u201cWe are starting fresh. We\u2019re redoing our by-laws to ensure this never happens again. \u201cIt is very devastating. We\u2019re working as hard as we can to hopefully amend everything.\u201d Sneddon also alleged the resignation of the… <\/p>\n

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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter DAWSON CREEK, B.C. \u2014 An Indigenous housing society is \u201cstarting fresh\u201d in the wake of an alleged theft of funds. According to Neil Sneddon of the Dawson Creek Native Housing Society, it was partly the findings of an independent audit conducted in 2023 which prompted the Dawson Creek RCMP detachment to launch an investigation into the matter. Sneddon is the vice-president of the society, which provides rental units to around 40 low-income Indigenous tenants in the Dawson Creek area. \u201cIt means we have to rebuild,\u201d said Sneddon. \u201cWe are starting fresh. We\u2019re redoing our by-laws to ensure this never happens again. \u201cIt is very devastating. We\u2019re working as hard as we can to hopefully amend everything.\u201d Sneddon also alleged the resignation of the... <\/p>\n

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