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First Nations smoke shop ordered taken over by province – CBC.ca

by NationTalk on November 6, 2012682 Views

A court order issued on Monday is allowing the Manitoba government to take ownership of a controversial First Nations-owned smoke shop.

Canupawakpa Dakota Chief Franklin Brown was also fined $10,000 after being found in contempt of court for continuing to operate the Dakota Chundee smoke shop after it was ordered to shut down in May.

Garth Blacksmith, a band member from the Dakota Plains First Nation, was fined $1,500.

Both men say they refuse to pay the fines and walked out of Monday’s court hearing before it ended.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/11/05/mb-chundee-smoke-shop-fine-manitoba.html

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