The report stems from an election appeal filed by Lake St. Martin band member Roseanne Beardy, who ran unsuccessfully for chief last June. Vote-buying 'routine'Valerie Beardy, one of the witnesses quoted in the report, said she saw a ballot sold for $300 during a barbecue at the makeshift Lake St. Martin School on Ness Avenue in Winnipeg. The people of Lake St. Martin have been away from their homes since their reserve flooded in May 2011. The Lake St. Martin First Nation was flooded in 2011. Band members are living in Winnipeg in apartments and hotels as they wait for a new reserve to be built.

Source: CBC News February 10, 2017 23:26 UTC