PrairieSky Royalty Appoints New Independent Director
James Estey, Chair of the Board of Directors of PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Leanne Bellegarde QC to PrairieSky’s Board of Directors. Ms. Bellegarde’s appointment is effective June 9, 2021. “On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to welcome Ms. Bellegarde as our newest independent director,” said Mr. Estey. “Leanne is an experienced lawyer and business leader and is well …
James Estey, Chair of the Board of Directors of PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (“ PrairieSky ”) (TSX: PSK) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Leanne Bellegarde QC to PrairieSky’s Board of Directors. Ms. Bellegarde’s appointment is effective June 9, 2021.
Her son Greg confirmed the news in a Facebook post, saying his mother was 93 years old at the time of her death. In 1986 Stevenson and her husband Robert helped launch a thrice-weekly hot lunch program out of the Albert-Scott Community Centre in Regina s North Central. The goal was to give school-aged kids in the area a high-protein lunch and dessert on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. “From my own experience, I knew people were out there starving,” she told the Leader-Post in 1988. “But I also read a study done by a University of Regina professor, and it was enough to make you cry. Our children deserve better. They need a good nourishing meal because, if they’re hungry, they can’t study well. They can’t learn.”
Thanks to his work as chief of the White Bear First Nation, shared with that community’s leaders in the 1990s, Indigenous-led casinos are regular fixtures today: Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA), their regulating body, earned $270 million in the last fiscal year, employs more than 1,600 people, manages seven year-round casinos, and is also celebrating its 25th anniversary. But as Shepherd, now a band councillor, looks back he’s reminded that the tidy, yearly milestones offer only half a picture. Earlier events in the 90s point to familiar themes when governments interact with Indigenous people: Heavy-handed police power; minimal government support for First Nations; betrayed commitments.
Perry Bellegarde has spent his six years in the role helping bring Indigenous issues to the forefront of Canadian public life. “Last night, I wrote to the Chiefs of Canada – saying I will not be seeking re-election in next July’s AFN National Chief’s election,” the National Chief said. “Being National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, has been the greatest job I could have imagined.” “Issues and concerns that we used to talk about only among ourselves, around the kitchen table, are now out there in the media every day, at the centre of public debate,” Bellegarde said in a series of tweets on December 5.