Lac La Ronge Indian Band terminates Meechewin Place business license
The doors have been closed and the locks will be changed on a longstanding store in La Ronge.
On May 12, Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) passed a band council resolution that terminated and rescined the license granted by them to Henry McKenzie to operate Meechewin Place as a First Nation fuel and tobacco retailer on the reserve.
A press release from the LLRIB said they obtained judgement against McKenzie on April 4, 2019 in the sum of $3,063,799.48.
“Prior to this time, the LLRIB had tried unsuccessfully for a number of years to negotiate a resolution of the amount oustanding with Mr. McKenzie. The debt arose out of Mr. McKenzie’s failure to remit to the LLRIB, its share of the fuel and tobacco received by him.”