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The FSIN is holding its first assembly meeting since being asked by Ottawa to repay over $28 million in funding, closing the meeting to media and other advocates.

Details regarding the alleged tens of millions in misused funds by a Saskatchewan Indigenous non-profit were forwarded to police by the BMAAAC, Global News has learned. 

Calls for transparency, accountability, and communication are intensifying for the FSIN, after a federal audit found tens of millions of dollars spent on unsupported purposes.

The FSIN is defending its COVID-19 spending amid mounting pressure for accountability following a multi-million repayment call from Indigenous Services Canada.

Lake St. Martin First Nation is undergoing a forensic audit for $88 million in federal funding from April 2022 to current, officials say.

Chief Bobby Cameron says the FSIN intends to pursue legal action after being asked by Indigenous Services Canada to repay $27.6 million in ineligible and unsupported expenses.

The Canada Strong Fund will 'invest alongside the private sector in nation-building projects,' Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday.

The Saskatoon Police Service confirmed the sudden death of an off-duty officer. Tributes from police and emergency service groups are continuing to emerge.

"It is big for us," Jarred-Michael Erickson, a chief with the Sinixt and Colville Confederated Tribes, chairman, told Global News.

Carney's speech to Australia's parliament highlighted a soon-to-launch Canadian low earth orbit satellite network that experts say could soon compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) says it has received requests from The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) about a controversial audit report.

A forensic audit of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says more than $34 million of the organization's spending between April 2019 and March 2024 was "questionable," unsupported or ineligible.

First Nations chiefs in Saskatchewan say they want answers after a forensic audit of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations concluded more than $34 million of the organization's spending between April 2019 and March 2024 was "questionable," unsupported or ineligible.

An advocacy group representing First Nations in Saskatchewan is firing back after a forensic audit found more than $34 million in questionable, unsupported or ineligible spending over five years.

The Federation of Sovereign Nations is speaking out on a federal forensic audit that found certain expenses 'questionable,' with the organization rejecting some allegations.

Saskatoon Tribal Council and other chiefs of First Nations communities in Saskatchewan are calling for meetings immediately after a forensic audit of FSIN.

The forensic audit was prompted after AISB received allegations, including a lack of transparency at FSIN and various expenditures, including COVID-19 and travel.

One Saskatoon family is demanding action from the Saskatoon Police Service for not making any arrests in the two years since the death of their brother.

At the Alberta Next panel in Red Deer, duelling voices either pushed the Premier Smith to make policy moves without a referendum or hold off until the public had a proper say.

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says the exclusion of Saskatchewan First Nations from the first ministers meeting represents a breach of constitutional obligations.