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The FSIN says it rejects Indigenous Services Canada’s final forensic audit decision and has launched legal action over $12.4 million in disputed spending.

Documents show the FSIN applied for a judicial review in August, alleging procedural unfairness following ISC’s decision that the organization owes $12.4 million.

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) says it will be filing a statement of claim against the FSIN for repayment of $12.4 million in unsupported spending in a year-long audit dispute.

Federal government heard reasoning behind amending Indian status legislation and setting up First Nations policing from Saskatchewan chiefs.

An emotional Premier Danielle Smith held back tears Saturday as she recounted a long list of historic indignities Albertans have suffered at the hands of the federal government.

A viral video showing the arrest of 40-year-old woman in Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation has advocates and leaders raising concerns, saying the use of force was 'unacceptable.'

A Saskatchewan woman's family demands justice for Jaali, saying she died following two hospital transfers and waiting 13 hours for care after a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia.

Former Saskatoon police chief Clive Weighill is leading Saskatchewan's independent safety review, expected to cost the province $1 million.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.