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STC makes history at a national sporting event
Making history at a national sporting event For the first time in our city’s history, Saskatoon Tribal Council led a grand entry at the opening ceremony for the Tim Horton’s Canada Olympic Curling Trials taking place at SaskTel Centre. This historic event was made possible by uniting together in partnership with Tourism Saskatoon. Curling Canada […]
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New Indigenous Sports Academy gets financial assist from Saskatoon Blades – Global News
October 14, 2021 The Saskatoon Blades are throwing their support behind a new hockey academy for Indigenous youth. The team presented members of the Indigenous Sports Academy Eagles with a cheque for $5,000 on Thursday and Blades captain Aidan De La Gorgendiere gave some Eagles players a tour of the Western Hockey League club’s facility […]
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SK Government: Community Rink Affordability Grant Program Application Period Opens October 15, 2021
October 13, 2021 The Government of Saskatchewan is once again accepting applications from communities for the Community Rink Affordability Grant (CRAG) after committing $1.7 million to the program for 2021-22. The Community Rink Affordability Grant provides funding for community-owned indoor skating and curling rinks. Reinstated in 2020-21, the grant was distributed to 372 organizations to […]
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Saskatchewan Roughriders Pledge Increased Commitment to Truth and Reconciliation
Ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are reaffirming their commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and as allies with Indigenous Peoples. As part of this commitment, the Club will focus on Calls to Action #87-92 as outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Report. Which […]
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Grassroots and ‘giving back’: Daniels Hockey School caters to First Nations youth – The Star Phoenix
“For me, and for my family, it means everything.” Aug 12, 2021 WARMAN — Scott Daniels recalls growing up on the reserve, when his friends would show up at the rink lacking hockey equipment, still wanting to play. The memory has stuck with him. He can’t change the past, but he hopes for a better […]
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Chicago Blackhawks – Release: Eight Employees Advancing Women in Hockey to Announce 2021 Picks
Select members of Blackhawks hockey operations and youth hockey departments to announce team’s 2021 NHL Draft selections The Chicago Blackhawks today announced that select members of the organization’s hockey operations and youth hockey departments will announce the club’s draft picks at the podium during this weekend’s National Hockey League Draft. Among the eight Blackhawks staff […]
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The life and death of Alex Decoteau: Saskatchewan’s first Olympian, Canada’s first Indigenous police officer – National Post
Jul 19, 2021 He’d done much with his life. There was more to do. But Passchendaele was a killer of dreams A sniper’s bullet stopped Alex Decoteau from running. Nothing else could. That bullet felled one of the Great War’s most prolific Canadians, on a fall day at Passchendaele in 1917. Decouteau was dead at […]
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We need to be there for Indigenous communities – Carlyle Observer
July 2, 2021 When the remains of 215 children were found in unmarked graves at a former Indian residential school site last month in Kamloops, B.C., it brought the issue of residential schools back into the forefront of discussion in a way that they haven’t been in years. We had confirmation that a school in […]
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Fred Sasakamoose Day offers chance to honour Indigenous hockey icon’s life, legacy – Global News
May 19, 2021 One of Saskatchewan’s Indigenous icons now has his own special day. May 18 has officially been proclaimed Fred Sasakamoose Day by both the provincial government and the City of Saskatoon, and on Tuesday, friends and relatives of the late hockey pioneer took part in a special ceremony at SaskTel Centre to mark […]
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Fred Sasakamoose, Indigenous NHL trailblazer, details his life in a new memoir – CTV News
May 17, 2021 TORONTO — The first treaty Indigenous player in the NHL, Fred Sasakamoose, will tell his story in his own words in a posthumous memoir. The book “Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s first Treaty Indigenous Player,” is scheduled to be released on Tuesday. It details […]
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