New Indigenous business lead ‘excited’ to help advance economic reconciliation

Published on September 13, 2026
Canadian Council for Indigenous Business appoints Peter Dinsdale as president-CEO
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First Nations procurement authority aims to help feds' Indigenous contracting woes, support Buy Canadian and defence spending targets, says new CEO Jamieson

September 12, 2026
First Nations Procurement Authority's new CEO Darrin Jamieson says the organization has received $240,000 funding from Indigenous Services Canada 'to get things rolling to operationalize,' but the total operating budget will be more than a $1-million.

Saddle Lake proclaims itself ‘safe haven’ for transgender care

September 13, 2026
This story was originally published in Alberta Native News.On the 150th anniversary of Treaty 6’s signing, Saddle Lake Cree Nation announced that it will invoke the Treaty’s medicine chest clause to provide a “safe haven for gender-affirming care” in Alberta on its reserve lands.Invoking the medicine chest clause, which First Nations interpret as a promise by the Crown to provide signatories with