From Rankin Inlet, Nunavut to Ochapawace, Saskatchewan, Indigenous hockey teams from all over Canada are in Saskatoon this weekend playing in the Fred Sasakamoose "Chief Thunderstick" National Hockey Championship.
A 24-year-old Nation Hockey League goalie with the Columbus Blue Jackets was tragically killed in an apparent fireworks accident at a Fourth of July gathering.
There was some confusion in the original reporting of the death of Matiss Kivlenieks, who died Sunday at an Independence Day party near Novi, Michigan after he was struck by a misfiring pyrotechnic.
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Earlier on Monday, Meier had said there seemed to be a malfunction that sent the fireworks in the direction of people. Kivlenieks and others were in a hot tub and when they tried to get out, Kivlenieks slipped, fell, and hit his head on the concrete, Meier had said.