Samson Cree Nation Urban Office - Calgary, AB

🏳️‍🌈 HAPPY PRIDE, CALGARY! 🏳️‍⚧️

The Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary is proud to celebrate our 2Spirit, Indigiqueer, LGBTQIA+ relatives, friends, families, and community members this Calgary Pride! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

2Spirit people have always held important places within Indigenous communities, carrying diverse identities, gifts, teachings, and ways of being that long predate colonization.

Pride is a celebration of love, identity, resilience, visibility, and the freedom to live authentically. It is also a reminder of the work that continues to ensure 2Spirit and LGBTQIA+ people are safe, respected, supported, and celebrated every day of the year.

To our 2Spirit and LGBTQIA+ relatives across Calgary and beyond: we see you, we celebrate you, and we are proud to stand with you.

From all of us at the Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary — Happy Pride, Calgary! 🌈

To all Maskwacis youth in Calgary. Ages 12-17

🌟 YSW MOBILE TREATMENT PROGRAM IS COMING TO YOU! 🌟

CALGARY, ALBERTA

Maskwacis Young Spirit Winds (YSW) is excited to offer a Mobile Treatment Program for youth! 💙

📅 November 16–20, 2026
⏰ 9am - 4pm

This week is an opportunity for youth to learn, connect, build confidence, and explore healthy ways to navigate life’s challenges in a safe and supportive environment.

🌱 Topics will include:
✨ Addiction Awareness
💪 Self-Esteem & Self-Worth
🗣️ Communication Skills
🚫 Peer Pressure
🪶 Cultural Awareness
😤 Anger Management
🔄 Cycle of Violence
🏫 Impacts of Residential Schools
🤝 Healing, connection & building healthy relationships
🚐 Transportation will be provided
🥣 Breakfast & lunch will be provided
If you or a youth you know could benefit from this program, we encourage you to register!

💙 Come learn. Come connect. Come grow. Come be heard.

📞 Contact Young Spirit Winds to register or for more information. (780) 585- 2219
Spaces are available — don’t miss out! 🌿

🌟 YSW MOBILE TREATMENT PROGRAM IS COMING TO YOU! 🌟

CALGARY, ALBERTA

Maskwacis Young Spirit Winds (YSW) is excited to offer a Mobile Treatment Program for youth! 💙

📅 November 16–20, 2026
⏰ 9am - 4pm

This week is an opportunity for youth to learn, connect, build confidence, and explore healthy ways to navigate life’s challenges in a safe and supportive environment.

🌱 Topics will include:
✨ Addiction Awareness
💪 Self-Esteem & Self-Worth
🗣️ Communication Skills
🚫 Peer Pressure
🪶 Cultural Awareness
😤 Anger Management
🔄 Cycle of Violence
🏫 Impacts of Residential Schools
🤝 Healing, connection & building healthy relationships
🚐 Transportation will be provided
🥣 Breakfast & lunch will be provided
If you or a youth you know could benefit from this program, we encourage you to register!

💙 Come learn. Come connect. Come grow. Come be heard.

📞 Contact Young Spirit Winds to register or for more information. (780) 585- 2219
Spaces are available — don’t miss out! 🌿

Reconciliation Journey Walk on September 19, 2026. At Gelnmore Park. Register with the QR code.

Register to vote | Check Voter Registration | Elections Alberta Check here to see if you are currently registered as a voter or if you need to re-register or update your voter information.

NOTICE: SCN Office Closure on Monday, September 7, 2026 in observance of Labour Day (Stat. Holiday). Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.

If you have any urgent matters that need attention before the holiday, please do so before the end of the day on Friday, September 4, 2026.

Our deepest condolences to the Lightning family and friends.

Georgina Lightning, trailblazing Cree filmmaker, actor, writer and producer, has passed away at 63.

A member of Samson Cree Nation, Lightning built a career spanning more than three decades in film and television. Her daughter, actor and musician Crystle Lightning, confirmed her passing Saturday.

“I have lost my mother, my sons Kohkum, my matriarch, my role model, my confidant,” Crystle shared.

Lightning was best known for the 2008 feature Older Than America, which she wrote, directed, produced and starred in, inspired in part by her family’s experiences with residential and boarding schools.

Her other screen credits included Johnny Greyeyes, DreamKeeper, Blackstone, Trickster, Three Pines and Alaska Daily.

Lightning passed away following an incident during an Indian relay event at Enoch Cree Nation. The Nation said authorities are investigating and asked that the privacy of the family and community be respected.

Tributes and expressions of heartbreak have spread across Indigenous film, media and community circles following news of her passing.

We extend our deepest condolences to Georgina Lightning’s children, grandchildren, relatives, loved ones, the Samson Cree Nation, and all those grieving her loss.

Georgina Lightning
1963–2026

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