Indigenous hockey pioneer Fred Sasakamoose's funeral on Saturday was streamed to hundreds of people on Facebook and featured comments from leaders across Canada. Due to the public health order regarding funeral service restrictions, only 30 people were in person for Sasakamoose's funeral but the stream on Facebook saw over 600 people to virtually attend. A video tribute was played at the ceremony which featured condolences from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde and many other First Nations leaders. "Fred Sasakamoose, was one of those people. Bettman said in the video tribute Sasakamoose was a pioneer who "gave so much of himself to his community".

Source: CBC News December 05, 2020 23:15 UTC