President Froh and MNO Leaders meet with federal cabinet ministers

President Froh (centre) speaking during the meetingbetween federal cabinet ministers and Métis Nationleaders on January 30. Listening intently are Treasury Board President Scott Brison (left) and Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett (right). Click here for larger picture. On January 30, 2017, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Margaret Froh attended a meeting

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Louis Riel Opera looking for extras in Toronto area

This April the Canadian Opera Company is mounting a production of the opera LOUIS RIEL and is looking for volunteers to serve as extras. Extras will be required for rehearsals between March 17 and April 17 and for performance dates on April 20, 23, 26, 29, May 2, 5, and 13. All rehearsals and performances

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MNO citizen wins game design challenge

Submitted by MNO citizen Gilles Boucher with information from http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-game-design-challenge-winners-1.3965091 The trophies made on a 3D printer for the Sudbury Game Design Challenge. (Erik White/CBC) Click here for largerpicture. On February 3, 2017, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Joel Boucher and his team, the Platypus Paradox, won the Sudbury Game Design Challenge. Joel’s team

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MNO TYRMC Rendezvous for Canada’s 150th

Submitted by: Elise St. Germain & Gabriele Simmons, Placement Students for MNO Toronto and York Region Métis Council (TYRMC) (Left-right) Members of the MNO TYRMC: CouncilorJustin Kogler, Senator Constance Simmonds, President Tera Beaulieu, Secretary-Treasurer MarilynHew and Chair Todd Ross. Click here for largerpicture. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Toronto and York Region Métis Council

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MNO Council presents MNO youth with the Helen Bradley Memorial Bursaries

Submitted by Danielle Callander, MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council Secretary (Back Row): MNO GBMC Youth RepresentativeDalton Latondress, MNO GBMC Secretary DanielleCallander, MNO GBMC Chair Larry Ferris, MNO GBMC Senator Ken Fraser, Region 7 PCMNO Councilor Pauline Richardson, MNO CouncilorJo-Anne Secord (Front row): PCMNO Youth Representative Katelyn LaCroix, Emily KIng and Rachel Gerow. Click here for

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Métis Family Wellbeing Program launched in Thorold

Submitted by MNO Métis Family Wellbeing Coordinator Amanda Pont-Shanks MNO Thorold staff celebrating the official opening of the new MNO office in Thorold and the launch ofthe MNO Métis Family Wellbeing Program.(Left-right) MNO Healthy Babies Healthy ChildrenRebecca Vander Sanden, MNO Family Wellbeing Coordinator Amanda Pont-Shanks, Mayor City ofThorold Ted Luciani, President Niagara RegionMétis Council Derrick

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MNO Louis Riel Medal presentation

  (Left-right) MNO PDWMC President Andy Dufrane, MNO citizen and veteran Fred Crawford, MNO citizen Cora Bunn and MNO PDWMC Senator Terry Bloom. Click here for larger picture. On December 15, 2016, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Louis Riel Medal and certificate was presented to Fred Crawford from Peterborough. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO)

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MNO citizen becomes a Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada

The Right Reverend Riscylla Shaw, Bishop of theAnglican Diocese of Toronto, (Trent Durham area) during her installation at St. John the Evangelist Church in Peterborough on January 21, 2017. (Picture courtesy of Anglican Diocese of Toronto)Click here for larger picture. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen and daughter of Honourary MNO Senator Ruth Wagner Riscylla

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MNO mourns the loss of Patricia Thibault

Patricia ThibaultClick here for larger picture Patricia Thibault, one of the first citizens of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) passed away on January 25, 2017. Born on January 19, 1950, Patricia received her MNO citizenship in 1993, the year the MNO was founded. She served from 1999 to 2005 as the Region 6 Councilor

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MNO and Canada sign agreement to advance Métis rights and outstanding claims in Ontario

Signatories and witnesses of the MNO-Canada MOU on Advancing Reconciliation (left to right): Minister Bennett, President Froh, Minister Zimmer and PCMNO Region 1 Councilor Theresa Stenlund. On February 3, 2017 in Toronto, Métis Nation of Ontario (“MNO”) President Margaret Froh joined the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, M.D., P.C., M.P., Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada,

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