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MNO citizen, author and editor Cherie Dimaline. (Photo source: The Toronto Review of Books) Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Cherie Dimaline recently released her latest collection of stories through Kegedonce Press. Dimaline is an author and editor born within the Georgian Bay Métis community. Her new novel, A Gentle Habit, contains six stories focusing

Sue Beaulne works on a mitt during a workshop. Submitted by MNO citizen Jackie Courville The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Northern Lights Métis Council hosted a Aboriginal Mitts Workshop on December 10, 2015, at their office in Cochrane. MNO citizen Jackie Courville facilitated the workshop with the assistance of MNO-Timmins staff member Richard Aubin.

Volunteers planting rare trees at the Georgian Bay Islands National Park. Submitted by MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council Chair Larry Ferris Recently, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizens, including youth with the MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council, worked with the North Simcoe Anglers and Hunters Conservation Club to reintroduce several heritage species trees to their

The MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council youth group at Camp Kitchikewana on Georgian Bay’s Beausoleil Island. Submitted by MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council Chair Larry Ferris Members of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Georgian Bay Métis Council were joined by many Métis youth during their 2015 annual trip to Beausoleil Island at Georgian Bay

MNO Veterans’ Council Sergeant-at-arms Rob Baskey (left) and MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette (right).Submitted by MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette During the 2015 Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Annual General Assembly (AGA), the MNO Veterans’ Council held their annual general meeting where Rob Baskey was sworn in to his new position as the

From left: MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette; Derrill Henderson, National Secretary, Hong Kong Veterans Association of Canada; Brian Forbes, B. Comm., LL.B., Chairman, National Council of Veterans Association in Canada; Paul Baiden, MMM, OStJ, S.C., CD, National Chairman, Canadian Naval Air Group; MNO Veterans’ Council Senator Dr. Alis Kennedy, O.Ont., CD, OMC.Submitted by MNO

From left: Belleville Chief of Police Cory MacKay, Donald Gebhardt, CD, Yvonne I.L. Gebhardt and MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette.Submitted by MNO Veterans’ Council President Joe Paquette On September 25, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council, in collaboration with the Belleville Police Service, presented the Louis Riel Medal and certificate to four

Self-identified Métis Ted Norris (left), Her Royal Highness, the Countess of Wessex (centre) and MNO TYRMC President Tera Beaulieu (right).On November 12, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Toronto and York Region Métis Council (TYRMC) President Tera Beaulieu attended a working lunch with the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, and Her Royal Highness, the Countess

MNO citizen Maria Vandenbrand at the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association’s 23rd Annual Conference.Submitted by Joanne Meyer, Director of Intergovernmental Relations On November 23, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Maria Vandenbrand spoke on the Youth Panel during the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association’s (CAMA) 23rd Annual Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vandenbrand went to college for

Brian Kon (centre) with Mayor of Niagara Falls Jim Diodati (right) and City Clerk Dean Iorfida (left).Submitted by MNO Niagara Region Métis Council Chair Amanda Pont-Shanks On December 8, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Brian Kon received the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Champion Award and was named an AODA Champion by