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CONNOR, CLARK & LUNN AND CARBONFREE Close Debt Financing for SOLAR Portfolio Toronto, Canada, May 5th, 2015 Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure, CarbonFree Technology and the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) are pleased to announce the closing of long-term debt financing for their jointly owned portfolio of commercial-scale solar projects. The portfolio, comprised of 58

MNO citizen Alison Rheaume Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Alison Rheaume first approached the MNO in 2013 when she was struggling to make ends meet. She had to work several part-time jobs in order to make enough money to pay for school, and the stress of tuition was difficult to bear. The MNO assisted

This June, Carleton University will offer Canada’s first program dealing with the ethics of engaging in Aboriginal research – a five-day course for a diverse audience of researchers, government representatives and non-governmental organizations, as well as First Nations, Inuit and Métis community members. The intensive course on the Ethics of Research with Indigenous Peoples takes

Siblings Mathew Knowles (left) and Samantha Knowles (right) create their own Healing Blanket at the MNO Atikokan and Area Métis Community Council’s Annual General Meeting. Submitted by Marlene Davidson, President of the Atikokan and Area Métis Council On April 26th the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Atikokan and Area Métis Council held their Annual General

PCMNO Senator Verna Porter-Brunelle, VillageoisVice-President Victor Brunelle, Villageois President Rosita Des Roches, Villageois Treasurer Shirley Desroches, Villageois Secretary Louis Maheu, Villageois Advisor Claire Boudreau On April 7th Provisional Council Métis Nation of Ontario (PCMNO) Senator Verna Porter-Brunelle presented the board of directors of the Le Villageois retirement residence with the MNO book Values and Traditions

Grade 8 students create Métis Dot Art at Blind River Public School with MNO Council President Yvonne Jensen The Grade 8 students of Blind River Public School had the opportunity to host Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) North Channel Métis Council President Yvonne Jensen, and MNO North Channel Youth Representative Taylor McNally on April 22nd.

From left to right: MNO Veterans’ Senator Dr. Alis Kennedy O.Ont, C.D., O.M.C. (Vaughn), MNO Veterans’ Council President Joe Paquette(Mississauga); Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command President Tom Eagles, MNO Veterans’ Council Chair Guy Mandeville C.D. (Trenton); Missing from the photograph are: MNO Veterans’ Council Secretary Greg Garratt (Penatanguishene),MNO Veterans’ Council Treasurer Chris Plummer C.D., U.E.

Award recipient, with family, at the first Annual Evening of Applause at Timmins High & Vocational School. (Left to right: Sophie Dallaire, Melissa Bernier, Anne-Marie Cantin, Brianne Gosselin, Luc Bruissières, Pierre Bouchard, Louise Taillefer) On March 25th, 2015, Timmins Local Immigration Partnership held its first Annual Evening of Applause at the Timmins High & Vocational

Sisters Chasity King (left) and Madison Bissonette (right) pose with their medals for their outstanding bowling. Self-identifying Métis sisters Chasity King and Madison Bissonette love to bowl, and have medals to prove it. Both girls bowl at a junior level and have attained gold medals at a Provincial level. This past February Chasity achieved gold

Region Four MNO Citizens attending Community Information Session on NWNO’s plans in Blind River. On March 7th 2015, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Lands, Resources and Consultations (LRC) Branch hosted a Community Information Session in Blind River, Ontario. The event was held to inform the MNO Region Four community of the Nuclear Waste Management