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By: Joseph Paquette, MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette and the majestic moose. “The day started with a beautiful sunrise amidst a perfect blue sky. This was following two days of rain. Climbing hill after hill and calling every so often did not put me any closer to filling my moose tag. I finally settled

Submitted by: Rochelle Ethier, MNO Credit River Metis Council Participants of the Brampton Sisters in Spirit Candlelight Vigil holding up the faceless doll blanket. The Annual Sisters in Spirit Vigil was held on October 4 to honour and remember the almost 1,200 missing and murdered Aboriginal women across Canada. In Brampton, the vigil was a

MNO President Gary Lipinski (right) met with the Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Energy (left) on October 27, 2014. On October 27, 2014, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Gary Lipinski met with the Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Energy. Discussions focused on the Ministry’s Aboriginal Loan Guarantee Program, which is a $250 million initiative

View this slideshow for picture highlights of the Louis Riel Day 2014 ceremony at Queen’s Park in Toronto on November 14, 2014. Louis Riel was the great Métis leader executed by the Canadian government for leading the Northwest Resistance in defense of Métis rights and the Métis way-of-life. Every year Louis Riel Day is held

Submitted by: Robin Pilon Chantel Pilon stands in front of the Quinte West Sports Wall of Fame. She was recently honoured as an Athlete Inductee during a special presentation at the Quinte West YMCA. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen and University of Waterloo (UWaterloo) track star Chantel Pilon of Trenton, Ontario, was recently inducted

Submitted by: Susan Schank, MNO Great Lakes Métis Council MNO Senator Roland St. Germain providing the opening prayer at the Owen Sound Sisters in Spirit Vigil held on October 4. The Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Great Lakes Métis Council hosted a Sisters in Spirit Vigil in Owen Sound on October 4. Roughly 120 people

MNO Region 7 holds its first annual meeting Submitted by: Pauline Richardson, PCMNO Regional Councillor for Region 7 Participants of the Annual Regional Meeting for MNO Region 7 held on October 4, 2014. On October 4, the first Annual Regional Meeting for Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Region 7 was held in Collingwood, Ontario. Council

Submitted by: Richard Gravelle Original article by Brant News http://www.brantnews.com/news-story/4763561-concert-for-a-cure-showcases-talent-while-raising-awareness/ Leah Belle with her 2014 Sudbury Aboriginal Idol Award. At only the age of 12, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Leah Belle is quite the accomplished singer. Not only was she crowned the 2014 Sudbury’s N’Swakamok Aboriginal Idol this June, she was also recently

Submitted by: Brian Tucker, MNO Associate Director of Education and Way of Life Katelyne Stenlund playing the fiddle during the MNO Community Information Session held in Fort Frances on September 20, 2014. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) held a Community Information Session in Fort Frances on September 20, 2014 for citizens from across the

Engaging the Métis community on violence Submitted by Valerie Stortini, MNO ASVCRI Coordinator Valerie Stortini during the Faceless Doll activity at the MNO 2014 AGA As reported in the last issue of the Métis Voyageur, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is delivering a project in Thunder Bay called the Aboriginal Sexual Violence Community Response