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Submitted by: Wanda Botsford Original aritcles by The Westend Weekly http://www.westendweekly.ca/pdf%20wew%20editions/july_23_2014.pdf and Heather Latter, Fort Frances Times Online http://www.fftimes.com/node/271551 MNO Regional Councillor Theresa Stenlund, with her daughter Katelyne Stenlund and Chloe Dolyny represented the Métis within the opening ceremonies of the Harmony of Nations Music Festival in Fort Frances. The inaugural Harmony of Nations Music

Original article by Bejamin Aubé, Timmins Press http://www.timminspress.com/2014/08/01/barrette-swims-to-seven-golds-at-naig Swimmer Patrick Barrette, 15, shows off the seven gold medals he collected at the recent 2014 North American Indigenous Games in Regina, highlighting an impressive contingent of local athletes. BENJAMIN AUBÉ/The Daily Press.Patrick Barrette, son of Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Robert Barrette, won a gold

Aspiring to inspire training, life lessons and new ventures Submitted by: Genevieve Smith Danton Delbaere-Sawchuck at the International Yoga Sports Federation’s Youth Work Cup Championships held in London, England. Danton Delbaere-Sawchuk, the cellist for the award-winning Métis Fiddler Quartet and recent Honours graduate of Toronto’s Collège Français, can now add International Yoga Sport Federation’s ‘World

Coming together healing blanket workshop Participants of the healing blanket workshop held in North Bay on February 11. This winter, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Victim Service and Community Wellness program staff as well as members of the Women’s Secretariat of the MNO (WSMNO) joined together to address and discuss violence against Métis women

MNO Canoe Expedition arriving in Wawa, Ontario and being greeted bMichipicoten First Nation Elder Emerson Reil (left) and PCMNO Youth Representative Mitchell Case (right). On Friday, July 25, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Canoe Expedition arrived in Wawa, Ontario where they were greeted by locals on Beach Pergola. Métis cultural interpretation presentations were held

Submitted by: Cameron O’Nanski Original article from Metroland http://issuu.com/renfrewmercury/docs/renfrew071714 Veteran John O’Nanskie with before-and-after photos of World War Two. John (Jack) O’Nanskie, unlce of Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Cameron O’Nanski is a World War Two veteran from Renfrew, Ontario who recently receieved 20 powerful before-and-after images from Carole Hol, the daughter of friend

Anthony Carelli also known by his ring name Santino Marella. Anthony Carelli, better known by his ring name Santino Marella, is a Métis professional wrestler who was signed with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for eight years until his recent retirement. A proud Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen, Carelli has had a very successful

Submitted by: Rachelle Brunelle-McColl, MNO Employment Developer Participants of the stand-up paddle boarding lesson. On a beautiful warm morning, slightly overcast on Georgian Bay, surrounded by the sound of water, a landscape of trees and the smell of the sand and beach, a group of five Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) staff members from the

Jason Madden. Ottawa (August 5, 2014) ― Today, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Gary Lipinski congratulated Métis lawyer and MNO citizen Jason Madden for being recognized as one of Canada’s 25 most influential lawyers by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. Jason’s recognition, in the human rights category, was based on his ongoing contributions to the recognition

Original article from Atikokan Progress http://atikokanprogress.ca/2014/07/29/atikokan-youth-wins-national-emerging-artist-award/ Emlyn Cameron’s winning artwork “We Are One”. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen, artist Emlyn Cameron is following her family tradition of Aboriginal traditional storytelling through her art—and one piece has now earned her Historica Canada’s Aboriginal Arts & Stories award in June. The 12 year old (she was