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Submitted by: Marc Laurin, President of the MNO North Bay Métis Council itDignitaries, MNO North Bay council members and MNO staff watch the Métis flag rise at North Bay City Hall in honour of Louis Riel Day. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) North Bay Métis Council held a Louis Riel day flag raising event

Submitted by: Linda Krause, MNO Employment & Training Officer (Left to right) MNO North Bay Métis Council Senator Marlene Greenwood, Veteran Doris Evans and friend lay a wreath in honour of North Bay Métis veterans during North Bay’s Remembrance Day service. This Remembrance Day, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Senator Marlene Greenwood and Veteran Doris

Submitted by: Mandy Montgomery, MNO Employment Developer Louis Riel Day flag raising ceremony at Dryden City Hall. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Dryden office held a Louis Riel Day Celebration on Friday, November 15. A Métis flag raising took place at Dryden City Hall where members of the MNO Northwest Métis Council, MNO staff

Celebrating the recognition of Métis culture, identity and history By: Richard Cuddy, MNO Credit River Métis Council President (Left to right) City of Brampton Regional Councillor Jon Sanderson and MNO Credit River Métis Council members Councillor Joyce Tolles, President Richard Cuddy and MNO Senator Ray Bergie during the Riel Day gathering in Brampton. On Sunday,

NationTalk recently interviewed Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Gary Lipinski. In the interview, President Lipinski discusses some of MNO’s new and exciting initiatives, especially with this year being the 20th anniversary of the MNO. He also discusses the Provincial Louis Riel Day celebration and more about the history of Métis peoples in Ontario and

Submitted by: Cora Bunn, President of the MNO Grand River Métis Council Participants of the capote coat workshop. (Left to right) Jennifer Parkinson, PCMNO Vice-Chair Sharon McBride, Barbaranne Wright, Fritz Steele, Carol Levis, Leslie Muma, Tobias Clarke, Cora Bunn, Margaret Donahue and Darlene Lent. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Grand River Métis Council held

The signatories and witnesses to the MNO-Ontario Framework Agreement extension (left to right) PCMNO Youth Representative Mitch Case, MNO President Lipinski, MNO Senator Brenda Powley and the Honourable David Zimmer, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs On Friday, November 15, just two days shy of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the historic MNO-Ontario Framework Agreement,

MNO leadership and dignitaries at the Louis Riel ceremony on November 15 at Queen’s Park in Toronto. (Left to right) Assistant Deputy Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Hillary Thatcher; Hon. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Employment; Métis lawyer Jean Tillet; PCMNO Treasurer Tim Pile; MNO Chair France Picotte; Hon. David Zimmer, Minister of

MNO Region 2 Captain of the Hunt Ken Simard with his long-time friend Esko Savala cruising across Lake Superior. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Region 2 Captain of the Hunt Ken Simard recently joined his long-time friend Esko Savala in navigating a 45 foot yacht from the Big Shute in the Trent River to Thunder

Submitted by: Malcom Dixon Métis veterans Ernie Cotes and Peter Gendron at the War Memorial monument in Owen Sound. Métis veterans showed their dedication at Remembrance Day ceremonies all over Ontario. Two such veterans were Ernie Cotes and Peter Gendron who despite the cold and rain, placed wreaths at the War Memorial monument in Owen