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TORONTO – First Nations, Métis and Inuit of advancing years often have poorer health than their non-aboriginal counterparts but don’t receive the same level of health-care services as other Canadian seniors, a report says. The Health Council of Canada report, released Thursday, says the health of aboriginal seniors can be compromised by poverty, inadequate housing

Submitted by: Glen Lipinski, MNO Community Relations Coordinator MNO Niagara Region Métis Council Louis Riel Day flag raising ceremony at St. Catharines City Hall. (Left to right): MP Rick Dykstra; MNO Community Relations Coordinator Glen Lipinski; Council Woman’s Rep Barbaranne Wright; Council President Derrick Pont; Mayor of St. Catharines Brian McMullen; Council Senator Garry Laframoise;

Original article published by the City of Toronto: http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/it/newsrel.nsf/bydate/E3D3267797554E0B85257C240052741D Riel Day flag raising ceremony at Toronto City Hall. (Left to right) MNO Toronto Métis Council President Robert Bird, City of Toronto Councillor Mike Layton, MNO Senator Joseph Piotras and MNO Chair France Picotte. At a ceremony and flag raising on November 15, the City of

Improving health care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis seniors A new report by the Health Council of Canada says that governments must make a greater effort to collaborate to improve health care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis seniors. The report, Canada’s most vulnerable: Improving health care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis seniors,

Transitions to the Labour Market workshop Participants of the MNO Métis Ready to Work workshop. (Left to right) Front row: MNO Education and Training Branch Administrative Coordinator Guylaine Morin-Cleroux, Danielle Dupas, Devyn Parmeter, Terri-Lynn Koury, Amber Griffths and MNO Supervisor of Special Projects Chris McLeod. Back row: Kelly Campagnola, Kara Campagnola, Warren Cardinal-McTeague, Jessica MacLean,

November 27, 2013 – Thunder Bay, ON (Left to right) Professor Lee Stuesser, Founding Dean of Lakehead University’s Faculty of Law; Lakehead President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Brian Stevenson; Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic, Nishnawbe Aski Nation; Chief Gary Allen from Treaty #3 (signing on behalf of Grand Chief Warren White); Regional Grand Chief Peter Collins

Recent Supreme Court ruling vindicates Métis leader Published by: Niagara This Week – Welland Original article: http://www.niagarathisweek.com/community-story/4226281-new-reason-to-remember-louis-riel-day/ By Steve Henschel MNO Niagara Region Métis Council during the Riel Day flag raising at Welland City Hall. WELLAND — As the Métis flag was raised in front of city hall there was a special reason to remember

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