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CBC October 31, 2011 Click on image to view videoTed Fraser, 63, and Debby Poitras Precius, 56 A Métis brother and sister separated decades ago when they were small children had an emotional first meeting in Toronto Monday. Ted Fraser, 63, and Debby Poitras Precius, 56, were both taken from their birth mother in Saskatchewan

Click on image to view video MNO Staff Address Concerns at Marathon Stillwater Public Meeting

By: Joseph Paquette, Secretary of the MNO Veterans Council The Métis Veterans Wreath created by members of the Credit River Métis Council Honouring our veterans is something that was instilled in me at a very young age. My father was a World War II Veteran and my grandfather served with the Merchant Marines. All of

(Left to right) Niagara Region Métis Council President Stephen Quesnelle, Welland City Councillor Paul Grenier, MNO President Gary Lipinski and Welland City Councillor Paul Karl at the Niagara Region Métis Harvest Dinner. The MNO Niagara Region Métis Council (NRMC) held its annual Harvest Dinner in Welland on October 27th and as in the past, it

(Left to right) Senator Reta Gordon with MNO veterans Shaun Redmond (standing) Wilfred Rochon (sitting) and George Kelly “It is something that never happened to me before in my life,” explained Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) veteran Wilfred Rochon, when speaking about attending this year’s national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa, “it is one of

From Wawaty News On-line see orginal story at: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2011/11/10/fighting-racism-facts-crime_22040 Aboriginal leaders in Thunder Bay are criticizing the media’s role in creating a “climate of fear” underlined with racism in the city, following the high profile given to the latest death of a young Native man and recent media reports of Thunder Bay being the “murder

By Veteran and Senator Alis B. Kennedy MNO Veteran and Senator Alis Kennedy with Premier McGuinty Two Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) veterans, Harvey Horlock and Senator Alis Kennedy were honoured to be invited by the Office of the Premier to attend Remembrance Ceremonies held in Queen’s Park in Toronto. “The ceremony was quite emotional

By: Joseph Paquette, Secretary of the Métis Nation of Ontario Veterans’ Council The Sea of Wreaths at the Port Credit Cenotaph; a wreath created by local MNO citizens to honour Métis veterans is third from the left in the second row. As we do every November 11th, this year we remembered and honoured all the

 The first Genneration Innovation competition took place in 2011. In November 2011, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation and its sponsors launched a new and exciting program for Métis youth in Ontario! Generation Innovation: Métis Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge is a project designed to provide Métis