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Participants in the Protocol Signing in Windsor on March 8 (left to right) President Stephen Quensnelle (Niagara Region Métis Council), President Robert Leboeuf (Windsor-Essex Métis Council), President Joanne Young (Hamilton-Wentworth Métis Council), MNO President Gary Lipinski, President Cora Bunn (Grand River Métis Council), Region Nine PCMNO Councillor Peter Rivers.March 8, 2011 – Windsor, ON –

By Melissa Pigeau, Community Wellness Coordinator Healing and Wellness Staff members who participated in the Colon Cancer Prevention Training on March 9 (left to right) Robin Davey, Jo MacQuarrie, Carmen Pregnant and Judy Simpson. Missing: Melissa Pigeau, Kristina Jewel, Yvon Allard and Shannon Davies On Wednesday March 9, some of the Métis Nation of Ontario

Participants in the Charter Signing in Atikokan on Feb. 26: (L-R) Members of the Atikokan Métis Council, Kristy Cameron, Lorraine Gauthier Stromberg, Todd Desaulniers, Blaine Davidson, Don Foy, MNO Chair France Picotte, Council member Brian Gouliquer, Atikokan Métis Council President Marlene Davidson, MNO President Gary Lipinski, Council members Bruce Foy, Shawn Veran and John Rafferty,

The MNO Health Branch partnered with other agencies in an all-day Diabetes awareness event at the Heritage Place Mall in Owen Sound Submitted by David Clark, Community Wellness Worker, Owen Sound It started innocently enough, a quick chat between the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Health Branch staff in Owen Sound and a community agency

By Jamie Smith, tbnewswatch.com Members of the Métis Nation, government and business took a first step in Thunder Bay Friday toward building a positive relationship when it comes to development in this region, says the Métis Nation of Ontario’s president. Gary Lipinski said a mining symposium Friday at the Thunder Bay Métis Community Centre was

By Shannon Davis, Community Wellness Coordinator On February 11, 2011, the Métis Nation of Ontario Health and Wellness Branch in Renfrew held a workshop on the prevention of violence and on the healing process. Eleven people participated in the workshop. A medicine wheel was used to generate answers on how violence impacts individuals, families and

By Dale Xilon, Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children Coordinator Scenes from the Family Fun Day held earlier this month by the MNO Health Branch in Sudbury On February 12, 2011, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Health and Wellness Branch in Sudbury hosted a Family Fun Day. The day included three mini-workshops and presentations on:

Ottawa, ON (February 17, 2011) – Today, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) released a documentary film that was produced as part of a first-of-its-kind traditional knowledge study on Métis plant and vegetation use in southern Ontario. The documentary, entitled, “Southern Ontario Métis Traditional Plant Use Study”, highlights some of the unique traditional and medicinal

WINNIPEG-The motion to file a lengthy memorandum of argument and the application for leave of appeal for the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) land claims case was granted this morning in Ottawa by the Supreme Court of Canada. In a brief statement MMF President David Chartrand said “this case has gone on for decades and has

UNION GAS TO HOST “MATCHMAKER” FORUM FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESSES Unique event will introduce First Nation and Métis businesses to the company’s Tier 1 suppliers BURLINGTON – On February 2, 2011, Union Gas will host a procurement forum aimed at providing First Nations and Métis businesses with an opportunity to forge new relationships with the company’s