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 at the North Bay City Hall. The Council was very honoured by the presence of the North Bay Mayor Al McDonald and Nipissing Member of Provincial Parliament Victor Fideli. Mayor McDonald read the Louis Riel Day proclamation and another highlight was a reading about the life of Louis Riel by Denis Tremblay, a councillor for the MNO North Bay Métis Council.