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Article content The Métis Nation of B.C. says its board of directors has voted to suspended its elected president, alleging there has been a breach of its policies and procedures. Its board of directors says in a statement that Clara Morin Dal Col, who was re-elected to the role in September, was suspended with pay on Monday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Metis Nation of B.C. suspends president, citing breach of policies Back to video In a s...

Nick Wells Metis Nation of B.C. President Clara Morin Dal Col poses in this undated handout photo. The Metis Nation of B.C. says Dal Col has been suspended from her role as president. The Metis Nation of B.C. says Dal Col has been suspended from her role as president. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Metis Nation of B.C. *MANDATORY CREDIT* January 22, 2021 - 5:51 PM VANCOUVER - The Metis Nation of B.C. says its board of directors has voted to suspended its elected president, a...

VANCOUVER — The Metis Nation of B.C. says its board of directors has voted to suspended its elected president, alleging there has been a breach of its policies and procedures.Its board of directors . . .

Brandon Sun By: Michele LeTourneau, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Posted: A cow moose and two calves dine in a marsh in Riding Mountain National Park in July. The Manitoba Metis Federation announced this week it had successfully completed a sustainable and limited moose hunt Jan. 15. (File) The Manitoba Metis Federation announced this week it had successfully completed a sustainable and limited ...

The hunts took place despite the province’s objections. In October, after the federation announced its plan to allow for 24 tags for bulls to teams, who would also provide meat to elders and others in their communities, Minister of Agriculture and Resource Development Blaine Pedersen stated in an email to The Brandon Sun that the province did not support the plan. For Leah LaPlante, the minister responsible for that portfolio with the federation, she recalls childhood memories of her fathe...

Posted: Jan 20, 2021 11:31 AM CT | Last Updated: January 20 A health-care worker holds a COVID-19 swab in this file photo. Manitoba has completed more than 456,000 tests for the illness since early February 2020.(Eduardo Verdugo/The Associated Press file photo)

The Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) has hired a private firm to provide COVID-19 testing to its citizens.

The Manitoba Metis Federation is partnering with a local private bioinformation services firm to open a COVID-19 testing site exclusively for Métis people, a news release says.

OTTAWA — Federal cabinet minister Dan Vandal says it’s time for the province to fully include Métis in vaccine planning, just as the Manitoba Metis Federation launches its own COVID-19 testing program. "I am writing today to respectfully recommend that the province of Manitoba involve the full, and meaningful, participation of the (MMF) in Manitoba’s COVID-19 vaccination task force," Vandal wrote in a Jan. 15 letter obtained by the  Free Press. Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Van...

The Manitoba government has left the Métis out of its COVID-19 vaccine task force and plans n...