In 1857, a young boy named Louis Riel left his home on the prairies bound for Montreal. The bright 13-year-old was chosen by a local bishop, Alexandre-Antonin Taché, as a candidate for the ...

“Fighting to achieve this recognition for our people is what got Louis Riel killed all that while ago,” David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Métis Federation, said in an interview Sunday.

Bundle up if you're planning to spend part of the Louis Riel Day long weekend outside at Winnipeg's Festival du Voyageur. Much of Manitoba remains locked in a mid-winter deep freeze this long ...