Metis flag raised at Kamloops City Hall on Louis Riel Day

Nov 16, 2018 | 4:05 PM

KAMLOOPS — It’s been 133 years since Louis Riel, a political leader of the Metis people, was executed for treason. 

On Friday (Nov. 16), the Metis flag was raised outside of Kamloops City Hall.

The Metis have had a long struggle to be recognized as a people group, but that changed two years ago with a Supreme Court of Canada ruling. 

People gathered at the flag pole to celebrate the progress that Louis Riel had fought for.