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Louis Riel Leads Provisional Government Dec 27, 1869

           Red River Colony – “Rupert’s Land” -  At this point in time – December 1869 – Louis Riel announced that he had become the new leader of the provisional government at the Red River Colony in what was then referred to as “Rupert’s Land” – later to be called the “Province of Manitoba”.   This [...]

Red River's Only Newspaper Shuts Down

December 1869: Rupert’s Land Colony :  Louis Riel and his supporters have closed the offices of the “Nor’Wester, the colony’s only newspaper.  The move is one of a series of events in which the provisional government is seeking to impose its authority on the troubled colony.  In this same week all Winnipeg shops were cleared [...]