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This week, I tried to find another holiday in November that people in the English Speaking world celebrate, but I decided instead to talk a little about a holiday that is only celebrated in my home province of Manitoba. On the 3rd Monday of February in most of Canada there is a civic holiday called Family Day, meant to remind us to think of family and remind us of how important family is. In Manitoba, however, this day is meant to remind us of a famous historical figure named Louis Riel. Louis Riel is a very divisive figure in Canadian history. Some people think of him as a folk hero, fighting for the rights of Aboriginal and Metis people in a time when racism and intolerance for those people was commonplace, and other view him as a kind of terrorist, waging a war against the Canadian government at the time. What is important to remember though is that Louis Riel fought for the freedom and equal rights of a group of people who were ignored by their government, and often outcast from society because of their cultural background. I think Manitoba deciding to go against the grain of the rest of Canada, and choosing instead to celebrate some one from it's own history is great, and I'm very proud to be from a province that produced such a person!