Prime Minister John A. Macdonald decided to charge Louis Riel with high treason, based on an obscure British law dating to the year 1342. The law carried the death penalty. (Courtesy of the ...

On this year’s Louis Riel Day ... he was executed for high treason in 1885. Since then, Riel has been variously viewed in Canada as a traitor by some and a hero by others.

Within this growing climate of frustration, Louis Riel returned to his prairie ... uprisings in the young country's history. Riel's trial for high treason was a national spectacle, manipulated ...

A major renovation to the St. Boniface Museum is getting a nearly $2-million boost from the federal government with hopes the doors will reopen by 2026, in time for the 175th anniversary.

The City of Toronto marked the 139th anniversary of the execution of Louis Riel ... Nations." Riel, the first president and leader of the Métis Nation, was charged with treason and hanged on ...