Balance in his novel Ninan: Tiohtiá:ke, Montreal is important, says author Michel Jean, but it has little to do with being a former journalist or news anchor. It has to do with being Innu.“I see both sides of the fence, and I wanted to tell the story from both sides of the fence. Being a journalist helped me doing the research. But when I write a book, I don't feel compelled to, or an obligation to, balance the story as we do in a report,” said …