Stories by Eve Cable

The renewal of an initiative to fight organized crime in Kahnawake will see more than $1.5 million flow to the Peacekeepers over the next two years, an amount that will give the force more ability to keep the community safe, chief Peacekeeper Dwayne Zacharie said.

Indigenous, federal, and provincial leaders came together last week for a meeting to discuss the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People (MMIWG2S+), discussing strategies to help address the National Action Plan laid out in 2021.

James Day is, as always, committed to keeping scary season alive at all times in Kahnawake, this time with the fifth edition of his Mad Monster Party, set to take place at the Knights of Columbus next weekend.

There’s no challenge too small for community member Gracie Diabo, who has kicked off this semester of her studies at McGill University with organizing SymPOWEsium, an annual conference for women in engineering.

Gracie Diabo is bringing back even more knowledge to the community, after attending The Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy’s Genz(Z) AI National Youth Forum in Montreal last week.

At nearly 106 years old, Mary Paul-Duhaime was Kahnawake’s eldest elder when she passed away peacefully last week.

Thirty-seven jumpers braved the cold for the crown jewel of the Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC)’s Winter Carnival, raising more than $15,000 for an upcoming youth trip to Costa Rica.

Derek White spent Valentine’s Day doing what he loves the most - racing. And though it wasn’t the race he expected, the opening of the NASCAR ARCA Menards Series season at the Daytona International Speedway certainly proved to be a memorable one for White.

A huge line snaked through the Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) gymnasium last Wednesday, as Kahnawake’s next generation of budding hockey players and fans waited for their turn to meet Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) legend Abby Roque, one of the Montreal Victoire’s top scorers.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and the Kahnawake Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) are being sued for more than $6.5 million in damages, it was revealed this week.