Stories by Miriam Lafontaine

Kahnawake now has a residency compliance officer. That is, someone who’ll take on the role of filing eviction orders to the Court of the Kahnawake.  The community has already had an eviction law in place since last year, but up until now it’s been unenforceable.

Hidden cameras have been set up along Seaway Road in the hope of deterring illegal dumping. Council chief Jeremiah Johnson said visible ones will also soon be put up on the telephone poles at the entrance of the road too.

Management at the Kanawaki Golf Club and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) have yet to decide what kind of work will be carried out to remove old asbestos pipes currently underground at the golf course.

Quebec Native Women (QNW) and the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM) are teaming up to create a new province-wide map that’ll compile the stories of those affected by the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people.  A two-day long event will be hosted at the Golden Age Club in town next week to encourage families in Kahnawake to participate in particular.

Two decision makers have been selected to run Kahnawake’s long-awaited Administrative Tribunal. They are Brandon Montour, a local, and Aubrey Charette, a lawyer from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation currently based in Ottawa.

Consultations over how to best make use of over 500 acres of land straddling Highway 30 officially kicked off at a “Lands Summit” hosted this week at the Knights of Columbus.

The Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) wants to do more to engage with community members from all walks of life.

A community member has joined in denouncing the expected construction of an electric car battery plant before Quebec Superior Court - the first ever to do so since the Mohawk Could of Kahnawake (MCK)

Thousands of pounds of deer meat went out to community members last week, following a recent cull in the province.

First Nations communities looking to get into renewable energy can now seek investment through a new partnership between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)