Stories by Olivier Cadotte

Following multi-million dollar renovations, what was once Parc Lalonde, the park in Ste. Anne de Bellevue that overlooks the St. Lawrence River, now has a Kanien’kéha name: Kawenothiion, meaning “the tip of the island.”

Before Wednesday, Kim Mayo’s back deck was just barely standing. It was slowly coming off the concrete wall of her house, and it moved when anyone walked on it.

Saturday is the day Kahnawa’kehró:non lax fans have been waiting for all year: the start of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League playoffs - and with it, the start of the Hunters’ quest for a second straight league championship.

Almost 1,000 fans took in FightQuest’s latest event for a 14-fight card at its newest venue in Playground Poker, making its 62nd show the biggest so far.

Arrowhead FC 1 is off to a roaring start of their South West Regional Soccer Association (ARSSO) Senior women’s summer season, moving to 6-0 this week following a 1-0 win against the Pointe-Claire Fire Trucks.

Stopping in Mont Tremblant last weekend, the Tournée À Vos Marques, a travelling competition day for accessible sports for those with special needs, had a team from Kahnawake go up north and join in on the fun.

The Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB), with the help of Chateauguay’s fire department, fought a house fire in the Route 207/Highway 138 junction area on Tuesday, resulting in the total loss of the residence.

As part of National Accessibility Week, nine people who work in the community took part in Connecting Horizons’ third annual Office Wheelchair Challenge, to experience a day as someone with reduced mobility and to see just how accessible their place of work is.

There was just one spot where thousands of fans of wrestling, horror, comics, trading cards, Indigenous art, retro games, and toys wanted to be over the weekend, and that was at the Mohawk Super Bingo for the latest K-Town Collectables Expo.

When he’s not filming content for his social media feed - whether it be comedic reviews of restaurants in or around Kahnawake or marketing for his game Kanata: The First Sacrament, Iorahkwano Gabriel works for Kahnawake Animal Protection while training to become a Kahnawake Peacekeeper.