Editorial
A burning injustice
In the 1980s, when Big Mac boxes were still chewing a hole in the ozone layer, women of the 207 Longhouse stood up to the trucks treating Kahnawake as a garbage dump, an important moment in the beginnings of what would become the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO).
Land claims on your mind?
With the recent federal government announcement of the imminent cleanup and return of the Old Radar Site in St. Remi to Kahnawake – over 160 acres and more than $1 million in cleanup money – it got us to thinking.
Class action lawsuit on tax rights?
Many issues frustrate Indigenous people, but none quite like how our taxation rights - in other words our inherent rights - are constantly flouted by businesses, “adjusted” by successive governments, and just ignored overall.
#CancelCanadaDay is as relevant as ever
A lot has changed in the past five years, but then again, a lot hasn’t. On July 1, 2021, many Canada Day events were cancelled, or at least dramatically scaled back, after the Kamloops announcement confronted Canadians with the genocidal reality of the residential school system.
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April 17, 2026Don’t be fooled by AI
Another day, another fake news article on Facebook (which still bans real news outlets like ours, by the way).
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April 10, 2026There is strength in numbers
At the Siege of Kanehsatake commemoration event in Tiohtià:ke last year, this saying was shared: “You can break one arrow very easily, but if you take a bunch of arrows, you cannot break them.”
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April 2, 2026The sap still flows
Wáhta season, the time when maple sap flows. It carries powerful cultural significance, and has nourished Kanien’kehá:ka since time immemorial. It heals, it calls for ceremony and thanksgiving.
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March 27, 2026Can’t have it both ways on cannabis
If we offer you two knocks in the arm, and you ask for none, then naturally one is a good compromise, right?
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March 20, 2026You can’t pick and choose history
In perhaps the ultimate sign of the times, communities everywhere are debating taking down statues.
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March 13, 2026Epic Fury is an epic folly
What happens when the name of a military operation sounds more like a pitch for a PlayStation 3 game than a sober decision made by the adults in the room?
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March 6, 2026International Women’s Day is about justice
On March 8, the community and the world mark International Women’s Day, which is not just a moment to express appreciation but also an opportunity to reflect on the place women and girls have in society, culture, and our lives.
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February 27, 2026The cost of being secretive
And just like that, with no pomp, no fanfare, not even a press release, the Chateauguay oil spill lawsuit is no more.
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February 19, 2026Icy winter is a cold comfort
As we should all know by now, weather does not equal climate, and it’s important to remember that the frigid winter we’ve been skating, snowshoeing, delighting in, and suffering through this year (this milder week notwithstanding) does nothing to diminish the existential threat of the human-driven climate crisis.
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February 13, 2026The more things change...
When Indigenous leaders head to the National Assembly in Quebec City, a satisfying outcome is hardly likely. So last week, when they made the trek to bring their concerns about provincial justice minister Simon Jolin-Barrette’s hare-brained scheme to pass a polarizing (and legally dubious) Quebec constitution in the party’s waning days, it was a predictable exercise in futility.
