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What happened to Tiffany Morrison?
Melanie Morrison wishes more people had the chance to meet her little sister Tiffany. “She was a ball of energy. She impacted everyone that she knew. She just had that energy, you knew she was there,” Morrison said. “When she was taken, there was a black hole that was left. When her life was taken, there was a spark taken from our family.”
Public meeting sparks investigation
The Kahnawake Peacekeepers are investigating an incident at a public meeting last week, during which a Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief was allegedly physically aggressive with two community members.
Connecting cultures, one name at a time
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.”
Resilience shelter opens new doors
Na’kuset, the co-founder of Indigenous-led homeless shelter Resilience Montreal, is used to seeing Indigenous people being often left with “the scraps.”
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November 8, 2024Health Center AGM coming
For the first time since 2022, the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC) will hold its Annual General Assembly (AGA) next Wednesday. There are four Board of Directors seats up for grabs at the session, where a vote will be held to choose between the registered candidates.
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November 8, 2024Big plans for maternal care department
It might have been 50 years or more since a home birth in Kanesatake, a practice that used to be commonplace in the community, but the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC)
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November 8, 2024Another successful career fair
The gymnasium of Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) was hustling and bustling this Thursday, as teens took to speaking with local employers and post-secondary schools about their offerings. Each student had to ask at least 10 questions to the invitees at the annual career fair – at least if they wanted a cookie at the end.
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November 8, 2024McComber ready to retire
After 32 years at The Eastern Door, beloved advertising consultant Ni:ne McComber is preparing to embark on her well-deserved retirement. “It’s been like my family.
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November 8, 2024Dawson petition deposited
A petition calling for an exemption to Law 14 for Indigenous students in anglophone CEGEPs has been deposited with the Quebec National Assembly, having garnered nearly 3,000 signatures since its launch in August.
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November 1, 2024Damning final report lists obligations
The federal point person for missing children and unmarked graves this week said that Canada must shift from “a culture of amnesty and impunity to a culture of accountability and justice,” with the release of a two-volume final report marking the end of her mandate.
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November 1, 2024Royalty comes to town
If you were driving last week, you might have spotted his majesty Kenfack Tanga Fouotsop II and his entourage in the village area.
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November 1, 2024Council makes it official on Entain
More than four months after former Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer publicly acknowledged the “writing was on the wall” on Entain, an exclusive deal with the gaming company has been dissolved.
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November 1, 2024Delay in 207 safety measures
Traffic calming measures to improve safety along Route 207 are only expected to be put in place by the spring, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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November 1, 2024One year on: Little movement in case
It’s been one year since community members Derek White and Hunter Montour were granted a permanent stay of criminal procedures in a historic tobacco case.
