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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 1, 2024Public Safety restructured
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) Public Safety Unit is shaking things up by drawing an operational distinction between safety and security issues.
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November 1, 2024Temporary border-crossing measures announced
Interim measures aimed at reuniting Onkwehón:we with US citizenship with their families in Canada do little to change the status quo, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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November 1, 2024Preventing elder abuse
Caring for elderly loved ones is a natural part of family life for most people, but there’s a part of aging that isn’t often talked about, despite being a very real issue: elder abuse.
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November 1, 2024Another successful season of Haunted Woods
One of the many props James Day made himself is a “mermaid” corpse, made in part with a real taxidermized fish.
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November 1, 2024
Kahnawake firefighters take on competition
The event was a great way for firefighters to rep Kahnawake and meet others from across Turtle Island. Courtesy Kahnawake Fire Brigade The Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB)
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November 1, 2024Two-Dog Wampum Belt to be repatriated
It’s among the most precious wampum belts out there, but for more than a century since one man sold it – without permission from the community to which it belongs – it has been in colonial hands.
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November 1, 2024Center watching developments on settlement
After Assembly of First Nations (AFN) members voted down a $47.8 billion settlement agreement to fund the reform of on-reserve child and family services, the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC)
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November 1, 2024A fright at the farm
Kanesatake was home to some thrills this week and last, as community members flocked to the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC)’s new farmland to check out their haunted house – and the farm itself.
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November 1, 2024Halloween arrives in Kahnawake
Courtesy Kahnawake Survival School Courtesy Kahnawake Youth Center Olivier Cadotte The Eastern Door It may be an unseasonably warm Halloween week, but the spirit of the season was still in the air in Kahnawake.
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October 25, 2024Second time for company caught dumping
Valosphere, a soil transporter that was caught dumping illegally on Route 207 last week, was previously implicated in illegal dumping in Kahnawake in March.
