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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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October 25, 2024Back to child welfare negotiating table
A proposed $47.8 billion settlement agreement for a 10-year reform of First Nations child and family services in the country was shot down last week, after 267 chiefs and proxies voted against it at a special chiefs assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).
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October 25, 2024New daycare to open in 2026
After years of delays, Step by Step Child and Family Center is finally one step closer to opening its new daycare across from Rapids Distribution.
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October 18, 2024Council slams federal water bill
A federal bill aimed at imposing drinking water standards in First Nations communities fails to respect those nations’ inherent right to govern their own waters, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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October 18, 2024207 resident rattled after crash
It was a Wednesday morning like any other. It was 6:50 a.m. and Phil Jacobs was behind the wheel of his dump truck, on his way to his job at the site of the future cultural centre, where he’s been contracted to haul away dirt and rock.
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October 18, 2024Northvolt discussed at climate conference
Representatives from Kahnawake were in Calgary last week for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) third national climate gathering. “Catalyzing First Nations Climate and Conservation Leadership for Transformative Change” was the title of the conference, which featured a range of panels and workshops.
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October 18, 2024Media program coming to Kanesatake
In the late 1980s, when Karahkóhare Syd Gaspé attended a media program right here in Kanesatake, it helped shape the trajectory of his life for decades to come.
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October 18, 2024Assembly votes on settlement agreement
After an arduous Special Chiefs Assembly this week, a proposed $47.8 billion final settlement agreement (FSA) on long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program was rejected by the membership of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).
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October 18, 2024Five firefighters complete training
The Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) will have five additional firefighters joining their ranks after they passed their Live Fire 1 course in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, this past weekend.
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October 18, 2024Bus finds new life in community
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) Transportation Department has been given a new wheelchair-accessible bus to add to its fleet, courtesy of Connecting Horizons.
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October 18, 2024Who let the dogs out?
Courtesy Jamie Diabo Pets across town and their two-legged family members are preparing for the event of the season this weekend: Kahnawake’s first Dog Masquerade Pawty.
