News
Steps forward on land back
The Canadian government has announced $1.2 million in funding to remediate the Old Radar Site that straddles St. Remi and St. Isidore, a 162-acre parcel of land that is being returned to Kahnawake, a milestone for the community years in the making.
Greening project construction starting in August
Work on the new greenspace in Kahnawake is finally set to begin later this summer, bringing to fruition a project more than a decade in the making.
Standing against Canada Day
As the rain poured in downtown Montreal on Canada Day this year, Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel had one message to share loud and clear: standing together as Indigenous people and allies is the way towards progress.
Major Mercier Bridge closure starts July 17
Work by the Quebec transport ministry (MTMD) on the Mercier Bridge will be taking place during the two-week construction holiday period, causing a complete closure of the Kahnawake-bound side of the bridge.
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April 17, 2026Harvest rights examined at Kahnawake Summit
Going into this week’s Kahnawake Harvest Summit at the Legion Hall in Kahnawake, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief David Diabo set out to jumpstart conversations.
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April 17, 2026Council presses on Seaway compensation
When prime minister Mark Carney launched the Major Projects Office under the Building Canada Act, the St. Lawrence Seaway was held up as an example of a Canada that built ambitious projects at a speed not seen in generations, with an urgency he said the country needs to recapture.
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April 17, 2026Firearms stance unchanged: Council
Wednesday was the final day for Kahnawa’kehró:non to bring in firearms to the Kahnawake Peacekeepers as part of the “interim solution” concerning the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (ASFCP) deadline, which passed at the end of March.
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April 17, 2026Millions of records made accessible
Community members will now have access to almost six million records related to the Federal Indian Day Schools system, after Library and Archives Canada (LAC) officially wrapped work on their Day Schools Project (DSP).
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April 17, 2026Reflecting on 150 years of the Indian Act
One hundred and fifty years ago, the Indian Act was introduced. Today, many are wondering how many more anniversaries will be marked before it’s gone.
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April 17, 2026Phillips on the move
Lloyd Phillips has been involved with the safety and security of Kahnawake going back almost four decades now, when he got his start as a paramedic and firefighter with the Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB).
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April 16, 2026ATV misuse causes damage, reaction
Every year, as the snow melts and winter makes way for spring, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and Kahnawake Peacekeepers make efforts to encourage safe usage of ATVs as their use grows in warmer days.
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April 16, 2026Symposium comes to McGill
Organizers say collaboration is at the heart of an upcoming language symposium at McGill University, where Onkwehón:we from around the world will come together to share their experiences and goals in the field of language revitalization.
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April 16, 2026Celebrating our nurses
Last week’s Indigenous Nurses Day celebration in Kahnawake was truly generational – from 96-year-old Helen Skye, who became a nurse in 1951, to 29-year-old Rebecca Boyer, who graduated from her nurse practitioner program last summer, it was a day to recognize the efforts of Kahnawake’s nurses past and present.
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April 16, 2026Ionkwaió’te ne iotsken’rhakehtahtshera’ karí:te aorihwà:ke
Thoniarotahrhòn:ne tánon raià:tarahkwe ne tsi ionterihwaweienstáhkhwa ne Jeremy Thompson skátne Tkà:nios, tsi nón:we ohén:ton í:iente tehshakorihwasniè:se, tsi ó:nen waháttoke’ nahò:tenk ne rontia’táhrha tsi nihatiia’tò:ten.
