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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.”

  • November 23, 2023

    Local arrested after alarming incident

    A Kahnawa’kehró:non is in custody and facing breaking-and-entering charges following an incident at a home on Veterans Boulevard earlier this weekend.

  • November 22, 2023

    Local experiences discrimination at driving centre

    Community member Xavier Dearhouse was left reeling last week after he said he was refused service and asked to leave by security at the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ)

  • November 21, 2023

    Albert Stalk still a living legend

    Albert Stalk wants to set the record straight. He’s not dead, despite what some content farms online are reporting.

  • November 20, 2023

    External governments press Council on G&R

    Quebec and Oka have expressed concerns to the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) that the current political dysfunction is delaying important files, notably the remediation of the toxic G&R Recycling site, which is expected to cost tens of millions of dollars.

  • November 16, 2023

    Controversy over Survival School logo

    When Tommy Diabo was a student at Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he loved drawing.

  • November 15, 2023

    Expanded services at Kateri Hospital

    The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) announced it’ll be increasing the number of beds in its short-term care department.

  • November 14, 2023

    Local brewery wins business of the year

    In 2018, the Kahnawake Brewing Company (KBC) opened its doors as the first majority Native-owned microbrewery on First Nations territory in Canada.

  • November 13, 2023

    Community commemorates veterans 

    Kahnawake showed up in droves for the annual Remembrance Day parade on Saturday, with veterans, members of the military, and supporters gathering at the Royal Canadian Legion Mohawk Branch 219 of Kahnawake before proceeding to the Kahnawake cenotaph.

  • November 13, 2023

    Kanesatake grand chief present at chaining of Council office

    On October 25, Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille emerges from the Council building, messenger bag slung over his shoulder, thermos in hand, and locks the door.

  • November 9, 2023

    History made in tobacco case

    After a gruelling, more than seven-year legal battle, Derek White and Hunter Montour were granted a permanent stay of criminal procedures this week by a Quebec Superior Court judge, who recognized the role of traditional law, including the Covenant Chain, in the tobacco trade across Turtle Island.