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After 40 years, Albany declares Kahnawake day
Forty years ago, some of Kahnawake’s finest took a rag-tag group of around 75 paddlers under their wing, guiding them through a paddling journey re-enacting the route to Albany that would’ve been used as part of the historic fur trade.
Powwow back for 34th edition
After more than three decades of dancing, drumming, and fun in the summer sun, the enthusiasm for the Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-wow is not slowing down.
Work continues on Old Chateauguay Road
The OCR Phase II project to finish replacing the water and sewer systems on the Old Chateauguay Road (OCR) is on schedule, with the underground infrastructure on the stretch by the OCR Gaz Bar set to be completed by early next week.
Quebec more stringent with tax exemptions
At the end of June, Heidi Diabo was trying to purchase a door at the CANAC hardware store in Beauharnois, when she was left rattled by an interaction with an employee she felt was the result of her being visibly Indigenous.
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October 20, 2023Magic Palace under fire
A key person license for a man alleged to have used Magic Palace to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel has been revoked by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC), but signs point to the facility continuing to operate unimpeded by local authorities.
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October 18, 2023Sky puts on the white coat
At the end of last month, McGill University medical students donned their white coats at the annual white coat ceremony – a ceremony signifying a medical student’s move from the classroom to a clinical setting during their studies.
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October 17, 2023Survival students share local stories on radio
It’s not every day that high schoolers get the chance to have their own news stories broadcast on countrywide airwaves.
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October 17, 2023Kanesatake grand chief refuses call to step down
Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille will not resign following a demand from a majority of MCK chiefs that he step down or face a referendum and non-confidence vote.
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October 12, 2023Community comes together for survivors
Josie McGregor gets emotional discussing the years she spent as number 38 at the Spanish, Ontario, residential school she attended – the hellhole, she calls it.
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October 12, 2023Calls for action at Joyce vigil
Little has changed in Quebec hospitals since the passing of Joyce Echaquan three years ago, Nakuset said. Through her work at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM), she often still hears stories of patients being denied basic care and taunted with racist remarks.
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October 11, 2023Miller commits to addressing border inequalities
There’s renewed hope that American-born Onkwehón:we who share homelands north of the border could soon be granted new legal rights recognizing them as belonging to their respective nations.
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October 11, 2023Special Interlocutor calls McGill dig ‘appalling’
The federally recognized point person on unmarked Indigenous burials has accused McGill University and the Societe quebecoise des infrastructures (SQI)
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October 5, 2023Community comes together after tragedy
Just over a week after a heart-wrenching car crash took the life of 18-year-old Tsótewe Stacey, hundreds of Kahnawa’kehró:non came together to show love and support for her family, raising $16,785.78 with a blanket dance, penny fair, and medicine lacrosse game.
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October 4, 2023Taking back jurisdiction over justice
Two new agreements have just come into effect that will allow Kahnawa’kehró:non to resolve legal matters locally rather than at the courthouse in Longueuil, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
