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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.”
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.”
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.
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, 2022Grand chief refuses to accept wife’s dismissal
File photo Council clerk - or former Council clerk, depending on whom you ask - Karen Heidinger, wife of Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)
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October 31, 2022Historic child welfare settlement rejected
Courtesy First Nations Child and Family Caring Society The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has put the brakes on a landmark $20-billion settlement agreement to compensate Indigenous victims of the child welfare system, ruling it does not pass muster with the requirements the tribunal laid out.
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October 28, 2022Mothers force Royal Vic dig halt
Courtesy Emma Bainbridge As the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) close out two days in Quebec’s Superior Court this week, a judge has ruled that the archaeological firm Arkéos must stop digging at the Royal Victoria Hospital site so investigations into the possibility of unmarked graves can take place.
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October 27, 2022Councils vow to work together
Courtesy Mohawk Council of Kahnawake It took until lunch for the elected chiefs of Kahnawake, Akwesasne, and Kanesatake to finish introducing themselves to one another last Friday, but by all accounts it was time well spent.
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October 26, 2022Psychotherapy now on offer
Courtesy Kanesatake Health Center Kanehsata’kehró:non struggling with their mental health have somewhere new to turn for professional help.
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October 25, 2022Volunteers clean up shoreline
Photo Nanor Froundjian Suited up in skin-tight neoprene with an air tank strapped to his back, Benoit Turcotte was all set to scour through the St. Lawrence River along with a team of just under 10 divers.
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October 20, 2022$1 million towards new building
Photo by Reina Ephrahim At the forefront of the Playground Poker Club and The Rail stands a grey rectangular building, once addressed to Steelhawk Homes.
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October 19, 2022Diving in to clean up the river
File photo In just five minutes of scouting the waters around the Kahnawake Marina, Nathalie Lasselin found a car windshield hidden in the depths.
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October 7, 2022Council battles over by-election
File photo A majority of Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) chiefs have voted to resume the by-election that was abruptly put on hold by grand chief Victor Bonspille on September 17, the day voting began.
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September 26, 2022
Kanesatake grand chief suspends by-election
File photo Grand chief Victor Bonspille personally instructed PlanIT to delay the upcoming Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) by-election until further notice, according to the chief electoral officer.
