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Community responds to robbery
Community members are calling for more security to be implemented in Kahnawake, following the robbery of an elder in broad daylight this week.
First Kidney Walk raises awareness
Huddles of umbrellas bobbed to upbeat tunes at Kahnawake’s first-ever Kidney Walk, as Kahnawa’kehró:non refused to let the rain deter them from taking action against kidney disease.
Proposed expansion of language laws
An expansion to Quebec’s Bill 101 could see language restrictions extended to adult and vocational education centres - a move that the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) says could impose more barriers on community members seeking education.
Home destroyed by fire
The Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB), with the help of Chateauguay’s fire department, fought a house fire in the Route 207/Highway 138 junction area on Tuesday, resulting in the total loss of the residence.
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May 2, 2025Rennie retiring from education
Just Debbie is fine, Deborah Rennie tells her former students, but some go ahead and keep calling her Ms. Debbie anyways, a fact that brings the longtime educator joy.
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May 2, 2025Coming together to clean the community
The Eastern Door and Kahnawake Waste Management partnered up last Friday for the 29th edition of The Eastern Door’s annual Spring Cleanup, where community members were invited to come pick up some bags and some gloves to make Kahnawake a cleaner place.
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May 2, 2025New summit targets emerging artists
Some of the biggest names in the Kahnawake arts scene assembled alongside up-and-comers over the weekend to exchange tips and ideas at the first annual Kahnawake Artists’ Summit.
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May 2, 2025Food Basket holds open house
Two decades after it began operating - and almost 11 years after its founder and now namesake passed on - the Orville Standup Memorial Kateri Food Basket is still going strong, helping community members in need of food, clothes, and household items.
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May 2, 2025Matty’s Park victim of vandalism
Last week, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) announced that the bathrooms in Matty’s Park had been vandalized on the evening of April 23 – although Asset Management director Kanento Patton said that what had been damaged is easily replaceable, for the most part.
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April 25, 2025Council called out on cannabis
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) must prevent cannabis dispensaries before it’s too late, representatives of the 207 Longhouse demanded as hundreds of Kahnawa'kehró:non confronted Council chiefs outside the band office Wednesday.
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April 25, 2025Council demands exemptions to counter-tariffs
Kahnawa’kehró:non shouldn’t be subject to the tariffs Canada has imposed on goods purchased south of the border, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo says.
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April 25, 2025New Council of Chiefs director
For the first time since 2007, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) will have a director of the Office of the Council of Chiefs, as Abbey Diabo took over the role this week.
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April 25, 2025Work begins along OCR
Traffic was temporarily blocked on Kirby Road by the cross Thursday as workers gathered to hook up homes in the area to nearby fire hydrants, so they can still access water while the work is ongoing.
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April 25, 2025Fatal crash in Chateauguay
The driver that hit and killed a pedestrian in Chateauguay last week is from Kahnawake, The Eastern Door has learned.
