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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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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.
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April 25, 2025K103.7 board looking for nominees
The board of directors of K1037 Radio will be holding a nomination and election day in May to fill two vacant positions, with the terms of the newly-elected members starting before the end of the month.
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April 25, 2025Greenspace to incorporate walking path
A vision has been set in motion for the greenspace east of the CP tunnel, following over a year of community consultation.
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April 25, 2025United Nations meet to discuss in New York
For a full 24 hours a message from the Quebec First Nations delegation to the United Nations lit up Times Square, with passersby reading a message that called for respect for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the province.
