News
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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March 28, 2025Kanesatake Council eyes summer election
The Custom Electoral Code that governs Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections says explicitly that the contests shall be held on the second Saturday of June, meaning the process should have started by now - and it has not.
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March 28, 2025Students bring projects north
In the weeks before the Quebec Indigenous Science Fair in Kuujjuaraapik/Whapmagoostui, Ratihén:te High School science teacher Claudia Flynn gave a lesson on the topic of magnetism to her grade 10 students.
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March 28, 2025Local artist takes home first place
There are certain times in the year where the veil between human and Spirit World thins, and more of the living leave to join their ancestors. Artist Owisokon Lahache depicts that journey between life and death in one of her most recent paintings, one that’s since earned her a first-place jury prize at an ongoing exhibit in Malone, New York.
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March 28, 2025Gina Deer turns the page
After almost a decade and a half of owning and operating Depanneur et Gas Guimond, Gina Deer is going home.
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March 28, 2025Language symposium biggest yet
It’s just over one month until the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language & Cultural Center (KOR) hosts its Rotinonhsión:ni Language Symposium, and the community has shown they’re hungry for knowledge, having filled up all the spots for this edition of the event.
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March 21, 2025Nearly 200 late on payments
Evictions aren’t happening yet in the community, but they’re on the table for housing mortgage clients that are in arrears, announced Council chief Ryan Montour, the lead on housing.
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March 21, 2025Remains identified at landfill
Morgan Harris’s daughter, Cambria Harris, told attendees at a vigil in 2022 that her mother was “happy-go-lucky, she was silly, she was fun, people loved to be around her.” She was a mother of five and a grandmother of one.
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March 21, 2025Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden
A Swedish company facing legal action from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has declared bankruptcy. With that, what’s to come for the company’s plan to build a $7 billion electric car battery plant in the province remains to be seen.
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March 21, 2025Advisors get to work
Seven Kahnawa’kehró:non are participating in an advisory process that seeks to add more community consultation to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)’s governance process, as part of the Governance Document Review project announced in January.
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March 21, 2025Five years since COVID-19 pandemic
It’s now been five years since COVID-19 shut down the community.
