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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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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.
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March 21, 2025Trudeau recommends new policing model
Outgoing prime minister Justin Trudeau used his final days in office to call for the creation of a new Indigenous policing model in the country.
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March 21, 2025Justice Services affirms changes
As of this Monday, a new mandate has been approved for Justice Services in the community.
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March 21, 2025Commission meets on Bonspilles
An Ethics Commission decision on whether Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille has vacated his position will be rendered by the end of the month, following a hearing earlier this week.
