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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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February 21, 2025Court will soon hear evictions
Kahnawake now has a residency compliance officer. That is, someone who’ll take on the role of filing eviction orders to the Court of the Kahnawake. The community has already had an eviction law in place since last year, but up until now it’s been unenforceable.
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February 21, 2025Cameras up following dumping
Hidden cameras have been set up along Seaway Road in the hope of deterring illegal dumping. Council chief Jeremiah Johnson said visible ones will also soon be put up on the telephone poles at the entrance of the road too.
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February 21, 2025Asbestos pipes must be removed
Management at the Kanawaki Golf Club and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) have yet to decide what kind of work will be carried out to remove old asbestos pipes currently underground at the golf course.
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February 21, 2025Families invited to share testimonies
Quebec Native Women (QNW) and the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM) are teaming up to create a new province-wide map that’ll compile the stories of those affected by the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people. A two-day long event will be hosted at the Golden Age Club in town next week to encourage families in Kahnawake to participate in particular.
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February 21, 2025Council passes law-making authority
The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) voted Wednesday to approve a process for the creation of laws, with that framework itself becoming the community’s first official legislation.
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February 21, 2025Split requested in dumping case
A Quebec Superior Court judge who extended a safeguard order last week will soon consider whether to untangle the defendants in the government’s civil action to halt dumping on the shores of the Lake of Two Mountains.
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February 21, 2025Gathering Place hosts art show
It wasn’t the Gathering Place’s official grand opening, but the art show that took place there over the weekend was a fitting start for a building envisioned as a hub for Kanien’kehá:ka cultural values.
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February 21, 2025Winter Carnival rolls with the punches
Mother Nature threw Winter Carnival a curveball this year with something unexpected - snow. And lots of it. Warm winters have been the bane of organizing the two-week calendar of events for years now, with outdoor favourites like ice fishing no longer on offer because of too many weather-related cancellations.
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February 21, 2025A loving goodbye
When Carl Skye Jr. was born it was a surprise to everybody. His mother, the late Carleen Johnson, had no idea she was having twins, and she also didn’t know that one of those twins, Carl, would be born with Down Syndrome, a condition that would result in mental and physical developmental delays.
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February 21, 2025Blanketed back-to-back
In all his years working for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)’s Public Works Unit, Terry Diabo Jr. does not remember experiencing snow like the community has faced in the last week.
