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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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February 28, 2025Conservation officers needed
A plan is underway to reinstate conservation officers on the territory after they were phased out nearly a decade ago.
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February 28, 2025Students shaken up in accident
Six elementary age students had to be checked by paramedics last Friday, after a school bus bringing them from Kahnawake to Kuper Academy got into an accident in Lachine.
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February 28, 2025Broken pipe sends students home
A broken sewage pipe at Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) this week gave students some more days at home, on top of two days missed earlier in the month as a result of the snowstorm.
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February 28, 2025Indigenous Services Canada to close weeks early
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) announced in a press release Thursday that Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) would stop taking clients and visitors on March 10, weeks ahead of the previously stated March 31 exit date.
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February 28, 2025Cody Diabo meets with mayors
Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo met with the mayors of surrounding municipalities earlier this week, as part of an effort to remind them of the outstanding land grievance with Canada.
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February 28, 2025New regional chief elected
This week, for the first time in 33 years, Ghislain Picard woke up without the weight of carrying the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL)
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February 28, 2025Billowing smoke from industrial building
Black smoke from Chateauguay’s industrial sector stretched on for kilometres early Saturday morning, following a fire that broke out in a building owned by a waste management company.
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February 28, 2025Council unveils new website
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has a shiny new website as of this Wednesday. Aerial drone shots of the territory now take up nearly the entirety of its landing page.
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February 28, 2025Law-making process faces backlash
Highlighting tensions around the new Kanesatake Law-Making Process (KLMP), Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) chief Brant Etienne’s windshield was smashed overnight after the framework’s passage was revealed by The Eastern Door.
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February 28, 2025Meilleur awarded Coronation Medal
When Kanesatake’s Philippe Tsaronsére Meilleur, executive director of Native Montreal, was contacted by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, he did not think he would be receiving the King Charles III Coronation Medal - he thought he was being asked to help them for a visit from the British monarch.
