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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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January 24, 2025Supreme Court denies leave to appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from the Mohawk Mothers that sought to overturn a lower court’s decision to lift a safeguard order initially granted to the group for work being undertaken at the site of the former Royal Victoria Hospital at McGill University.
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January 24, 2025Jurisdiction at issue in Magic Palace lawsuit
After a judge rejected an attempt by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) to wrest the Magic Palace lawsuit from provincial courts in November, the KGC has been granted leave to appeal the decision.
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January 24, 2025Winter Carnival schedule packed with fun
The 2025 edition of the Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC)’s Winter Carnival gets underway Monday, kicking off two weeks full of indoor and outdoor activities for the whole family.
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January 24, 2025Lands summit coming up
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is encouraging community members to attend a “lands summit” that’ll be hosted at the Knights of Columbus next month.
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January 24, 2025Biden commutes Peltier's sentence
The news that former United States president Joe Biden was granting former American Indian Movement (AIM) member Leonard Peltier clemency to serve out the rest of his life sentence at home was unexpected for many across Turtle Island – including Denise Pictou Maloney, who believes that Peltier was complicit in the 1975 murder of her mother, Annie Mae Pictou in South Dakota.
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January 24, 2025Council seeks Trump’s attention
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is drafting a letter it hopes will land on the desk of the Oval Office.
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January 24, 2025Council says ‘Let’s Talk’
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) was encouraging the community to participate in Bell Let’s Talk Day again this year, January 22, sharing a post on social media with a link to Bell’s donation page and instructions on how to contribute to mental health initiatives put forward by the company.
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January 24, 2025
Community meeting set
The first community meeting of the year is coming up on Wednesday. It’ll be hosted at the Golden Age Club and is expected to start at 6 p.m. Top of the agenda will be a discussion about the memorandum of understanding signed last month between Quebec and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).
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January 24, 2025New tech coming to force
Every Peacekeeper in the territory will soon be equipped with body cameras, following a decision made by the police force’s board just before the holidays. It’s not just cameras that were approved for purchase, but an entire package of new gear aimed at modernizing the way the Kahnawake Peacekeepers police the territory, chief Dwayne Zacharie said.
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January 24, 2025Jordan’s Principle could cover legal fees
A legal case brought forward by a man from Fort William First Nation, on behalf of his children with special educational needs, has resulted in deeper discussion of the possibility of Jordan’s Principle being used for legal fees related to First Nations children’s access to essential services.
