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What happened to Tiffany Morrison?
Melanie Morrison wishes more people had the chance to meet her little sister Tiffany. “She was a ball of energy. She impacted everyone that she knew. She just had that energy, you knew she was there,” Morrison said. “When she was taken, there was a black hole that was left. When her life was taken, there was a spark taken from our family.”
Connecting cultures, one name at a time
Following multi-million dollar renovations, what was once Parc Lalonde, the park in Ste. Anne de Bellevue that overlooks the St. Lawrence River, now has a Kanien’kéha name: Kawenothiion, meaning “the tip of the island.”
Public meeting sparks investigation
The Kahnawake Peacekeepers are investigating an incident at a public meeting last week, during which a Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief was allegedly physically aggressive with two community members.
Resilience shelter opens new doors
Na’kuset, the co-founder of Indigenous-led homeless shelter Resilience Montreal, is used to seeing Indigenous people being often left with “the scraps.”
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January 10, 2025Meat sales under investigation
An investigation is now underway over the sale of hunted meat in Kahnawake, Quebec’s environmental ministry has confirmed. The investigation being carried out by wildlife officers was triggered following the publication of articles in Le Journal de Montréal that framed the sale of game in the territory as a “black market.” The reporting targeted community member Shane Stacey in particular, the hunter behind Wild Bush Cuts.
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January 10, 2025Kahnawake welcomes first baby
It’s only been 2025 for a few days, but it’s already going down as a year to remember for Iehwatsirine Reed and Joel Morris, who welcomed their baby girl into the world on January 3, marking Kahnawake’s first birth of the year.
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January 10, 2025Students flock to Whitebean’s course
After more than a decade spent as a university student, Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean is getting a taste for what it’s like to be the one at the front of the classroom, after accepting a position as a course lecturer at McGill University this semester.
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January 10, 2025Midwinter ceremonies usher in the new year
Another New Moon has passed, meaning the time to stir the ash and leave the old year behind for the new one is here again.
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January 10, 2025‘The Knowing’ directors recognized
When Tanya Talaga and Courtney Montour learned that Playback, a Canadian television industry magazine, would be recognizing them as TV directors of the year for their docuseries The Knowing, based on Talaga’s book, they were both surprised and honoured.
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January 7, 2025Traffic agreement needs negotiating
The patrol of local highways largely used by non-locals takes up a major chunk of the Kahnawake Peacekeepers’ resources. Accidents along Route 207 and Highway 138 happen on a weekly basis, and the work the police force has to dedicate to preventing fatalities isn’t being fairly compensated for by the province, according to many on the Council table.
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January 7, 2025Medical Transport seeks flexible funding
Now that Wihse Stacey has become interim fire chief of the Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) after David Scott retired last month, he has taken over many of Scott’s files - including matters of KFB funding from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).
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January 7, 2025Inflation benefits to continue
Those on social assistance will continue to be offered inflation benefits in the new year, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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January 7, 2025Fundraising helps out families
The Christmas spirit was in full swing this year, with anonymous Onkwehón:we families in need receiving thousands of dollars from fundraising that included a holiday edition of Chase the Ace.
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January 7, 2025Locals lead social work course
For the first time, undergraduate students in McGill University’s social work program will be able to learn from not just one but three of the brightest minds in Kahnawake, who have each signed on to be course lecturers for the winter semester at the university.
