Opinion
Dialogue? Or sovereignty sililoquy?
The Parti Quebecois, the frontrunner to win Quebec’s October election, has released its “Blue Book,” a 524-page plan for an independent Quebec, but there’s one chapter missing, and that’s the one on Indigenous relations.
Summer Student Scoop: More than just a summer job
As Akenhnhà:ke starts to settle in and the weather begins to get warmer, many people, including students, are left wondering what will fill their upcoming months.
The media should be at public meetings
It has been nearly two years since the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK), at the urging of community members, agreed to hash out a media protocol for public meetings.
Don’t take journalism for granted
Human beings have always been eager gatherers and sharers of information, but journalism as we know it today didn’t always exist, and if the conditions that support it go away, it could be lost. And that would be bad, because journalism matters.
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December 11, 2023Feds appeal to fight self-determination
The White and Montour tobacco case is a major victory for Kahnawa’kehró:non and a big set-back for the federal government’s unilateral self-government policy.
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November 30, 2023Ensuring town safety is a long process
When should you go ahead and banish someone from the community? That question has been bandied about after Josh Zachary was allegedly at it again, as reported on in last week’s paper.
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November 23, 2023Massaging our mental health
November reminds us to take care of ourselves in different ways, and Spirit of Wellness (SOW) and Movember are two fine examples of seasonal reminders.
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November 16, 2023
Tobacco case sets jurisprudence
In the end, barring federal appeal, of course, Derek White beat both Quebec and Canada at their own game, in their own courtrooms, and made history in the process.
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November 2, 2023Educating our youth the right way
Restriction is a form of control based on fear, not on power, and in the case of the Quebec government’s latest decree to try and keep Anglophones from getting an English education, it’s just plain wrong.
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October 26, 2023Running a newspaper in our communities
We try to save this kind of editorial for January, which will mark 21 years in the business for the current editor, or July, which marks the anniversary of the transition back in 2008 from Kenneth Deer to Steve Bonspiel.
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October 12, 2023A day to remember our children
Whether you call it Orange Shirt Day or Truth and Reconciliation Day, September 30 is a special time to honour our residential school heroes and to never forget what happened.
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October 5, 2023Birks promo wasn’t well thought out
First, the positive: Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her partner Tami Jo Rice are proud of who they are as a gay couple in Kahnawake.
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September 28, 2023What to say when the unthinkable happens?
What words can be written when a tragedy strikes, with one young teenage girl ultimately losing her life? There are none.
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November 15, 2022A disgraceful end to housing inquiry
The housing investigation is over, and many are left shaking their heads after no charges were laid.
