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  • January 26, 2024

    Feds back site assessment for G&R

    A lawyer representing Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille sought to undermine a band council resolution to initiate preliminary work on the toxic G&R Recycling site, claiming that the majority of chiefs have been removed from office.

  • January 19, 2024

    Canada sought to weaken declaration

    Newly unsealed documents reveal Canadian officials were actively colluding with the Australian government behind closed doors in the early 2000s to write a weakened version of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

  • January 17, 2024

    Free workshops for estate planning 

    When an awareness campaign launched one week ago, Iris Phillips was among the first to sign up for the first of a series of three free workshops on estate planning.

  • December 20, 2023

    Business continues after community meeting

    Though it’s been more than three weeks since Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille took a show of hands that favoured an early general election call, there is little sign so far that one is being advanced.

  • November 28, 2023

    Process at issue in Council fracture

    Members at a community meeting held Wednesday night by Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille voted in favour of launching an early general election, but it is far from clear that the call is valid.

  • November 20, 2023

    External governments press Council on G&R

    Quebec and Oka have expressed concerns to the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) that the current political dysfunction is delaying important files, notably the remediation of the toxic G&R Recycling site, which is expected to cost tens of millions of dollars.

  • November 13, 2023

    Kanesatake grand chief present at chaining of Council office

    On October 25, Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille emerges from the Council building, messenger bag slung over his shoulder, thermos in hand, and locks the door.

  • November 8, 2023

    Inflation benefit a game-changer for families

    Although inflation appears to be cooling, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) Social Assistance Department has announced it will continue to provide an inflation benefit to social assistance clients until the end of the fiscal year in March 2024.

  • October 27, 2023

    Council descends into deeper chaos

    A fractious term of Council has hit a new low, with the doors of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)

  • October 17, 2023

    Kanesatake grand chief refuses call to step down

    Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille will not resign following a demand from a majority of MCK chiefs that he step down or face a referendum and non-confidence vote.