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  • May 10, 2019

    White beats Quebec tax charge, ready for constitutional challenge

    Derek White was acquitted of defrauding the Quebec government of taxes, but guilty of breaking the Exise Tax Act. A constitutional challenge in January will appeal that charge.

  • April 12, 2019

    White worried about tobacco industry's future

    Derek White (left) has been listening to testimony for two weeks as the local businessman stands accused of fraud and gangsterism (along with Hunter Montour), and is concerned with the overwhelming prevalence of undercover agents throughout the industry.

  • November 29, 2018

    Cannabis conversation and comments turn chaotic

    For the second week in a row, the talk of cannabis regulation denigrated into a shouting match between a council chief (this week Gina Deer)

  • October 29, 2018

    People hope to have their say on pot

    Jeremiah Johnson was told that he was not permitted on the Golden Age Club property to get signatures for his cease and desist order.

  • October 5, 2018

    Two communities planning for cannabis future

    Loraine White (business development and legal council) and Lewis Mitchell (president) let out a huge sigh of relief when the federal approval of their cannabis production facility finally came through, making the Seven Leaf proprietors the first Onkwehón:we entrepreneurs to do so in the country.

  • October 3, 2018

    Pot meeting ends in call for referendum

    The head table at the recent CDMP meeting on cannabis legislation took heated questions all night last Tuesday regarding the legislation's classification and council's role in the industry.

  • September 27, 2018

    The long trail from seed to weed to market

    James Stacey and Thomas Lahache are at the forefront of cannabis production in Quebec, and hope to bring their knowledge home to Kahnawake, and help develop the community's cannabis industry.

  • February 13, 2018

    Undercover cop confronted unwisely?

    Kyle McComber had enough of cops from out of town driving unmarked cars up Route 207, and decided to confront one of them; an action PKs do not recommend.

  • February 1, 2018

    A tale of a tumour, toughness and togetherness

    Tekahnekake Stacey and her mother Marty Stacey-Phillips had a year that tested their will to the extreme, but are all smiles after a successful surgery removed a tumour from the 16-year-old Survival School student’s brain.

  • January 22, 2018

    Time to kick the habit Kahnawa’kehró:non

    Kahnawake Tobacco Reduction Strategy is encouraging people to butt out for National Non-Smoking Week. (Jessica Deer, The Eastern Door) One in six Kahnawa’kehró:non are smokers, according newly released results of the First Nations Regional Health Survey.