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Updates were aplenty at this week’s community meeting, with new information about upcoming additions to Client Based Services, external government relations, and potential tolls among the news shared.

The Royal Canadian Legion Mohawk Branch 219 have completed what it’s president Ray Deer is calling “phase two” of the Hometown Heroes banner project, with the last few of this remaining batch of 51 banners being installed along Old Malone Highway last Friday.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) will cover private tuition for 25 special needs students after Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) announced earlier this summer that it would no longer provide this funding through Jordan’s Principle.

Three new family housing developments will soon be called “home” for community members, thanks to a new pilot project launched by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) in association with Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takéhnhas Community Services (KSCS).

After years of planning and collecting community feedback, the North Creek Restoration project is finally set to begin work in earnest in the coming weeks and going until November 2025.

Representatives of 2021’s electoral officer, Annie Neashish, visited the community on Sunday to discuss the possibility of taking over administration of the cancelled election, according to multiple sources, following a letter from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) that seemed to endorse the initiative.

Community members were upset to learn that the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) will no longer pay for services to empty septic tanks or make water calls, effective immediately.

While a contingent of community members advanced their efforts this week to attempt to contract a new electoral officer and resume elections, a quorum of incumbent Council chiefs met a deadline set by Indigenous Services Canada to formally assert an extension of their term with a band council resolution (BCR).

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has announced it will likely implement tolls on highways running through the territory in response to the federal government’s plans to make cuts to all governmental departments, including Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).

The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program will be hosting the Indigenous Health Research Summit (IHRS) from September 10-12 in a collaborative effort with the Tahatikonhsontóntie’ Quebec Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (Qc-NEIHR).