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As 2025 draws to a close and we prepare to welcome 2026, The Eastern Door staff took a look back at the last 12 months of news in Kahnawake. And, as we find ourselves saying every year, what a year it has been! From major arts projects for some of Kahnawake’s finest acting talent to community protests about cannabis and traffic, we’ve recapped it all below.

Everything I write about is through the lens of a grizzled veteran reporter/editor who has seen far too much.

A fire was reported last Friday at a Kanesatake home where a shooting took place a week earlier.

The suspension of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections was easily one of the biggest local stories of the year, but there was plenty more taking place in Kanesatake/Kanehsatake in 2025.

Kahnawake’s New Year’s Eve Sobriety Powwow is returning for its third year, this time in a bigger location to accommodate the hundreds of people who are choosing to ring in the new year without drugs or alcohol.

It was a huge year for sports in Kahnawake, with championship wins and draft selections going along with medals, much effort, and lots of fun!

Bill 1, the provincial government’s proposed constitution for the province of Quebec, continues to be decried by many of its opponents weeks after it has been tabled by the Legault government - including by First Nations.

The 11th edition of Karonhiaráhstha’s Winter Wonderland may not have broken last year’s fundraising record of more than $260,000, but it came pretty close, with $236,490 raised for the medical scholarship program named in memory of Karonhiaráhstha Sky Junie Delisle.

A Kanehsata’kehró:non in his 50s was rushed to Sacre Coeur Hospital Friday night with “injuries consistent with a gunshot wound,” a Surete du Quebec spokesperson confirmed, but the victim survived.

Keeping in the spirit of the season, the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC)’s Long-Term Care unit has gone through a holiday makeover, thanks to dedicated staff members, patients, and their families.