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  • September 20, 2024

    Where is the real transparency?

    Editor’s note: An earlier version of this editorial was published on Facebook on Monday. It has since been updated to reflect subsequent events.

  • September 19, 2024

    Council files suit vs. Montour

    The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has countersued the former head of Mohawk Online, accusing him of defamation and breach of contract for statements he made to The Eastern Door outlining the demise of the community’s internet gaming arm.  According to the MCK’s filing, former Mohawk Online CEO Dean Montour was warned by Council on June 25 not to disclose any confidential information about the community-owned entity, of which MCK is the sole shareholder.

  • September 13, 2024

    Council’s priorities out of whack? 

    The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is spending more time and money in the courts than they are on building trust and exercising true transparency.

  • September 12, 2024

    Local bridge workers go union

    In a first for the local construction industry, more than 20 ironworkers at Rice Mohawk Steel have exercised their right to unionize.

  • September 10, 2024

    Northvolt fight continues in Superior Court

    The ongoing construction of an electric car battery plant in the Monteregie has the potential to cause “irreversible harm” to wildlife and biodiversity in Kahnawake’s traditional territory should it continue to move ahead as planned, an environmental advisor for the Mohawk Council Kahnawake (MCK)

  • September 5, 2024

    Quebec takes action on illegal dumping

    Months after a soil sampling attempt led to aggression against two Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) chiefs, prompting Quebec’s environment ministry to cancel the tests, the province has enacted interventions on dumping that could lead to massive fines.

  • August 19, 2024

    Students fight language laws

    Having worked at Dawson College CEGEP for 25 years, there are not many challenges that can shake director general Diane Gauvin.

  • August 15, 2024

    Chateauguay fuel spill ignites lawsuit 

    The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has launched a lawsuit against the City of Chateauguay over the fuel spill that happened in the city's industrial sector this February.  The band council is seeking $500,000 in damages from the city, alleging its fire department was negligent and failed in its duty to manage and control the spread of the fuel from the spill, resulting in “significant fault” toward the community of Kahnawake.

  • July 19, 2024

    Veterans speak up at Assembly 

    Veterans’ issues were on the margins of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) annual general assembly at the Palais de Congrès in Montreal last week.

  • July 15, 2024

    New grand chief takes minister to task 

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo blasted federal minister Gary Anandasangaree while at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN)