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Kahnawake now has a residency compliance officer. That is, someone who’ll take on the role of filing eviction orders to the Court of the Kahnawake.  The community has already had an eviction law in place since last year, but up until now it’s been unenforceable.

Hidden cameras have been set up along Seaway Road in the hope of deterring illegal dumping. Council chief Jeremiah Johnson said visible ones will also soon be put up on the telephone poles at the entrance of the road too.

Nine additional officers will soon join the ranks of the Kahnawake Peacekeepers, following a boost in funding recently negotiated with Quebec and Canada.

When Robert Bonspiel was approached by the Canadian Paramedic Memorial Foundation to sit on its board - becoming its only Indigenous member - he didn’t hesitate.

Kanesatake and surrounding communities came together this week for a search and rescue mission that had a happy ending, with a 14 year-old girl found safely in the Pines after losing her way on a frigid night.

The Kahnawake Fire Brigade’s ambulance crew responded to a record number of calls last year, more than any prior year.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is encouraging community members to attend a “lands summit” that’ll be hosted at the Knights of Columbus next month.

The news that former United States president Joe Biden was granting former American Indian Movement (AIM) member Leonard Peltier clemency to serve out the rest of his life sentence at home was unexpected for many across Turtle Island – including Denise Pictou Maloney, who believes that Peltier was complicit in the 1975 murder of her mother, Annie Mae Pictou in South Dakota.

Every Peacekeeper in the territory will soon be equipped with body cameras, following a decision made by the police force’s board just before the holidays.  It’s not just cameras that were approved for purchase, but an entire package of new gear aimed at modernizing the way the Kahnawake Peacekeepers police the territory, chief Dwayne Zacharie said.

Monday marked the first day for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)’s new director of Financial Services, with Nikola Mirkovic taking over the reins from Erica Delisle last November.