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Courtesy KEPO  The Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) started harvesting aquatic plants in the bay this week, as it prepares to begin the dredging process.  The director of KEPO, Lynn Jacobs, said that the goal is to harvest a lot of the aquatic plants that are proliferating through the bay in order to help the water flow.  “The aquatic plants make the passage quite difficult and (the harvesting)

The recent tabling of Bill 96, which sets out to further protect the French language in Quebec, has stirred criticism from many in the province; including one outspoken Kanien’kehá:ka leader who calls the proposed legislation a new form of colonization.

COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT LACROSSE As Albany and Vermont lacrosse teams faced off for the American Eastern Championships, two Kahnawa’kehró:non left with very opposite reactions.

As teachers and administrators all over the globe work tirelessly to further the education of young minds, in Kahnawake, there’s one subject that has proven to be even more difficult to teach throughout this pandemic.

Throughout shutdowns, event cancellations, isolation and the other ever-evolving obstacles, Kahnawa’kehró:non Atewenniióstha Jacobs has not stopped promoting the importance of Kanienʼkéha.

According to Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Tonya Perron, the Cannabis Control Law draft regulations are now 95 percent complete, bringing the community closer to finally entering the cannabis industry.

Starting this week and lasting through the fall, Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) staff will be heading out to the Big Fence area to conduct an ecological study.

COURTESY KARIHWIIÓSTHA MONTOUR Last week, Kahnawake lost a beloved community member, 101-year-old Dorris Kawennanó:ron Montour. She passed away peacefully at the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC).

A housing development project in Chateauguay that borders Kahnawake will move forward after the city council approved a necessary zoning change on March 15.

Courtesy Pixabay Historically, middle-aged men have been, and continue to be, a high-risk population in the community in relation to suicide.