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Minister of Indigenous Affairs Ian Lafrenière (pictured right) announced the funding for the private hotel project at the Grand Economic Circle of Indigenous People and Quebec.

On Monday, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) informed the community that it could not move forward with new housing initiatives to tackle the ongoing housing crisis because of a large, ever-growing unpaid rent debt in social housing.

File photo Despite the permit revocation and stalling of the operations of G & R Recycling last October, the harmful contamination caused by the centre’s activities in Kanesatake continues to stir up concern.

Land claims and land grievances are no stranger to Onkwehón:we, and the convoluted history of Indigenous rights and lands has been prevalent since settlers arrived hundreds of years ago.

LAURENCE BRISSON DUBREUIL, THE EASTERN DOOR John Harding has never gotten used to the stink. Every time he neared the G&R Recycling site and the waters that flow by its operations on Kanehsatake land, his nose filled with “the smell of opening a septic tank and sticking your head inside.

Following the announcement by Public Safety commissioner Lloyd Phillips that a vaccine passport would be implemented in the community, the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation at Kahnawake released a statement opposing the new safety measure.

A few weeks ago, Kahnawakehró:non Frank Whitebean started a grassroots initiative - the Community Watch - that started out in the New Development, but expanded, to keep the people of Kahnawake safe after a series of reports regarding non-locals acting suspiciously.

COURTESY LAURENTIA PROJECT The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) breathed a sigh of relief after Ottawa announced that it had blocked the Quebec City Laurentia port expansion project.