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“Native extremism” – that’s the guise under which Canada’s spy agency eavesdropped on Indigenous activists from 1988-1999, according to a CBC Indigenous investigation that was published this week, built on reams of documents old enough to have been declassified and released in access-to-information requests, but still heavily redacted.

Kahnawake will host its first-ever kidney walk next June, an effort led by Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Arnold Boyer, who began organizing the event only a few months ago.

Last Friday was the Bol D’Or, the culmination of the Reseau du sport etudiant du Quebec (RSEQ)’s CEGEP Division 1 football season. It was played between the undefeated Andre-Grasset College and the Notre-Dame-de-Foy Campus (CNDF) - the latter of which has offensive lineman Sam Nicholas amongst its ranks.

It has been a year of firsts for the K-Town Collectables Expo: the first time running two one-day shows, the first shows at the Mohawk Super Bingo, and, after Sunday, the first time the Expo has been held this close to the holiday season.

The Canada Beer Cup Awards Gala recently celebrated the best in Canadian brewing, and Kahnawake Brewing Company brought home silver for their English-style extra special bitter (ESB) pale ale, Hard Day’s Work. 

From being a team of one in advocacy coordinator Iris Phillips’ basement during the COVID-19 pandemic, to having a staff and putting together a three-day conference focusing on special needs - a first in Kahnawake - Connecting Horizons has come a long way in educating about special needs and advocating for those that need it most in the community.

When staffers at Canada’s Department of Finance sit down to hammer out a new federal budget, they’re working in the billions of dollars. 

As you climb the stairs of the Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC), the photographs and newspaper clippings hugging the walls tell a story of growing up in Kahnawake that is now familiar to generations.

Despite cuts to Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) being less than expected in the federal government’s proposed 2025 budget, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo is still concerned that services community members deserve will continue to be underfunded.

More than 10,000 people took to Montreal’s Bell Centre this weekend to express their outrage over a controversial law that changes how doctors in Quebec are paid - a law that health experts in Kahnawake say could exacerbate problems the community already faces with retaining and recruiting physicians.