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Women from Kahnawake, Akwesasne, and Kanesatake may be victims of a disturbing campaign of sexual harassment, after an individual came across indecent images of her and others posted non-consensually online.

While a contingent of community members advanced their efforts this week to attempt to contract a new electoral officer and resume elections, a quorum of incumbent Council chiefs met a deadline set by Indigenous Services Canada to formally assert an extension of their term with a band council resolution (BCR).

The Sweet Grass cannabis dispensary on Route 344 burned down Wednesday morning, with witness accounts suggesting a likely arson, according to the Oka fire chief.

Kahnawake Senior B Mohawks’ first season as a full participant in the Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League (TNSLL) is now over, as they were swept in their best-of-seven finals series by the Snake Island Muskies.

The Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League (OJCLL) end-of-season awards saw the entire coaching staff honoured, while three players were nominated for awards.

Trey Deere and the Orangeville Junior A Northmen of the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL) have won the Iroquois Trophy, the league’s championship trophy, for the second straight year, doing so in six games against the Whitby Warriors.

Kanesatake’s general election was cancelled on the eve of election day, with the electoral officer blaming a flawed electoral code for a mountain of irregularities, escalating the community’s governance problems into a full-blown crisis and leaving Kanehsata’kehró:non scrambling to make sense of their new political reality.

Call it what you will - a governmental crisis, a political crisis, a leadership crisis - the cancellation of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) general elections is a recipe for disaster for the community.

A report compiling community ideas for what to do with more than 500 acres of returned lands along Highway 30 and Old Chateauguay Road has officially been released, with ideas including housing projects, conservation, and environmental protection.

A visit from the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) that is meant to take place in Canada before the end of June next year may be put on hold, as a result of a funding crisis within the UN.