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The Kahnawake Peacekeepers are set to take another step forward in modernizing policing services, thanks to the approval of a nearly $500,000 funding allocation for advanced law enforcement technology.

A new mandate for Kahnawake’s Gaming Working Group (GWG) could strengthen the industry enough to double annual gaming revenue in the community, according to Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Paul Rice - though some have reservations about the wording of the mandate, which includes requirements to negotiate agreements with other entities to recognize Kahnawake’s jurisdiction.

The LAXNAI lacrosse tournament once again lived up to its reputation as the largest box lacrosse tournament in the world, drawing 69 teams across men’s, women’s, youth, and master’s divisions.

Owen Rice was a fundamental part of the Kahnawake Junior B Hunters winning the Founders Cup this year, an accomplishment which recognized on Wednesday by fellow Kanesatake community members.

Concordia University has cancelled its annual powwow, what was once a fall tradition and longstanding cultural event that draws Indigenous students, alumni, and community members to the downtown campus.

Lacrosse is a game of community, and that is exactly what the Kahnawa’kehró:non who played in this year’s edition of the LAXNAI tournament in Utica, New York, felt over the weekend.

For Inter Species Wrestling (ISW) promoter Michael Woods, it was an easy decision to do something to try and help out wrestler Jeff Cannonball - one of the best friends he ever made in the business - and his family after he was recently diagnosed with ALS.

Sherry Archambault remembers her daughter Zoey Harnest as full of music.

“She loved music. All music, even classical music,” Archambault said. “She was a good, good soul.”

It’s been 18 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), a pivotal document that recognizes Indigenous Peoples as distinct and self-determining, affirming the collective and individual rights of Onkwehón:we everywhere.

Last week’s Indigenous Health Research Summit co-organized by the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP), PlanIt Consulting & Communications, and the Tahatikonhsontóntie’ Quebec Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (Qc-NEIHR) was the first of its kind in town, but KSDPP program director Coreen Delormier already knows it won’t be the last.