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  • July 11, 2025

    One year on: grand chief reflects

    It’s been one year since the current Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) were elected to their current roles, and it’s a year that’s been marked with political ups and downs.

  • May 16, 2025

    Renewed questions about Diabo dismissal

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo was once a Kahnawake Peacekeeper, but that came to an end in 2017 when he was terminated in an ethics scandal, a fact already known to the community - even as much remains hazy.

  • May 9, 2025

    Longhouses meet on cannabis

    Amid a wave of opposition to licenses for cannabis dispensaries being issued after years of planning, there are signs the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) may be reconsidering.

  • April 25, 2025

    Council called out on cannabis

    The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) must prevent cannabis dispensaries before it’s too late, representatives of the 207 Longhouse demanded as hundreds of Kahnawa'kehró:non confronted Council chiefs outside the band office Wednesday. 

  • April 11, 2025

    Freedom of the press?

    With Donald Trump’s attack on everything in sight, and a recession looming on the horizon if he continues to govern like a drunken sailor, one interesting thing occurred that made us take notice.

  • April 4, 2025

    The $220 million quandary

    Many questions have come out publicly after Magic Palace was shuttered last year by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake and the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, after a lengthy La Presse investigation into alleged ties to organized crime.

  • March 28, 2025

    Council sued for $220 million

    Magic Palace is seeking an unprecedented $220.57 million in damages from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and grand chief Cody Diabo as part of its lawsuit to challenge the closure of its gaming business. The amount at stake, hypothetically, would swallow up almost the entirety of the MCK’s net financial assets, most recently reported to total $248.64 million, with untold implications for the community’s financial health.

  • January 24, 2025

    Jurisdiction at issue in Magic Palace lawsuit 

    After a judge rejected an attempt by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) to wrest the Magic Palace lawsuit from provincial courts in November, the KGC has been granted leave to appeal the decision.

  • January 7, 2025

    The year that was in Kahnawake  

    Transparency was a four-letter word for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake in 2025, and it wasn’t because they were good at being transparent.

  • November 29, 2024

    Changes coming to gaming law 

    The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) is proposing a rewrite of the community’s electronic gaming regulation in the aim of enforcing more limits on which operators it will decide to grant permits to.