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Melissa Frate and her partner Don Beauvais experienced what no family wants to go through this week: the total loss of their family home as a result of a devastating house fire.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo told federal leadership at the Jay Treaty Border Alliance (JTBA) High Table this week that he’s tired of the government “playing the Trump card,” when it comes to advocating for First Nations, arguing that the decisions of the American president can’t become a roadblock in furthering the rights of Indigenous communities.

Every year, as the snow melts and winter makes way for spring, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and Kahnawake Peacekeepers make efforts to encourage safe usage of ATVs as their use grows in warmer days.

Police officers installed a checkpoint and pulled over trucks, including at least one dump truck, on Highway 640 near the Oka Park entry on April 15, as part of a large road safety operation targeting heavy vehicles.

North of 100,000 commuters pour through Kahnawake’s territory every day, and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is proving that the announcement last year that it might toll infrastructure on the territory was no idle warning.

High temperatures over the weekend caused a quick thaw this year, and with that came a quick increase in water levels in regional rivers.

One month into service, the Kahnawake Peacekeepers’ new Highway Patrol Division has already made a big difference on community roads – and not just because of the 646 tickets they gave to motorists in their first 28 days.

The Kanesatake Perimeter Security (KPS) team, the internal security force the community has relied on for the past few years, is on track to run out of funding by the end of the month.

Last week, police intercepted a driver speeding more than 40 km/h over the speed limit in Kanesatake, in an incident that only highlights the ever-present issue of excessive speeding in the community.

The province will soon announce a strategy that is set to help confront organized crime that has taken root in First Nations, Quebec’s minister of public security and Indigenous affairs told The Pines Reporter.