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March 16, 2023Kahnawake seeks probation deal with Quebec
Ryan Montour knows firsthand how intimidating it can be to face the community after being released from prison. “This is the hardest place in Canada to be on parole,” Montour once told the federal government.
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March 8, 2023Accountability sought on state of poles
A private engineering firm, Effigis Geo-Solutions, has been inspecting Kahnawake’s utility pole network over the last two weeks after one owned by Bell Canada came down on Old Malone Highway last month, leaving 1,500 Kahnawa’kehró:non without power on the coldest day of the year.
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March 1, 2023Minister talks gun bill with Council
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake address concerns about the government's gun control legislation with Canada's minister of public safety, Marco Mendicino. -
February 23, 2023Community grieves overdose victim
Community members grieve the loss of 23-year-old Kanehsata’kehró:non Brayden Jay Shakohawitha Etienne to overdose after a years-long battle with a drug addiction. -
February 21, 2023Demand for justice at Valentine’s Day vigil
Hundreds of people gathered and marched in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and to raise awareness of the ongoing crisis. -
February 16, 2023Bell knew of faulty pole 10 months before massive outage
A local telecommunications company told Bell 10 months ago that a utility pole it owned needed to be replaced. Then on the coldest day the region had seen in years, the pole failed, cutting the power for hundreds of households on the coldest day in years. -
February 14, 2023Workshops first step in ambitious estates overhaul
A funeral pre-planning workshop this week is only the beginning as the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) Lands and Estates Office embarks on a $200,000 project to reimagine estate planning in the community. -
January 19, 2023Rosters set for Indigenous hockey championship
About six years ago, Tewakerahkwatase White got her start in hockey on outdoor ice rinks in Kahnawake. Now, she’s been selected to be part of Team Eastern Door and the North (EDN)
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November 23, 2022Walkers honour residential school children
Each day that 67-year-old Virgil Moar wakes up on the side of the Trans-Canada Highway, he turns to his companions, both decades his junior, and he says “Top of the morning to you.” He says it because - in his words - it sounds really damn cheerful.
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October 31, 2022Historic child welfare settlement rejected
Courtesy First Nations Child and Family Caring Society The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has put the brakes on a landmark $20-billion settlement agreement to compensate Indigenous victims of the child welfare system, ruling it does not pass muster with the requirements the tribunal laid out.
