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SIMO Management Inc., a company from outside the territory that specializes in management of water utilities networks, will be in Kahnawake starting this week to monitor the performance of the sewer network.

Despite what your eyes – and your thermometer – were telling you this week, spring has arrived, and with it comes sugaring season.

Fees for filing eviction requests have now been waived in an attempt to encourage more people to apply to oust those they believe to be in violation of the residency law from the community. Initially, eviction requests came at a cost of $30.

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.

The council table will no longer sit idly as the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail line sprays glyphosate in the territory. The rail company has a history of spraying the chemical herbicide alongside the tracks that run through Kahnawake, but it won’t be permitted to continue any longer, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Jeremiah Johnson said.

The Mohawk Council chiefs on the environment file have an updated mandate following this week’s Council meeting. It now includes a new commitment to do more to collaborate with community-led groups, said Ross Montour, the lead on the file.

As the process for approving dispensary licences in Kahnawake trudges along, the 207 Longhouse has reaffirmed its position against Kahnawake’s potential cannabis industry, this week announcing an upcoming march expressing their opposition.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) did not go it alone at the Supreme Court of Canada, which heard Council’s appeal last month against Sylvestre et al. 

Close to 2,000 seeds have gone out to schools and daycares in town, thanks to Mohawk Council chief Stephen McComber. 

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.