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The promoter behind a housing project proposed next door to Kahnawake was issued a warning earlier this fall by Quebec’s environmental ministry after carrying out unauthorized work in a wooded area in Chateauguay made up of wetlands.

A group of environmentalists took to the streets in Chateauguay on Sunday to denounce a proposed housing project along Highway 30.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo met with Indigenous affairs minister Ian Lafrenière for lunch at the Kahnawake Brewing Company this past Friday to talk about land that’s still owed to the community.  The province still owes 211 acres of land to Kahnawake to make up for the expansion of Highway 30 - a promise that’s stalled for several years now.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has launched a lawsuit against the City of Chateauguay over the fuel spill that happened in the city's industrial sector this February.  The band council is seeking $500,000 in damages from the city, alleging its fire department was negligent and failed in its duty to manage and control the spread of the fuel from the spill, resulting in “significant fault” toward the community of Kahnawake.

A plan by the city of Chateauguay to build housing along Highway 30 will result in the destruction of wetlands just next door to Kahnawake if it gets approved by the government of Quebec.

Quebec’s environmental ministry confirmed this week it doesn’t believe the recent spill in Chateauguay is to blame for the ongoing cleanup of diesel fuel in Kahnawake.  It’s now been nearly two months since diesel fuel was first discovered in the community in a creek and river near Zachary Road on February 9.

Framing the recent fuel spill as only the latest incursion in a long history of environmental racism against the community, members of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation at Kahnawake (207 Longhouse)

The company responsible for the recent diesel spill in Chateauguay will be held accountable for its actions, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Community members were notified about the presence of fuel in a creek by the Zachary Road area this Monday – days after the Kahnawake Environmental Protection Office (KEPO)

A Kahnawa’kehró:non is in custody and facing breaking-and-entering charges following an incident at a home on Veterans Boulevard earlier this weekend.