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An out-of-control garbage fire outside of a cigarette factory was the cause of last Thursday afternoon’s temporary closure of Route 207.

Community members were incensed to learn that planned maintenance around power lines in the so-called “ecological gift” area of the Pines resulted in the felling of mature pine trees, with leaders suggesting changes are needed to Hydro Quebec’s communications protocol.

The adoption of an urbanization plan passed by Oka Council earlier this month was merely a formality, according to the city’s mayor, but it set off a firestorm online after an unsigned letter circulated in the Village area suggested it had sealed a housing development at the edge of the Pines.

As the country wrestles with the interim ruling of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal issued Friday - that Canada is committing genocide against Indigenous Peoples – we mark National Indigenous History Month.

A body found at the site of the old Sulpician school, also known as the Brothers, is being characterized by police as a suspicious death pending the results of an autopsy.

The international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is in Tiohtià:ke this week, probing a legacy of missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools.

A forest fire that blazed in Kanesatake last Friday was deemed accidental and resulted in no property damage or injuries, according to the Oka Fire Safety Department.

The organizers of last year’s Chateauguay Kidney Walk might have chosen a resident of that city to be the face of their event, but instead they looked to Kahnawake, where Angus “Nias” Bordeau has become a leading advocate for locals suffering from kidney disease.

The first annual Onkwehón:we Project Conference was a success last week, with participants learning about cutting-edge research in the fields of archaeology and archive work, as well as sharing knowledge about their own research into Indigenous history.

Five arrests have been made following a series of police raids stemming from investigations into organized crime and the trafficking of illegal weapons in Kahnawake and Montreal.