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As we should all know by now, weather does not equal climate, and it’s important to remember that the frigid winter we’ve been skating, snowshoeing, delighting in, and suffering through this year (this milder week notwithstanding) does nothing to diminish the existential threat of the human-driven climate crisis.

When Indigenous leaders head to the National Assembly in Quebec City, a satisfying outcome is hardly likely. So last week, when they made the trek to bring their concerns about provincial justice minister Simon Jolin-Barrette’s hare-brained scheme to pass a polarizing (and legally dubious) Quebec constitution in the party’s waning days, it was a predictable exercise in futility.

At a meeting that brought together several governmental authorities to share information on Terrapure last Friday, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo demanded a greater say for Kahnawake when it comes to industrial activities in the region.

The city of Ste. Catherine, which is facing dozens of charges under the Fisheries Act for allegedly allowing Terrapure to dump toxic water into the Seaway, is finally engaging with Kahnawake after a series of face-palm-inducing communications failures.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is urging Kahnawa’kehró:non to be as prepared as possible when crossing the United States border, in light of growing tensions related to the actions of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

For many in Kahnawake, a trip across the border is a regular occurrence – but community members are being advised to exercise more caution than usual in light of growing tensions following the actions of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, including a situation where a First Nations man is said to have been detained and his Certificate of Indian Status seized.

The shocking immigration enforcement operations in the United States continue to rattle us. It makes you want to cry or scream – or both – seeing the images flooding social and news feeds, including videos documenting multiple murders in cold blood.

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers will have a new tool at their disposal for traffic mitigation and safety: its new Highway Patrol Division, which will be starting its first patrols in just a few days.

More than 50 years on from the publishing of the historic Lalonde Report, leads at the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) say that systemic barriers to closing gaps in health outcomes for Indigenous people remain.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) found itself forced to continue to glean information on the Terrapure file by way of media reports and press releases this week, paving the way for a translation error that led to frustration.