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On the morning of November 21, a witness who spoke with The Eastern Door heard gunfire shortly after a car drove into the Sweet Grass Lodge cannabis dispensary.

A few years ago, Kanehsata’kehró:non Kane Montour felt the need to get his life back on track, and joining the Kanesatake Perimeter Security Team was just the change he needed.

Just four months into the job, Rice Mohawk Steel and Quebec have agreed to tear up a $36 million contract to maintain the LaSalle side of the Mercier Bridge following lengthy delays - and a failure to secure access to community land occupied by rival contractor Mohawk Bridge Consortium (MBC).

Santa’s set to come early this year for every local student, with the Kanesatake Education Center (KEC) once again collecting financial donations to make it happen.

With the announcement of a new Kanesatake Combined Schools Committee, the recently installed education director is making good on a promise to boost collaboration between the community and local schools.

One of Kawisaiénhne Albany’s favourite moments at the annual Christmas Wreath Fundraiser is seeing some of the community’s first-language speakers come in a group to buy their tickets.

They will no longer be running on Indian Time. Sadly, Akwesasne will be, by the end of this year, devoid of an independent media free of overt political influence, and whether you live there or not, you should be concerned.

Although we hate to reuse certain phrases, “one of the worst-kept secrets” has popped up too often this year with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).

Mohawk Council of Kanesatake grand chief Victor Bonspille did a good job in a so-called press release this week, signed by only him (there’s a pattern here), by making himself look vindictive, taking it to a personal level.

All the dumping going on in Kanesatake for so many years has created a horrible and unhealthy situation and has divided families and broken up the firm social tenet we all used to feel of “at least we protect the land.” That isn’t the case anymore for too many community members, who welcome dumping because they benefit from it.