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The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) is proposing a rewrite of the community’s electronic gaming regulation in the aim of enforcing more limits on which operators it will decide to grant permits to.

A group from the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) got the chance to visit the site of the future Northvolt facility earlier this month, marking its first-ever visit there since construction began in the winter.

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.

CN Rail released a long-anticipated reconciliation action plan this week, one initially expected to be made up entirely of recommendations from its former Indigenous advisory council - that being before they all quit en masse last year.

The community is getting to know Ionkwatahónhsate Victim Services, with two information sessions held over meals last Thursday familiarizing Kahnawa’kehró:non with the resources they can offer.

The community can expect new social housing units after the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) announced it has secured $1.4 million in government funding earmarked for housing in Indigenous communities.

When Kahnawa’kehró:non Zye Mayo found out he was a recipient of this year’s David Olivier Award from his CEGEP, Dawson College, he initially told his family not to come to the ceremony - it might be long, and it’s a bit of a journey from Kahnawake.

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).

On December 12, the mandate of the special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian Residential Schools will come to an end.

Members of the Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service joined the Kahnawake Peacekeepers for four days last week in an effort to learn more about policing from other First Nations services.