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Joseph Tekaroniake “Dega” Lazare loved the metal band Korn. It was fitting, then, that Lazare chose to go out in style, decked head to toe in Korn merch at his wake, per his own wishes.

To close out this year’s Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC) Winter Carnival, the 28th annual Polar Plunge saw 19 brave souls get dunked into ice cold water, and not just for the entertainment of onlookers and those who tuned into the many Facebook livestreams - although the entertainment was certainly not lacking.

TNT boxing’s third event - the second at the Action boxing club in Mercier - was another resounding success for the promotion formed by the partnership between FightQuest’s Peter Thomas and Joey Two Rivers.

Pink Shirt Day is not till later this month, but bullying is the topic on people’s minds this week after a violent incident at the Kahnawake Sports Complex involving young children, who recorded and shared it.

Dancing is always medicine for those who enter the powwow arena, and that was particularly true at last weekend’s Seminole Powwow in Florida, where the floor was filled with red dresses, as Onkwehón:we from across Turtle Island joined together for a special dance to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).

The Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC) Winter Carnival is, first and foremost, a fun, two-week long event filled with activities for community members young and old.

Kahnawake minor hockey is on a roll in tournament play this year, with the U15A Mohawks’ finals appearance in Pierrefonds last weekend one of many top results for the hockey program as of late.

It can be fun to make a Top 5 Christmas wish list for the entire community, but this one isn’t about chocolate and a train set, although Kahnawake should be getting money for the actual train tracks that litter the community, but we digress on that, at least for now.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has ordered the federal government to immediately address a backlog of claims within the Jordan’s Principle program, in a 14-page decision released at the end of last week.

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).