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This week was International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day (September 9) and World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), with Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) offering an informational session outside its main building on Tuesday to underline those two days.

Earlier this week, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released the report of the investigation into what happened to cause the cargo ship Heemskerkgracht to run aground in the Seaway in Kahnawake on August 22, 2024.

Hundreds of leaders from communities across Turtle Island were in Winnipeg, Manitoba last week, for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly (AGM).

For many years, Onkwehón:we and other climate advocates have warned of the dangers of abusing the environment for short-term gain, saying that it would soon be too late to come to the aid of Mother Earth.

The Kahnawake Junior B Hunters have accomplished what seemed impossible a few short years ago - and unlikely as recently as this time last week - by winning the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL) championship for the first time ever, reverse sweeping the Elora Hawks after Kahnawake lost the series’ first two games.

Nearly 15 years after it was initially proposed, the Kahnawake Labor Code is finally making headway.

The heat was intense this week, with temperatures reaching well into the 30s, and humidex of 40 C. To help the community avoid heat-related illnesses, Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) opened up the Turtle Bay Elders’ Lodge for the community to serve as a cooling shelter during the sweltering weather.

The Sweet Grass cannabis dispensary on Route 344 burned down Wednesday morning, with witness accounts suggesting a likely arson, according to the Oka fire chief.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has announced it will likely implement tolls on highways running through the territory in response to the federal government’s plans to make cuts to all governmental departments, including Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).

The participants of the Junior Fire Brigade got the opportunity to get a little destructive this week when it came to learning about vehicle extrication and the tools used in emergency situations.