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Quebec is seeking an emergency injunction against nearly 20 defendants, mostly Kanehsata’kehró:non, revealing that soils used to illegally fill in lots on the Lake of Two Mountains were contaminated, confirming long-held suspicions.

Checkpoint training for Oka residents and others aiming to stymie streams of dump trucks carrying potentially contaminated landfill into Kanesatake went ahead as planned, edging the resident-led group one step closer to enacting roadblocks.

Months after a soil sampling attempt led to aggression against two Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) chiefs, prompting Quebec’s environment ministry to cancel the tests, the province has enacted interventions on dumping that could lead to massive fines.

After demands for a meeting with government officials went unheeded, a group of Oka residents pledging solidarity with Kanesatake whistleblowers are taking a step closer to enacting checkpoints to stop dump trucks carrying potentially contaminated soil from entering the territory.

Two Kahnawa’kehró:non are being celebrated for their part in improving soil health in their community as part of a national campaign being led by the Compost Council of Canada.

Roadside inspections of dump trucks entering Kanesatake on Monday were once again routine mechanical checks, but some believe the enforcement has been a step in the right direction.  “For one thing, I’m glad they’re taking any action at all,” said Mohawk Council of Kanesatake chief Serge Otsi Simon.

About a year after a media campaign that turned the country’s attention to the government’s failures to act on G&R Recycling and a climate of lawlessness and fear in the community, a group of anonymous Kanehsata’kehró:non have released a new open letter to highlight the continued urgency of their cause.

Quebec’s environmental ministry confirmed this week it doesn’t believe the recent spill in Chateauguay is to blame for the ongoing cleanup of diesel fuel in Kahnawake.  It’s now been nearly two months since diesel fuel was first discovered in the community in a creek and river near Zachary Road on February 9.

Truck inspections seen near Oka Park this Monday were routine, The Eastern Door has learned, and not enacted to crack down on a large influx of dump trucks bringing landfill, which have drawn the ire of community members for months on end.

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