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The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) audited financial statements for the 2023-2024 fiscal year are now available, but the community’s finances remain somewhat opaque, even after several months of delays.

Monday was Red Dress Day, a day for honouring and demanding justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S).

Since February, Playground Poker has turned what was once the entryway to the staff room into a functional infirmary, to be able to help their customers without necessarily having to go through Kahnawake’s emergency services if the need is not there.

Following setbacks in court, the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera are seeking help from the Coroner’s office in their fight against McGill University after obtaining a report they say reveals new evidence of human remains around the former Royal Victoria Hospital site.

For the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK), Wednesday’s community meeting at the Golden Age Club was an opportunity to show their work on the cannabis file, following last week’s protest against the opening of cannabis dispensaries in town and the ongoing disagreements about the introduction of the cannabis business to the territory.

Economic Development Portfolio Lead at the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) Chief Paul Rice addressed industry leaders this week, telling them projects on unceded territory must include at least 50 percent equity for First Nations.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo said that in the days following the Liberal Party of Canada winning a minority government mandate - electing, at the time of writing, 168 members of Parliament (MPs) - he is being cautious about prime minister Mark Carney and the return of the Liberals to office.

Caisse Desjardins Kahnawake members can expect a boost to their accounts in early June niá:wen to dividends from 2024, which are up year over year on the strength of increased surplus earnings.

The six communities participating in the Iroquois Caucus - Kahnawake, Kanesatake, Akwesasne, Six Nations of the Grand River, Tyendinaga, and the Oneida Nation of the Thames - signed an agreement that will look to strengthen ties between the communities in the face of American economic pressures.

Following the conclusion of a years-long police investigation into allegations of financial misconduct against the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), which led Kanesatake’s COVID-19 response, authorities are now deciding whether criminal charges will be filed.