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The Iroquois Caucus will support Kanesatake and other communities in their efforts to crack down on crime in their respective territories, said Serge Simon, caretaker council member of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK).

The renewal of an initiative to fight organized crime in Kahnawake will see more than $1.5 million flow to the Peacekeepers over the next two years, an amount that will give the force more ability to keep the community safe, chief Peacekeeper Dwayne Zacharie said.

Indigenous, federal, and provincial leaders came together last week for a meeting to discuss the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People (MMIWG2S+), discussing strategies to help address the National Action Plan laid out in 2021.

Last week, police intercepted a driver speeding more than 40 km/h over the speed limit in Kanesatake, in an incident that only highlights the ever-present issue of excessive speeding in the community.

At a meeting that brought together several governmental authorities to share information on Terrapure last Friday, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo demanded a greater say for Kahnawake when it comes to industrial activities in the region.

The province will soon announce a strategy that is set to help confront organized crime that has taken root in First Nations, Quebec’s minister of public security and Indigenous affairs told The Pines Reporter.

The caretaker council of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) is considering how much they can intervene in the years-old, ongoing court cases involving Pines land, while a judge has decided to defer a case because of Kanesatake’s governance status.

With the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) gearing up for an intergovernmental meeting on the Terrapure file following a visit from the mayor of Ste. Catherine, MCK chiefs were alarmed to learn of a new spill at the beleaguered facility.

The city of Ste. Catherine, which is facing dozens of charges under the Fisheries Act for allegedly allowing Terrapure to dump toxic water into the Seaway, is finally engaging with Kahnawake after a series of face-palm-inducing communications failures.

The shocking immigration enforcement operations in the United States continue to rattle us. It makes you want to cry or scream – or both – seeing the images flooding social and news feeds, including videos documenting multiple murders in cold blood.