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The fuel spill bordering Chateauguay and Kahnawake acted as a metaphor for the issues we face overall in Kahnawake. Allow us to clearly illustrate the how and the why of it.

The premier of Quebec said the province will provide all the financial resources Kahnawake needs in the ongoing cleanup of diesel fuel in community.

Framing the recent fuel spill as only the latest incursion in a long history of environmental racism against the community, members of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation at Kahnawake (207 Longhouse)

The company responsible for the recent diesel spill in Chateauguay will be held accountable for its actions, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Community members were notified about the presence of fuel in a creek by the Zachary Road area this Monday – days after the Kahnawake Environmental Protection Office (KEPO)

Tree cutting in preparation for the construction of a battery plant in the Montérégie that was temporarily paused earlier this month has now resumed after a Quebec Superior Court judge rejected an injunction filed by an environmental group to halt the work.

Since summer, the North Creek Restoration project undertaken by the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) to revitalize the area and habitat around it has been progressing.

The first day back at school was a short one for most students in Kahnawake this week, with students at all three Kahnawake Education Center (KEC)

North Creek, also known as Whákeras Creek – one of the four creeks in Kahnawake besides Suzanne River, Little Suzanne River, and Delormier Creek – was once a place community members could go for a swim and find a good catch in summer months, or go skating in the winter.

Lush greenery swayed in the wind while birds and insects chirped across Tekakwitha Island. But anyone who has been in the community for a while knows this isn’t what the island looked like before – the water was stagnant, some areas were rocky or completely bare, and the biodiversity was deteriorating.