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A case management judge has been assigned to oversee the federal court case that sprung from the unprecedented cancellation of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections earlier this summer, the latest update in an ongoing saga that has been marred by uncertainty.

The former Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) land manager, who has positioned herself as the candidate of ethics and transparency in the stalled MCK elections, has come under fire after an anonymous letter detailed allegations that she abused her office for personal gain.

The law firm Dionne Schulze has filed a notice of application seeking clarity from the Federal Court on urgent issues stemming from the abrupt cancellation of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections.

Representatives of 2021’s electoral officer, Annie Neashish, visited the community on Sunday to discuss the possibility of taking over administration of the cancelled election, according to multiple sources, following a letter from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) that seemed to endorse the initiative.

Community members were upset to learn that the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) will no longer pay for services to empty septic tanks or make water calls, effective immediately.

Women from Kahnawake, Akwesasne, and Kanesatake may be victims of a disturbing campaign of sexual harassment, after an individual came across indecent images of her and others posted non-consensually online.

While a contingent of community members advanced their efforts this week to attempt to contract a new electoral officer and resume elections, a quorum of incumbent Council chiefs met a deadline set by Indigenous Services Canada to formally assert an extension of their term with a band council resolution (BCR).

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.

Kanesatake’s general election was cancelled on the eve of election day, with the electoral officer blaming a flawed electoral code for a mountain of irregularities, escalating the community’s governance problems into a full-blown crisis and leaving Kanehsata’kehró:non scrambling to make sense of their new political reality.

Call it what you will - a governmental crisis, a political crisis, a leadership crisis - the cancellation of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) general elections is a recipe for disaster for the community.