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  • May 15, 2023

    Oka denied on Pines land legal maneuver

    As the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) continues to mull over the years-old question of an “ecological gift” of Pines land from Grégoire Gollin, an attempt by municipality of Oka lawyers to leverage Kanesatake land claims against him has been rejected.

  • May 12, 2023

    Collectables Expo welcomes nerds of all stripes

    The Kahnawake Sports Complex swapped its ice surface and nets for trading cards and vintage toys as it hosted the K-Town Collectables Expo last weekend.

  • May 10, 2023

    The devil’s in the donuts

    When it comes to living life, Kahnawa’kehró:non James Day said he goes by one motto: “You’ve got to think outside the box, because soon enough, you’ll be in one.” And, as usual, thinking outside the box has led to another eccentric business venture for Day, owner of Haunted Dogs, a restaurant providing all sorts of outlandish fast-food options.

  • May 3, 2023

    Legal action taken against Bill 96

    Two of the largest Indigenous lobby groups in the province have joined forces to launch a legal challenge against Bill 96, now known as Law 14, citing the ancestral rights of First Nations in education.

  • April 26, 2023

    Grand chief signs erroneous declaration

    It has been revealed that Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille signed a document attesting to a band member’s ownership of a Kanesatake lot, seemingly overstepping his authority and sewing confusion over land that already belongs to somebody else.

  • April 21, 2023

    Landmark settlement agreement

    When the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) filed their civil lawsuit in March 2022 demanding McGill University cease work on an $850-million redevelopment project at the former Royal Victoria Hospital, it seemed as though the odds were stacked against them.

  • April 17, 2023

    Quebec minister weighs in on Council tensions

    Quebec’s Indigenous affairs minister Ian Lafrenière said dysfunction at the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has created an opening for organized crime in the community, motivating him to speak out publicly.

  • April 12, 2023

    Police response questioned in Akwesasne

    Ahkhwesahsró:non have been left questioning whether the Akwesasne Mohawk Police (AMP) could have done more to prevent the tragedy that claimed the lives of eight individuals in the St. Lawrence River last Thursday and Friday.

  • March 30, 2023

    List of names of sexual abusers includes Jesuits in Kahnawake and Spanish, Ontario

    Students at the Garnier Indian Residential School in Spanish, Ontario, subsisted on tea and mush. They had no eggs or butter or sugar.

  • March 9, 2023

    Kanesatake by-election quashed

    The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) by-election has been nullified after the appeal board issued a bombshell ruling that has plunged Council into deeper chaos and unseated Serge Otsi Simon just weeks after a decisive victory.