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The covered rink project, the new multisport and multipurpose surface on the grounds of the Kahnawake Sports Complex, is pausing construction for the winter as the weather is making things prohibitively difficult in terms of time and cost.

At a meeting hosted last week by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), management at the Kanawaki Golf Club admitted to mishandling old cement pipes laced with asbestos after they were discovered by their staff, Council chiefs who attended told The Eastern Door.

It might feel like the project just broke ground, but Kahnawa’kehró:non driving up Highway 132 might have noticed the Kahnawà:ke Cultural Arts Center (KCAC)

It’s just after 11 a.m. at Diabo’s restaurant, and the rush has already begun.  The chip stand on Route 207 just off Highway 30 has never struggled to attract clients, especially non-locals, but it’s been exceptionally hectic as of late.

Ray Deer won’t be retiring just yet. The president of the Royal Canadian Legion Mohawk Branch 219 is now on his eighth consecutive term, following an election at the hall earlier this month.  “I'm hoping one of our younger veterans will be ready to step in, then I would be ready to step down,” said Deer, who ran unopposed.

Patrick Moses Montour has a leaking roof. He has for years now, even after having it replaced about eight years ago.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) shared three new housing related announcements with the community this week, following a council meeting held on Monday.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) wasn’t consulted about the Northvolt electric car battery plant because it couldn’t demonstrate the project would harm the community’s ability to practice “ancestral activities” on the land located in the Monteregie.  That’s according to a sworn statement sent to Quebec Superior Court in late November by a regional director employed by Quebec’s environmental ministry (MELCCFP).   “To the knowledge of the MELCCFP, no ancestral Aboriginal activities linked to hunting, trapping, gathering, harvesting medicinal plants, or ceremonial practices have been practiced on the Northvolt project site, at least since the industrial use of the site, which began in 1878,” Stéphanos Bitzakidis wrote.

Starting next month, families in owner-occupied households will be able to apply for grants of up to $40,000 to pay toward major home repairs.

A group from the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) got the chance to visit the site of the future Northvolt facility earlier this month, marking its first-ever visit there since construction began in the winter.