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January 18, 2024
Delisle resigns from Council table
Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Mike Delisle was shocked when doctors told him in early October that he was suffering from a case of pneumonia.
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January 17, 2024Free workshops for estate planning
When an awareness campaign launched one week ago, Iris Phillips was among the first to sign up for the first of a series of three free workshops on estate planning.
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October 20, 2023Magic Palace under fire
A key person license for a man alleged to have used Magic Palace to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel has been revoked by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC), but signs point to the facility continuing to operate unimpeded by local authorities.
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October 4, 2023Taking back jurisdiction over justice
Two new agreements have just come into effect that will allow Kahnawa’kehró:non to resolve legal matters locally rather than at the courthouse in Longueuil, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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September 12, 2023Petition urges Council to act on 207
Over the summer, community member Vanessa Martin began to draft a letter to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) outlining safety concerns on Route 207 and pressing for a permanent solution to protect residents living on the road.
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August 24, 2023Convicted pedophile removed from community
It’s been one week since community efforts resulted in a convicted pedophile being removed from Kahnawake, but Takwenhawi Diabo has been trying to get him out of her property since May.
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August 17, 2023Kwe 55 residents cut from welfare
Lyle R. McComber has almost everything he needs at Kwe 55. His studio apartment is small but sleek; his kitchenette has a stainless steel fridge and new cabinets.
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July 4, 2023Simon, Council served with defamation suit
Two community members are suing the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) and MCK chief Serge Otsi Simon following a Facebook flub that has seen him suspended for three days by his colleagues.
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May 26, 2023Community members lead calls for action
The efforts of an anonymous group of Kanehsata’kehró:non has brought a deluge of attention to Kanesatake with the urgent message that the community has fallen into a “state of lawlessness and danger.” An open letter circulating amongst journalists and politicians names scourges such as toxic dump sites, dangerous criminal activity, and land “being stolen piece by piece by land developers and assimilated Mohawks treating Kanien’kehá:ka Homelands as if they were all for the taking.” In part by providing a trove of related documents, the group sparked a La Presse investigation into G&R Recycling that brought the issue roaring back into mainstream discourse.
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May 3, 2023Legal 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.
