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The international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is in Tiohtià:ke this week, probing a legacy of missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) commissioner of justice Kevin Fleischer has confirmed that the long-anticipated Community Justice Centre has received full funding and is moving steadily toward completion. The new facility is expected to break ground early next year.

After consultations aimed at gathering the community’s views on a planned revamp of Kahnawake’s labour landscape, the Kahnawake Labour Office (KLO) is turning its attention to meeting with the local construction industry.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has announced the appointment of a new complaints officer, Martha Montour, by the Justice Services Division of the MCK.

Plans are in the works for a new Community Justice Centre, which will be built in the space between K1037 Radio and Kahnawake Animal Control Services.

Federal Court documents obtained by The Eastern Door have shed more light on the notice of application for judicial review filed against the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and the Kahnawake Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) by a community member.

Lysane Cree was appointed as a Superior Court of Quebec judge in September, but a ceremonial sitting last month gave community members a chance to reflect on their pride in a fellow Kanehsata’kehró:non reaching this milestone.

In what is being cast as a milestone for community-based justice, the new Administrative Tribunal is now ready to consider files following the swearing in of the new body’s two decision makers.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo said that in the days following the Liberal Party of Canada winning a minority government mandate - electing, at the time of writing, 168 members of Parliament (MPs) - he is being cautious about prime minister Mark Carney and the return of the Liberals to office.

Two decision makers have been selected to run Kahnawake’s long-awaited Administrative Tribunal. They are Brandon Montour, a local, and Aubrey Charette, a lawyer from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation currently based in Ottawa.