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  • January 9, 2026

    Quevillon drops election contestation

    Former Oka mayor Pascal Quevillon has withdrawn his legal challenge against Oka’s November 2025 mayoral election.
    In a December 16 email to the Superior Court of Quebec, Quevillon wrote the decision comes after the defendants in the case expressed they would file a motion to dismiss and allege abuse of process against him.

  • August 1, 2025

    Three candidates may be ineligible

    With voting underway, Derek Denis, Francis Phillips, and Todd Simon are on the ballot conditionally, The Eastern Door has learned, because of evidence of possible criminal records.

  • July 11, 2025

    All names make it to final list

    All of the Kanehsata’kehró:non on the provisional list of candidates appear on the final list that was published Monday, including Amanda Simon, who announced last week she had been told she had a disqualifying Council debt.

  • July 4, 2025

    Candidate disqualified

    One of the most high-profile challengers for Council office in Kanesatake, Amanda Simon, has vowed to fight after she revealed on Wednesday night that she had been disqualified as a candidate due to money owed to the Mohawk Council.

  • July 4, 2025

    Meet (some of) the Council candidates

    The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) election season has officially arrived, with a final list of candidates coming today or Monday.

  • May 30, 2025

    Electoral officer defends online voting

    The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) election season is officially underway, with important dates now outlined, but the plan to introduce online voting has already garnered controversy.

  • December 14, 2023

    Quebec appeals White decision

    Last month, Derek White and Hunter Montour made history, being granted a permanent stay of criminal proceedings in one of the most high-profile tobacco trade cases to date, after a Quebec Superior Court judge gave recognition to historic treaty rights including the Covenant Chain.

  • 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.

  • February 2, 2023

    Simon wins seat on Council

    The by-election that has rankled the community for months may have finally come to an end, with former grand chief Serge Otsi Simon elected as the newest Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)

  • September 26, 2022

    Kanesatake grand chief suspends by-election

    File photo Grand chief Victor Bonspille personally instructed PlanIT to delay the upcoming Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) by-election until further notice, according to the chief electoral officer.