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Melanie Morrison wishes more people had the chance to meet her little sister Tiffany.                 “She was a ball of energy. She impacted everyone that she knew. She just had that energy, you knew she was there,” Morrison said. “When she was taken, there was a black hole that was left. When her life was taken, there was a spark taken from our family.”

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers are investigating an incident at a public meeting last week, during which a Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief was allegedly physically aggressive with two community members.

It has been nearly two years since the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK), at the urging of community members, agreed to hash out a media protocol for public meetings.

Following multi-million dollar renovations, what was once Parc Lalonde, the park in Ste. Anne de Bellevue that overlooks the St. Lawrence River, now has a Kanien’kéha name: Kawenothiion, meaning “the tip of the island.”

Na’kuset, the co-founder of Indigenous-led homeless shelter Resilience Montreal, is used to seeing Indigenous people being often left with “the scraps.”

The National Assembly of Quebec saw a flurry of activity last week as the provincial government raced to pass a backlog of nearly 20 bills before the end of the legislative session, leaving some high-profile proposals on the cutting room floor.

A new report from Quebec’s ombudsperson has highlighted persistent issues that First Nations and Inuit face in the child welfare system, including barriers that children face as a result of difficulties coordinating responsibilities across different levels of government.

A hearing date of September 23 has been booked for the federal court case regarding Kanesatake’s election process, in an announcement that will likely push a local election to next year.

Members of the Longhouse in Kanesatake met to discuss their support for efforts opposing the Alto high-speed railway project last week, with some attending an anti-Alto protest in Ottawa, in events that follow a Longhouse letter opposing the project in April.

Construction has begun at Rotiwennakéhte Elementary School on modular classrooms for staff and students in the coming months, an upgrade that will give the school more room to expand services for students.