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Two Kanesatake Community Fitness (KCF) members credit their training at the Kanesatake gym for achieving a strong finish time in a hyrox fitness challenge in Vaudreuil-Dorion.

A community engagement session gathered opinions of Kanehsata’kehró:non on Alto, a major high-speed train project set to run through ancestral Mohawk land, to help inform the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) and Alto representatives on the community’s position.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and the Kahnawake Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) are being sued for more than $6.5 million in damages, it was revealed this week.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) was not alerted after the federal government laid charges against recycling company Terrapure and the city of Ste. Catherine, despite the alleged environmental infractions taking place within the bounds of the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis land grievance.

Former Oka mayor Pascal Quevillon has withdrawn his legal challenge against Oka’s November 2025 mayoral election.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.

Joseph So:se Montour was charged this week after a Facebook post from his account plunged the community and neighbouring areas into panic on Tuesday.

As 2025 draws to a close and we prepare to welcome 2026, The Eastern Door staff took a look back at the last 12 months of news in Kahnawake. And, as we find ourselves saying every year, what a year it has been! From major arts projects for some of Kahnawake’s finest acting talent to community protests about cannabis and traffic, we’ve recapped it all below.

The suspension of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections was easily one of the biggest local stories of the year, but there was plenty more taking place in Kanesatake/Kanehsatake in 2025.

Despite cuts to Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) being less than expected in the federal government’s proposed 2025 budget, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo is still concerned that services community members deserve will continue to be underfunded.

After years of planning and public input, the greening and design project is entering its third stage on the way to bringing to life a long-anticipated vision for the greenspace between the Mercier Bridge up-ramp on Highway 132 and the Old Malone service road.