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The OCR Phase II project to finish replacing the water and sewer systems on the Old Chateauguay Road (OCR) is on schedule, with the underground infrastructure on the stretch by the OCR Gaz Bar set to be completed by early next week.

The continuation of the work to replace the water and sewer systems along the Old Chateauguay Road (OCR) will be ramping back up in the coming weeks.

The Eastern Door’s 30th annual Spring Cleanup is just a week away, held in collaboration with the Waste Management Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake and the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO).

Work has started again near the boundary between Chateauguay and Kahnawake on the project to turn St. Jean Baptiste Boulevard into an “urban boulevard” and realign Industrial and St. Francis Boulevard to form one intersection.

North of 100,000 commuters pour through Kahnawake’s territory every day, and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is proving that the announcement last year that it might toll infrastructure on the territory was no idle warning.

The next steps in the process of determining what the lands returned to Kahnawake on Highway 30 and the Old Chateauguay Road may be used for have now been confirmed after a review of community feedback assembled last year.

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 project in Chateauguay near Kahnawake that has caused much spilled ink, online toxicity, and extraordinary measures to combat traffic in and around Kahnawake, has now paused for the holidays.

As the ongoing issue of traffic caused by construction in Chateauguay continues to cause friction, a few members of the community have decided to take matters into their own hands, a fact that has caused some concern for the Peacekeepers and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).

Tree pruning in the community by Hydro Quebec has been suspended, a move that comes after some homeowners were recently upset to find trees near their houses had been removed without their prior knowledge.