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Thomas Diabo is an avid Radio Bingo player, tuning in regularly to K1037 to try his luck at hitting the big prize. On Friday, June 19, he realized he’d hit gold and had the numbers for the $5,000 jackpot.

The Community Radio Broadcasting and Online (CRABO) Awards recognized K1037’s Kanien’kéha language programming as well as its news director Paul Graif.

Kanesatake’s festive wreath fundraiser is back again this year, but the raffle, which raises money for Kanesatake’s language revitalization efforts, bears a new name: the Kawinónhshen Audrey “Minnie” Nelson Memorial Language Fundraiser.

When the first International First Peoples Festival (IFPF) happened in 1991, with the Siege of Kanehsatake still fresh in the minds of many, there was initial resistance to having an event like this take place in Tiohtià:ke.

Home care nurses at the Turtle Bay Elders’ Lodge now have a brighter area to work from, having moved into a new modular trailer at the rear of the building - leaving the old office space to be turned into a new living room for residents.

After working on and off at K1037 Radio since 1995, station manager Heather Bauersfeld is finally calling it quits. Everyone at the radio station knew her retirement would be coming soon.

Staff at K1037 were saddened to announce the death of Jim Hum last week, a legend whose voice was the first heard on the station’s airwaves when it went live on March 30, 1981.

The mission of Reviving Kanehsatà:ke Radio (RKR) 101.7 FM has a lot to do with the Kanien’kéha language, with preserving and broadcasting slivers of Kanesatake history, with strengthening culture in the community.

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Cheryl Deer said she will be spending time with her family following her layoff from K103. (File Photo) The radio station announced this week that it had laid off station manager Cheryl Deer, by mutual agreement with the board of directors.