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With the weather turning for the better, and the start date of the Suzanne River restoration project approaching, the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) has been organizing walks on the Suzanne to help community members get to know it - or pass on their own knowledge to KEPO.

A lawyer for the landowner named in the lawsuit launched by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) over the fuel spill in Chateauguay last year said their client isn’t at fault, since there’s no proof diesel from the spill traversed into Kahnawake’s territory.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is now suing the property owner and company involved in the fuel spill that happened nearly one year ago in Chateauguay.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has launched a lawsuit against the City of Chateauguay over the fuel spill that happened in the city's industrial sector this February.  The band council is seeking $500,000 in damages from the city, alleging its fire department was negligent and failed in its duty to manage and control the spread of the fuel from the spill, resulting in “significant fault” toward the community of Kahnawake.

Quebec’s environmental ministry confirmed this week it doesn’t believe the recent spill in Chateauguay is to blame for the ongoing cleanup of diesel fuel in Kahnawake.  It’s now been nearly two months since diesel fuel was first discovered in the community in a creek and river near Zachary Road on February 9.

The premier of Quebec said the province will provide all the financial resources Kahnawake needs in the ongoing cleanup of diesel fuel in community.

Framing the recent fuel spill as only the latest incursion in a long history of environmental racism against the community, members of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation at Kahnawake (207 Longhouse)

The company responsible for the recent diesel spill in Chateauguay will be held accountable for its actions, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Community members were notified about the presence of fuel in a creek by the Zachary Road area this Monday – days after the Kahnawake Environmental Protection Office (KEPO)

North Creek, also known as Whákeras Creek – one of the four creeks in Kahnawake besides Suzanne River, Little Suzanne River, and Delormier Creek – was once a place community members could go for a swim and find a good catch in summer months, or go skating in the winter.