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As the ongoing heatwave affecting Kahnawake and the rest of the northeast continues, and with little rainfall on the horizon, the Public Works Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is asking the community to conserve water.n

Traffic was temporarily blocked on Kirby Road by the cross Thursday as workers gathered to hook up homes in the area to nearby fire hydrants, so they can still access water while the work is ongoing. 

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is projecting a surplus of approximately $25.6 million for this year, an increase of $12.7 million from what was previously projected.

A maintenance operation at Kahnawake’s sewage treatment plant this week saw more sewage than expected discharged into the St. Lawrence River – though the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO)

Workers at the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) say they have no other option than to undertake a sewage operation that could potentially require the dumping of up to 200 cubic metres of untreated sewage into the St. Lawrence River.

The team behind the landmark Multi-Purpose Building project will need to plant nearly 1,200 trees to meet its commitment to Kahnawake after redesigns resulted in the razing of more than twice as many trees as originally planned.

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Karine Echaquan told some legends from her Atikamekw background and presented pieces of her culture to teach those present. (Natalia Fedosieieva, The Eastern Door)

The little green bug may have met its match as Kahnawake's Environment Protection Agency is now beginning a battle against the pest that is destroying the region's ash trees.

The elected leaders of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake stood alongside Highway 30 in 2015 to announce a boycott of business in Chateauguay and their collective intention to go ahead with any economic development on returned land despite a lawsuit headed by the neighbouring municipality's mayor, Nathalie Simon.