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An out-of-control garbage fire outside of a cigarette factory was the cause of last Thursday afternoon’s temporary closure of Route 207.

As the community dealt with stifling temperatures earlier this week, a controlled burn raged for more than 24 hours on the lot of the Thompson factory, frustrating Kahnawa’kehró:non and posing a danger to Kahnawake and surrounding communities.

Some people spend their April 20 partying. Kawisaiénhne Albany spent hers trying to protect her driveway as thousands of revellers flocked to the territory in the busiest 4/20 to date.

Piles of garbage bags. A mound of red bricks. The remnants of a lit firecracker. Three mismatched chairs around what was once a fire. Along Seaway Road, sights like these aren’t anything out of the ordinary.

At a meeting hosted last week by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), management at the Kanawaki Golf Club admitted to mishandling old cement pipes laced with asbestos after they were discovered by their staff, Council chiefs who attended told The Eastern Door.

Months after a soil sampling attempt led to aggression against two Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) chiefs, prompting Quebec’s environment ministry to cancel the tests, the province has enacted interventions on dumping that could lead to massive fines.

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Over two dozen members of the Kahnawake Fire Brigade participated in a mass casualty training exercise on Saturday morning at the old Kahnawake Survival School campus.

A fire that burned for two days was finally put out by Mother Nature, however the next day it reignited.