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For former Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller, sports is about much more than just playing a game.

Whether you want to find wellness in spin class or weaving class, Kahnawake Shakotiia’takéhnhas Community Services (KSCS) has you covered with this year’s Spirit of Wellness month, running until the end of November across the community.

This week was International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day (September 9) and World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), with Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) offering an informational session outside its main building on Tuesday to underline those two days.

The recent grotesque unveiling on social media of an account that victimized local women, including minors, blew up into the public sphere after the community stood up and said enough was enough.

Following the July 11 march through the Pines to mark the 35th anniversary of the Siege of Kanehsatake, members of the Ionkwatehontsénhne women’s group assembled to raise awareness about continued encroachments on their plot of protected land.

In the heart of Hochelaga, in Montreal’s east end, splashes of neon colour consume the side of an otherwise grey residential building. Shades of turquoise, pink, blue, and green are encircled in orange and yellow, forming the shape of three abstract faces, the bottom one featuring an open third eye.

New signs on the Mercier Bridge to urge individuals in distress to seek help are part of a larger initiative for bridges in the area.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) was encouraging the community to participate in Bell Let’s Talk Day again this year, January 22, sharing a post on social media with a link to Bell’s donation page and instructions on how to contribute to mental health initiatives put forward by the company.

Community member Suzanne Jacobs believes that knowing the warning signs of suicide is something everyone should know. She lost her 15-year-old daughter, Lexi Fox, to suicide three years ago this month.

Veterans’ issues were on the margins of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) annual general assembly at the Palais de Congrès in Montreal last week.