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Many issues frustrate Indigenous people, but none quite like how our taxation rights - in other words our inherent rights - are constantly flouted by businesses, “adjusted” by successive governments, and just ignored overall.

At the end of June, Heidi Diabo was trying to purchase a door at the CANAC hardware store in Beauharnois, when she was left rattled by an interaction with an employee she felt was the result of her being visibly Indigenous.

The owner of the Belisle Gas Station in Oka that was forced by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to stop accepting tax exemption cards from Kanehsata’kehró:non on July 1 will take the matter to court.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has determined the Belisle Gas Station in Oka can no longer grant the exemption for sales tax for Kanehsata’kehró:non after July 1, The Pines Reporter has learned.

The man who compared himself to Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa is saying goodbye.

Last spring, Ioronhiateka Delisle’s stepson needed a new pair of skates, so they went to Play It Again Sports in Kirkland, part of the area covered by Kahnawake’s agreement with the province to exempt Kahnawa’kehró:non from Quebec Sales Tax (QST) at the point of sale.

With the closure of the Oka location of Les Salons Funeraires Guay in August, which has handled funeral arrangements for many local families since 1988, Kanehsata’kehró:non have been left with questions about why this has happened and how they may be affected by the decision.

For many community members, the topics of taxes and estate planning are difficult ones to navigate. From understanding wills and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)’s role in estate planning, to dealing with tax complaints and filing issues, there’s a multitude of problems that Kahnawa’kehró:non need support with on a daily basis.

Kahnawa’kehró:non shouldn’t be subject to the tariffs Canada has imposed on goods purchased south of the border, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo says. 

The Knights of Columbus was packed to the brim Tuesday night as Kahnawa’kehró:non gathered to hear the 21 candidates vying to fill out the next Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)