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This week, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) restored septic tank emptying and water calls for Kanehsata’kehró:non, while an ongoing inspection project continues for the second year.

With the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) gearing up for an intergovernmental meeting on the Terrapure file following a visit from the mayor of Ste. Catherine, MCK chiefs were alarmed to learn of a new spill at the beleaguered facility.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) was not alerted after the federal government laid charges against recycling company Terrapure and the city of Ste. Catherine, despite the alleged environmental infractions taking place within the bounds of the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis land grievance.

Inspections of wastewater systems in Kanesatake could lead to renewed funding for the management of septic tanks, according to a notice from the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) this week.

Community members were upset to learn that the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) will no longer pay for services to empty septic tanks or make water calls, effective immediately.

Black smoke from Chateauguay’s industrial sector stretched on for kilometres early Saturday morning, following a fire that broke out in a building owned by a waste management company.

A federal bill aimed at imposing drinking water standards in First Nations communities fails to respect those nations’ inherent right to govern their own waters, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

LAURENCE BRISSON DUBREUIL, THE EASTERN DOOR John Harding has never gotten used to the stink. Every time he neared the G&R Recycling site and the waters that flow by its operations on Kanehsatake land, his nose filled with “the smell of opening a septic tank and sticking your head inside.