Month: May 2020

Iron workers returning to Kahnawake from New York are being reminded they must self-isolate upon return.   “If someone comes from outside the country and they come to the community they have to self-isolate for 14 days,” said Arnold Lazare in a daily task force briefing on Saturday. Lazare reminded the community that 14-day self-isolation applies […]

Kahnawà:ke’s Environmental Health Services inspectors are once again performing their residential bacteriological water sampling on homes in the community. The sampling applies to the 350 or so homes that are not hooked up to the Town’s Water system. Donald Gilbert is the Team leader of the Environmental Health Service Program at KSCS and he says: […]

During the Kahnawake 911 Facebook live on Thursday, the Kahnawake Covid-19 Task Force unveiled an on-line measures hub for business owners to consult before opening. On it they will find a checklist on how they should be operating in the time of the pandemic. The documents can be found at: Covid-19.kmhc.ca and click on the […]

Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd Phillips says the Task Force postponed today’s scheduled meeting until Friday. They are looking closely at all aspects of how things will proceed for businesses once phase one for the reopening is allowed (the target date is June 1st for Kahawake ). Phillips said they are still examining as to […]

A man from Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-lac is facing charges of assaulting a Kahnawake Peacekeeper (PK). The man was pulled over by the PKs after he was illegally on the territory trying to purchase cigarettes on Monday afternoon at about 3:15. Kyle Zachary is the Public Relations Officer at the Pks. “He was argumentative with the officer right […]

Today marked ‘The Community Drive By Salute,’ parade in Kahnawà:ke. The parade was held this morning in the community, departing from the Sports Complex at 11:30 and ending at the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center. 100 vehicles took part in the parade including a Peacekeeper escort and a half dozen school buses. Kahnawakeró:non decorated the parade […]

The Kahnawake Covid-19 Task Force says that if the conditions allow, then Phase One of the Kahnawake Economic Revitalization will begin with the reopening of businesses in the community on June 1st. But they caution that it is a moving target as they continuously examine the data. Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd Phillips says the […]

The Caisse Populaire Kahnawake released a statement, announcing that they would be closed today but would reopen for business on Tuesday. K1037 News has learned that an individual at the bank was sick. Chantal Corbeil, spokesperson for the ‘Movement Desjardins’, the Head office for the Caisse Populaire in Kahnawake, explained to K1037 News that the […]

Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director at the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC) thanked Kahnawake families for coming by to drop off gifts for their family members on Mother’s Day on Sunday. “I just wanted to let you know what a wonderful experience that was,” she said. “The employees really were having a wonderful time meeting […]

Public health officials in Kahnawake are calling new data from the province ‘worrisome’ and say they will not give a date for the reopening of businesses in the community.  The study, published two days ago by the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) shows a sharp increase in deaths in the Greater Montreal Area […]