Author: Jeremy Zafran

  The Kahnawake Spring Community Meeting is tonight from 7-10 pm at the Golden Age Club. On the agenda: land allotments; the signing of the Kahnawà:ke-Canada Relations Memorandum of Understanding: the signing of Hertel Hydro Line Agreement with Hydro-Quebec; and the Public Safety / Kahnawà:ke Peacekeepers Highway Patrol Division. A second Community Engagement Kiosk will […]

  The Ministère des Transports in conjunction with the MCK says that one lane will be open in each direction on the Mercier bridge all day tomorrow. The closure of the Kahnawake bound span begins at 2 am Saturday until midnight. The Airlie entrance will also be closed.

  The agenda for the upcoming Spring Community Meeting scheduled for next Wednesday, May 8th, 2024, from 7-10pm at the Golden Age Club has been released and it includes: Land Allotments; The Signing of the Kahnawà:ke-Canada Relations Memorandum of Understanding; The Signing of Hertel Hydro Line Agreement with Hydro-Quebec; and Public Safety / Kahnawà:ke Peacekeepers Highway […]

  Angus L. Montour has been elected by acclamation to the position of Electoral Officer for the upcoming MCK Elections. Montour has served as electoral officer in the by-elections in 2022 and the elections of 2021, and 2018. He will immediately begin the process of conducting the election, including setting the dates for Nominations and […]

  The Public Works Department continuing road marking and painting in Kahnawake. The plan now is for R-207, R-132, and R-138. The first phase of road marking is almost complete as crews refresh stop lines and crosswalks. A center line will also be painted in the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Tunnel. Kahnawa’kehró:non are being asked to exercise […]

The All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety Campaign has been relaunched. It was developed to address the numerous complaints and instances of misuse of ATVs, side-by-sides (or UTVs) and other off-road vehicles. Public Safety Portfolio Lead Ryan Montour says that: in an effort to be proactive, the Council of Chiefs have given the mandate to do something […]

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke with a late day release over concerns raised by Kahnawa’kehró:non regarding air pollution coming from the Saint-Catherine industrial park adjacent to the Kahnawà:ke Survival School. KEPO has recorded periodic spikes in poor air quality on monitoring devices located at the Kahnawà:ke Office Complex and on Peter Foxy Road. The MCK […]

  The 2024 Tree Giveaway will be held Friday, May 10th between 10am and 3pm (or while supplies last) at the KEPO grounds, located between the Kahnawà:ke Sports Complex and the Peacekeepers Station. Kahnawà:ke Waste Management will also be on-site to provide free compost and mulch for planting. The Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office (KEPO) offering […]

  There is a planned upcoming road closure on the Old Malone highway scheduled for Monday, April 29th, that is expected to last until Thursday, May 2nd, weather dependent. The Capital Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Capital Construction will be replacing existing water and sewer lines in the east section of the highway […]

  It’s been 18 years since the salaries of the elected members of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake increased beyond the cost of living. First reported in the Eastern Door, the salaries have now gone up in the neighborhood of 9 percent. The increases are retroactive to the beginning of the year. They come after […]