Author: Jeremy Zafran

  Road and line marking work will continue tonight, with this phase of the road painting seeing the addition of a center line to the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Tunnel (formerly the ‘CP Rail Tunnel’) and along local bike/pedestrian paths. The Public Works Department Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) reminding drivers to travel with caution, […]

  Iakwahwatsiratátie Language Nest announcing late Wednesday that they had purchased the current building and land where the school is located. The deal was finalized and the location is now officially their home. Karihwakatste Deer  says that the agreement was initiated by the previous owners: “It was exactly what we were looking for, they made […]

  Kahnawake Education Center Director of Education Robin Delaronde announcing that she has one more year left and then it will be her time to step aside. Delaronde announced on May 14th to the Combined Schools Committee that after 36 years she will be retiring at the end of the next school year, 13 months […]

  Crews will be conducting unidirectional flushing of the water distribution system as of today. The work, according to The Public Works Unit of the (MCK) Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, is expected to last close to a month. Unidirectional flushing is the process of cleaning the water system by flowing water in one direction through […]

  Information Kiosks on the Indian Day School Settlement (IDS) Agreement will take place at the Post Office/Tewatohnhi’saktha building on the following dates: Wednesday, May 22nd, from 11:30am to 4pm and again on Wednesday, June 12th, from 9am until 4pm. The Indian Day School Settlement Coordinator Louise Mayo will be present to answer questions and […]

  An Information Kiosk at the Kahnawà:ke Services Complex is scheduled for this Friday, from 10am to 2pm. The Client Based Services Unit (CBS) of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke event is an opportunity for Kahnawa’kehró:non to explore support services and engage with representatives from the Kahnawà:ke Social Assistance Program, The Office of the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kahá:ka […]

  With elections upcoming, Lisa Lahache along with Chief Political Advisor at the MCK, Winnona Polson-Lahache, were on MCK Friday on K1037, where they made an announcement concerning Chief availabilities. Lisa Lahache, is the MCK Political Press Attaché: “We have a media blackout for Chiefs, starting at 4pm today, the Chiefs will no longer be […]

  The long weekend is coming up and this will affect some services in town come Monday. All administrative offices of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke will be closed on May 20th, for Tsi Niieiénthos Awenhnísera (Planting Day). The Transfer Depot and Cardboard drop-offs will be closed but all essential services will be maintained on […]

  A local actor from Kahnawake has launched an on-line petition with the intention of having Closed-Circuit Television Cameras installed throughout the community. The purpose of the cameras is to keep the community safer. Actor Kaniehtiio Horn is asking the Mohawk Council and the Peacekeepers to have cameras placed at all entrances to Kahnawake. The […]

  The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke’s (MCK) legal challenge against the Ontario government’s authorization of online gaming in the province. The MCK has vehemently opposed C-218, the legislation that legalized new forms of sports gambling in Canada in June, 2021. They contested Ontario’s gaming management changes, alleging illegality […]