Author: Paul Graif

There are 11 active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC), appearing on the Morning D on K1037, said a good deal of those positives are the results of variants. “We still have a cluster that’s related to a variant, and that’s the UK variant,” Westaway […]

There are 17 active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. Most of those are in the youth population under the age of 20, according to the COVID-19 Task Force. “It’s certainly alarming,” Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd Phillips told K1037 News. “I think it’s the second highest number of active cases we had since the beginning […]

The Kahnawake Des Cultures Wind Farm Project is set to have the windmills put up in St-Remi and St Michel beginning next month. Marissa LeBlanc, the Office and Facilities Manager at Tewatohnhi’saktha, took part in an on-line consultation Tuesday evening with members of all three communities. It’s starting in June actually,” LeBlanc said “Starting next […]

It appears that there won’t be a major work blitz on the Federal portion, or Kahnawake side, of the Mercier Bridge this summer. However, there are eight weekend long closures scheduled, meaning one lane available in each direction. This may include some weeknight closures as well. The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges incorporated (JCCBI) announcing […]

There are now 12 active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. They are part of four different clusters of the virus in the community. “There were quite a few new cases over the weekend. And there are several others who have now recovered. So that brings us to 12,” Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director of the […]

There are nine active cases on COVID-19 in Kahnawake as of Thursday afternoon. “This impacts in various ways. Up to 60 households in the community who are currently in various levels of isolation because of cases and potential contacts,” Lloyd Phillips, the Commissioner of Public Safety said on Kahnawake 911 on Facebook. “So  the stretch […]

Strict new measures are being imposed on those who work with the vulnerable population in Kahnawake. The COVID-19 Task Force has enacted Directive 61 which states that “until a return to normalcy, all employees that work with vulnerable clientele must provide proof to their employer of one dose of the COVID-19 vaccination” It applies to employees of […]

There are now eight active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. 15 more people who were considered close contacts also went into isolation Tuesday evening as a result. That brings the total to 128 community members who are in 14 day isolation. Meanwhile second doses of the vaccine will be administered to the in-patients at the […]

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke says that a walk-through inspection will take place today on properties at the Highway 207/Cemetery Road junction to check for any asbestos-containing material (ACM) that may have surfaced.  Elected Official Cody Diabo works on the Asbestos file at the MCK: “This is across the street across by that business that’s […]

There are six active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake, after an announcement on Saturday that a second student at Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) tested positive for the coronavirus. Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC), says those cases have forced more than 12 times that many people into isolation. “That […]