Author: Paul Graif

The first candidate has declared their intention to run for Grand Chief in the upcoming Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) election. Gina Deer has been an elected official since 2012. She first confirmed the news to the Eastern Door. “I’ve been approached by members of the community asking me what my intentions would be because […]

There are now five active cases of COVID-19 in Kahnawake. Lisa Westaway, the Executive Director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) appearing on Kahnawake 911 on Facebook Thursday afternoon. “One new case, actually just today (Thursday). So we have five active cases. The other four are left from the previous outbreaks or clusters that […]

The Kahnawà:ke COVID-19 Task Force is lowering the alert level in the community from Red to Orange effective next Friday, May 21st. “This is a big change. It’s positive,” Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC) Executive Director Lisa Westaway said on Kahnawake Live on Facebook on Wednesday afternoon. “Although we have had measures in the Orange […]

One year ago today, May 12, 2020, a parade snaked through Kahnawake to honour the work of the front line workers in the community. The parade was the brainchild of K1037s Sandra Schurman. “I can’t believe it’s already been a year,” Schurman said. “It literally seems, maybe not like yesterday, but definitely last week, so […]

The Kahnawà:ke Peacekeepers (PKs) and the Kahnawà:ke COVID-19 Task Force are teaming up and launching a youth education initiative on safe ways to gather during the Pandemic. Kyle Zachary is the Public Relations Officer with the PKs, he says that officers are carrying around Shop Kahnawà:ke Gift Certificates. “They are going to be distributing them […]

A fire in Kahnawake completely destroyed an abandoned residence at the beginning of the OCR Monday night. The blaze broke out in the building at 10:24 pm according the Kahnawake Peacekeepers. It quickly spread to two neighbouring homes. Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) Chief David Scott says it was a difficult and intense fire. “The middle […]

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 […]