Author: Paul Graif

The City of Montreal has unveiled its Reconciliation Strategy with Indigenous Peoples and The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) is welcoming the announcement. Representing Kahnawà:ke at the announcement was Chief Gina Deer from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke: Chief Deer has been impressed with Montreal’s response to the strategies: “I think Montreal has been […]

The Poppy Campaign is underway at the Legion Branch 219 – they will be open until 6 pm, today. This is Herb Rice an associate member of the Legion: “We’re here until 6 o’clock tonight selling poppies for the annual poppy campaign. We made it until 6 o’clock because we were advised that a lot […]

Three employees of the Kahnawake Peacekeepers were among the five people who were ticketed eight days ago for being at a private gathering in the community. The fines were for $1541 dollars each. Peacekeeper Chief Dwayne Zacharie says that it has now become an issue of human resources. “As far as the enforcement goes, that’s […]

A Kahnawakero:non who tested positive for COVID-19 has now recovered. Their positive is the 38th in the community since the beginning of the pandemic. The individual was tested outside of the community and the results were only transmitted to Kahnawake’s Public Health team after the person recovered.

Trick or treating will take place from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday in Kahnawà:ke, with new COVID-19 Task Force safety measures in effect for the Halloween weekend. The Task Force releasing the guidelines for this year’s festivities back on October 16th, declaring Kahnawà:ke’s Halloween for locals only. The Task Force is also reminding […]

One Kahnawa’kehró:non is looking to traditional ways to get the community to heal in the wake of people being ticketed for violating Task Force measures against private gatherings. Dale Dione is a retired Alternative Justice Coordinator – who has been teaching restorative justice at Karihwanoron Mohawk Immersion school for the last 8 years. She wrote […]

Two MCK Chiefs attended a private gathering outdoors on Sunday evening. In lieu of that event, MCK Chief Harry Rice has stepped down from the Kahnawà:ke COVID-19 Task Force. Rice was ticketed for being at the private gathering outside of a home in the community. The head of the Task Force, Commissioner of Public Safety […]

Five tickets were handed out by the Kahnawake Peacekeepers to people in the community for contravening COVID-19 restrictions after a gathering was held at a private residence on Sunday evening. “We received a complaint and Peacekeepers investigated,” said Peacekeeper Chief Dwayne Zacharie. “They went there. They practiced community policing first. They gave people the opportunity […]

An important meeting is scheduled tomorrow between representatives from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and the Quebec government regarding controversial Bill 66. Ratitsénhaienhs Tonya Perron, Ross Montour and Gina Deer are scheduled to meet with the new Quebec Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs Ian Lafrenière tomorrow via video-conference. The MNA for Champlain and sponsor of […]

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 219 in Kahnawake begins their abbreviated Poppy selling campaign tomorrow in the community. Branch Manager Peter Pitt Jacobs says they will only be on sale for 4 days this year. Legion President Ray Deer will make sure the poppies are available around town. “He’s going to be passing up the […]