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  • Mohawk Online: $5 Million For Cultural Center Campaign

    Mohawk Online Limited announced that it is making a donation of $5 million to the Kahnawà:ke Cultural Arts Center Capital Campaign, which is working to raise $16 million toward the building’s estimated cost of $37 million. Dean Montour is the CEO of Mohawk Online:

    “In terms of the overall cost of the project, we were hoping to put a big dent in the fundraising part of the capital campaign. We’re proud and honoured to support this project and to kick-off the capital campaign as the lead donor I think is important for the whole project.”

    The new state of the art cultural center building will be the permanent home of The KORLCC, the Language and Cultural Center Museum, Turtle Island Theatre and a Tourism Visitors Center.

  • KMHC Criticisms

    In the wake of receiving the highest accreditation possible for a hospital or health care facility, the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center has come under some recent public criticism that has been making the rounds on social media, even prompting a meeting of the people in Kahnawake on Monday evening. Arnold Lazare is a Co-Chair of the KMHC Board of Directors:

    “For the record, there is no elder abuse at the hospital. What we do have is some social media posts have highlighted some of the challenges primarily due to Covid. I know people are tired of hearing that excuse, but there has been challenges, but we’re led to believe some false accusations of how the patients are treated. If we ever hear, it’s thoroughly investigated immediately.”  

    The KMHC Board of Directors saying, in a news release, they are aware that accidents are bound to happen and those statistics are public knowledge – all while maintaining patient confidentiality. K1037 News has spoken with an unofficial representative of some of the families who are upset – and we are awaiting a response.

  • Indian Day School Settlement Application Deadline is Tonight

    Today (Wednesday, July 13, 2022) is the deadline to file your application in the Indian Day School settlement agreement is today at 11:59 pm. In order to meet the Claims Deadline: Claims submitted by email or fax must be received by the Claims Administrator or have an electronic, system-generated date stamp by that time. Claims submitted by regular mail or courier that are received by the Claims Administrator after the deadline without a postmark will be deemed to have been received after the Deadline and may not be accepted. In Kahnawake, Louise Mayo is the IDS Settlement Coordinator. You can contact her at 514-793-0662 or email Louise.mayo@mck.ca.

  • K1037 BINGO: Solution for Rogers’ Network Issue

    With the Rogers and other networks down, K1037 is aware that some bingo player’s phones may be affected. That said, if you have a bingo during tonight’s game K1037 is asking that you immediately text the work BINGO to our Facebook Messenger page: www.facebook.com/k1037radiobingo followed by your card number. Questions on this messenger account will not be answered during Bingo, so you are aske to refrain from answering anything there outside of your BINGO call and card number. This method will be used for verification purposes only and is only intended for those affected by the outage. Those unaffected can still call the Bingo line at: 450-638-1313. K1037 thanks you for your understanding.

  • Mercier Ramp Work Tonight

    Expect another overnight lane closure for the Mercier Bridge. That closure will come into effect at 9pm tonight and last until 5am Friday morning. There will be 1 lane closed for inspection and maintenance work on the 138 east up-ramp from Chateauguay towards Montreal.

  • Pier Work Causes Service Road Detour Underneath Mercier Bridge

    The 132/138 West service road underneath the Mercier Bridge in Kahnawake will be completely closed tonight (Wednesday) from 10 pm to 5 am tomorrow. It’s to reconfigure the road as rehabilitation of the piers underneath the bridge gets underway.

    “Starting tomorrow morning, when you’re travelling down the 132/138 West, you will need to start using the new detour in place,” Mark Standup, the Safety Officer in charge of traffic management with the Mohawk Bridge Consortium (MBC), told K1037 News. “It will be properly signed. It’s just before the CPR bridge. You’ll do a loop. There’s a traffic light there. Once you pass the light you’ll continue on the normal traffic. But it’s important to remember to watch the signage because everyone is used to just making the straight run. There is now a detour that will be in place as of tomorrow morning.”

    Standup says the pier rehabilitation will take two full seasons to complete.

    “This detour will be in place from tomorrow morning until mid-December, 2022,” Standup said. “The service road will be reopened at that time for the winter months and will be re-closed next spring (2023) for the entire summer season. Same detour will  be put back into place.”

     

  • Indian Day School Settlement Agreement Kiosk

    An Information Kiosk on the Indian Day School Settlement Agreement will be on-site at the Post Office/Tewatohnhi’saktha Building this coming Wednesday, June 29th from 10am to 4pm. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke saying that Louise Mayo, the Indian Day School Settlement Coordinator, will be on hand to answer any questions and to offer assistance to those who would request help in the processing of their claims.

  • Des Cultures Wind Farm To Generate $1 Million a Year for Kahnawà:ke

    Kahnawà:ke’s new wind farm in St Remi and St-Michel was officially dedicated on Monday. The $70 million dollar project has been in the works for nearly 20 years, but only got underway in the spring of 2018. The six turbines can power 2500 homes a year. They will generate economic benefits to Kahnawà:ke.

    “In terms of dollars back into the community, we’re expecting approximately $1 million a year to start with,” Bud Morris, the CEO of Tewatohnhi’saktha and President of Kahnawà:ke Sustainable Energies, told K1037 News. “Then as we tune the turbines to get greater efficiency that number should increase. It will also increase due to the inflationary adjustments in our contract.”

    Mike Delisle of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke says a project like this, while bringing in economic benefits to the community, is more about the environment.

    “People talk about it as the wave of the future and it’s something we need to concentrate on,” Delisle said. “It’s the wave of the past now being concentrated on and it’s part of our heritage to ensure that we leave not only our grandchildren but seven generations forward something to be proud of and something that will be sustainable.”

  • 31st Indigenous Firefighters Competition a Success in Kahnawake

    The 31st Indigenous Firefighters Competition for the Quebec region was held at Karonhianonhnha School on Saturday. After four grueling evolutions in searing heat that reached 30 degrees, the team from Nemaska just edged out the Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) for first place among the 7 teams. Gesgapegiag was third.

    Lieutenant Karonhiio Curotte was the Captain and trainer of the KFB team. “They did an amazing job,” Curotte said. “Considering two of them have no training as a firefighter, the other two have never done it beforehand there was only one veteran that was competing, they did an amazing job. I’m so proud of them.”

    Curotte says the two who have no training are signed up to train to join the KFB.

    The all women crew from Kawawachikamach was fourth. Not bad considering they traveled 1150 kms south to be in Kahnawake.

    “They said that not just a few days before they had a snowstorm,” Curotte said. “They were saying the weather here was horrible.”

  • 3 Appointments To Various Commissions

    Three appointments were formally passed by consensus via Mohawk Council Executive Directives at the Council Meeting that took place this past Monday, June 20th. David A. Diabo has been appointed as a new voting member of the Commission in the role of community representative for a term of three (3) years. Stephanie Cross has been re-appointed as a voting member of the Commission as a member of the Judiciary for a further term of three (3) years. Davis Montour was earlier appointed as a voting member on an interim basis and will continue until such a time as a second community representative is appointed to take his place. Dwayne Zacharie, previously a voting member, will continue to participate at meetings of the Commission in an advisory role. The Council of Chiefs officially rescinded the appointment of Sharon (Suzie) Diabo as a member of the Peacekeeper Ethics Committee as she had resigned her position back in December, 2021. Mark Standup has been appointed for a term of four years as her replacement. And Tara Jacobs has been re-appointed as a Member of the Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board for an additional term of three (3) years.