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A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered the bodies of two Innu children exhumed to shed light on their deaths over 50 years ago. The exhumations are the first to be authorized under a 2021 Quebec law intended to help Indigenous families learn more about the deaths and disappearances of their children in Quebec healthcare […]

According to a Senate committee, they say that the federal health minister should amend the 2018 Cannabis Act to recognize First Nations’ right to govern the possession, sale and distribution of cannabis on their lands. In a report tabled yesterday afternoon, the standing Senate committee on Indigenous Peoples says that many problems identified before legalization […]

Representatives from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) and the Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission (KGC) are in attendance at the Canadian Gaming Summit in Toronto. Ratsénhaienhs Michael Delisle, Jr. and Ashley Stacey, KGC Legal Counsel, are on there today. In a statement, Delisle says that The MCK and KGC were recently made aware of the Quebec Online Gaming Coalition, which […]

Construction work in the Mayo Road area will start on Monday, June 19th, weather permitting. The Capital Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Capital crews will be replacing the water and sewer mains. Upon completion of the water and sewer works, the road base will be reconstructed, and a new asphalt surface will be […]

A Special Community Meeting on Housing will take place on Thursday, June 22nd, at the Knights of Columbus Hall from 6pm to 8pm. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke highlighting the agenda items to include: The Housing Study Executive Summary; the Financial Reconciliation Plan Development; upcoming Financial Literacy Workshops; major development updates; Housing Unit restructuring; long-term […]

The removal of Hydro Line 2 is officially complete and signed off by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake. Lindsay Leborgne was in charge of the file at the MCK: “They replanted trees, they planted grass, they removed soil around each tower, because of the contamination from the zinc coating on the towers over the years, […]

Construction work in the Alwyn Park Area will start on Monday, June 12th, weather permitting. Capital crews from the Capital Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake will be replacing the water and sewer mains. When the water and sewer work is completed, the road base will then be reconstructed and a new asphalt surface will […]

The ramp to the 20 west will be closed all weekend starting from 11:59 tonight until 5 am on Monday morning. Overnight closures of the 138 between Clement and St Patrick heading towards the 20 east will be in place as of tonight from 11:59 pm until 7 am on Saturday and again from Sunday […]

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke will not be taking a summer break this year. They have put out a release stating that due to the heavy workload, Council meetings will continue throughout the summer on a modified schedule. It was decided to continue meeting throughout the summer every second week between July 3rd and August […]

There is road work underway today in Tioweró:ton. The Lands Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) declaring that Maintenance Road Work has begun  in Tioweró:ton, with Capital Construction crews leveling the rock protrusions, reshaping ditches, adding some new culverts, and bringing in gravel to fix the road. The work launched in the area […]