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Nearly 20% of the athletes and coaches from Kahnàwake who are qualified to take part in the North American Indigenous Games are not permitted to attend because of a continuing strict vaccine mandate in-place for the games. Unvaccinated athletes and coaches have been barred from attending the NAIG games in Halifax this July by the […]
Several school bus drivers in Kahnawake who were still on the road paused at 8:24 am this morning along with their counterparts in the region and observed a minute of silence in honour of the victims of last week’s deadly daycare bus crash. One of those was Carl Gilbert who has been driving a school […]
Valerie Diabo has begun the training to take over the Kateri Memorial Hospital as its interim Executive Director. She is working alongside Lisa Westaway until her departure for a job in National indigenous Health Care in April. “I’m going to be doing the job when Lisa leave on the 3rd,” Diabo told K1037 News. “So […]
Expect Mercier Bridge and corridor overnight closures leading into Wednesday. The 20 east towards the 138 west (Lasalle/Mercier Bridge) will close completely from 11:30pm until Wednesday morning at 5:00am. There will be a clearly marked detour in place. This as the 20 west for the 138 west will have only 1 of 2 lanes available […]
The Kateri Memorial Hospital Center has announced that the current Director of Nursing and Homecare, Valerie Diabo has accepted the KMHC’s Board of Directors offer to become the Interim Executive Director of the Hospital. Diabo will work closely with current Executive Director, Lisa Westaway to ensure a smooth transition until Westaway’s departure on April 3rd. […]
Kahnawake has lost another legend. Billy Two-Rivers passed away Sunday morning at the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC). He was 87 years old. Two Rivers was a standout lacrosse player in his youth and then went on to become one of the most recognized wrestlers in the world. In 1959 and into the mid 1960’s […]
Kahnàwake Survival School administrators, representatives from Emmanuel Christian School and Kahnàwake education Center Director of Education Robin Delaronde met this morning in Kahnàwake. This meeting coming to fruition a week after a brawl that broke out after a Juvenile boy’s basketball game that was held at KSS. Delaronde says she has had a discussion with […]
Maintenance work will require the right lane to be closed on the 138 east & west ramps, the 132 east & west ramps (one ramp at a time) and on the portion of the Mercier span over the St. Lawrence Seaway. That work is scheduled to begin, according to the MCK and JCCBI, tonight from […]
Justice Services Division has drafted Regulations for the implementation and operation of the Administrative Tribunal pursuant to the Kahnawà:ke Justice Act. The Technical Drafting Committee (TDC) is comprised of Commissioner of Justice Kevin Fleischer, Ietsénhaienhs Tonya Perron, Ietsénhaienhs Jessica Lazare, and Suzanne Jackson of MCK Legal Services. Community consultation on the Kahnawà:ke Justice Act Regulations having taken place on […]
Due to rising costs and inflation, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke’s Social Assistance Program has announced that more benefits and supplements will be distributed to Social Assistance clients over the next two months. These essentials include: a winter clothing benefit for all active clients and their dependents; heating supplements (to be issued only to heads […]