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The MCK’s Council of Chiefs has completed their mid-term Portfolio Review and have made adjustments to the 2021-2024 term portfolio distribution. As heard today on Tetewathara the Partyline Talkshow on K1037, portfolio reviews are done during each term and today’s announcement was highlighted by the two recently-elected Ratitsénhaienhs who are receiving their first formal assignments. […]

The Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office is conducting a fish study and is calling on ice fishing enthusiasts in the community to take part. The study is to analyze if any levels of contaminants are present and impacting the local fish population. KEPO is looking to collaborate with ice-fishing community members to collect samples for analysis. […]

A permit has been granted to Memory Tree Productions valid from today until this Sunday, January 29th. The Lands Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) saying that the educational production deals with a person suffering from Dementia and will include participation of the Kahnawà:ke Peacekeepers and Kahnawake Search and Rescue. The filming locations […]

The environment minister (The Ministère de l’Environment, de la Lutte contre le changement climatiques, de la Faune & des Parcs or MELCCFP) has announced that a wastewater overflow event is planned by the City of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu into the Richelieu River from January 30th until April 3rd. The reason for the overflow is due to major […]

After three and a half years as the Executive Director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC), and having steered the KMHC through the pandemic, Lisa Westaway is leaving her job. Westaway will become the Ontario Regional Executive Officer of the First Nation & Inuit Health Branch of Indigenous Services Canada. She let her staff […]

The Kahnàwake’s Winter Community Meeting has been confirmed for Tuesday, February 21st  at the Golden Age Club. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke saying that the meeting will begin at 7pm with a formal agenda to be announced as the date approaches. There will be two Ratitsénhaienhs Community Engagement Kiosks held ahead of that meeting, booked […]

Martin Stacey, the Director of the Lands Unit, is leaving his position to move into the private sector. An MCK release this afternoon highlights Stacey’s career that launched at the MCK Lands Unit in 1995 as a Landfill Inspector eventually joining the newly developed Lands Unit in 2002 as a Land Management Officer. In that […]

The Kahnawà:ke Justice Commission is seeking one community representative to serve as a member of the Commission. Roles and Responsibilities as a member of the Commission include: providing oversight to MCK Justice Services; ensuring the independence of judges; ensuring the institutional independence of the Court of Kahnawà:ke; and ensuring the reasonable and sufficient independence of […]

The Office of the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Registry (OKKR) says the most recent additions to the Registry have been posted on the OKKR page on the kahnawake.com website. Melanie Gilbert is the General Manager of the KKR. She says that the additions were approved under the regulations developed and passed as part of the Kanien’kehá:ka of Kahnawà:ke Law which was […]

Expect Mercier Bridge work and closures tonight from 8pm until 5 am Thursday morning. The MTQ will be working on the lighting systems on the span, the 138 in Lasalle and A-20 in one direction at a time. Expect partial and temporary lane closures.