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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.
Shelley Goodleaf-McComber is retiring. She will leave her position as Principal at Kateri School on June 30th after a 35-year career. Shelley began her KEC career as a volunteer in 1982, then as a Teaching Assistant at Kateri School in 1988. After obtaining her Bachelor of Education in 1989, she transitioned into being a classroom […]
Tragedy following an accident at the JFK Quarry Wednesday morning. A call came in at 8:47 am to the Kahnawake Peacekeepers, routed from 9-1-1, as an articulated dump truck had driven off an inclined path and fallen into the quarry. According to the PKs the driver, a 39-year-old non-local male, was killed in the crash. […]
The Post Office in Kahnawake is closed for the day due to a power outage. This is due to scheduled work on the generator by Hydro Quebec. Employees from Tewatohni’saktha Economic Development, who share the building with the Post Office, are working from home as their offices are also closed due to the maintenence work.
Tributes from around the NHL and Indigenous communities pouring in following the passing of Wayne “Gino” Odjick at the age of 52. Drafted in 1990 Odjick played 12 seasons in the NHL for the Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens. In 2014, he was diagnosed with Amyloidosis —a rare terminal illness […]
The Montreal Canadiens honoured PK Subban prior to last night’s game against the Nashville Predators and the celebration had a Kahnawake component. Subban was presented with a beaded Montreal Canadiens medallion that was designed and made by Kyle Phillips of Kahnawake. Phillips says it was pretty cool to see his work modelled by one of […]
An announcement from the MCK stating that Ohénton ĺ:iente ne Ratitsénhaienhs Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, Ratitsénhaienhs Michael Delisle, Jr. and Ross Montour are meeting with Canada’s Justice Minister David Lametti this afternoon. The meeting was scheduled at the request of Sky-Deer to discuss gaming and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Accompanying Ratitsénhaienhs […]
The president and CEO of Hydro-Québec, Sophie Brochu, announced that she will be stepping down from her position effective April 11th. Brochu did not specify the reasons for her departure in a letter sent to employees this morning. Ohénton ĺ:iente ne Ratitsénhaienhs Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer on what the future holds: “I don’t know who is going […]